KYC Implementation - Vice President- Core Services

We’re seeking someone to join our team as an Vice President in Client Onboarding and Reference Data Services ("CORDS"), to manage query resolution, oversee metrics and reporting, analyze trends, and drive continuous improvement.

In the Operations division, we partner with business units across the Firm to support financial transactions, devise and implement effective controls and develop client relationships. This is an Advanced Specialist position at Vice President level within the Firmwide operations division.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Oversight and guidance to India Centre GTI teams for regional projects and contribute to global initiatives from India Centre perspective.
• Prioritize and manage workflows, ensuring adequate resource allocation and timely delivery.
• Provide strategic leadership for direct reports, helping to prioritize tasks and manage workloads.
• Manage and mentor a team, providing guidance on both personal and work-related matters.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure GTI teams within India are joined up with rest of CORDS teams within India Center
• Create awareness within CORDS of GTI teams’ initiatives in India Center
• Conduct regular team huddles, daily checkpoints, and strategic planning sessions.
• Delegate tasks and provide oversight on complex or high-impact projects, ensuring team members can manage elements of the change process.
• Act as a key liaison for key stakeholders, including Global Financial Crimes (GFC), Financial Crime Risk (FCR), Change the bank (CTB), Run the bank (RTB), and technology.
• Work with regional GTI teams to ensure appropriate prioritization of GTI initiatives within India Centre.
• Provide regular updates on project status, key escalations, and any challenges to senior leadership.
• Address any roadblocks or urgent issues by working closely with teams and ensuring quick resolution
• What you'll bring to the role: 
• Work with regional GTI teams to ensure appropriate prioritization of GTI initiatives within India Centre.
• Provide regular updates on project status, key escalations, and any challenges to senior leadership.
• Address any roadblocks or urgent issues by working closely with teams and ensuring quick resolution
• What you'll bring to the role: 
• Proven leadership experience in managing regional or global projects, with a focus on change management. Strong understanding of compliance, financial crime, and technology processes.
• Excellent project management skills, with a proven ability to manage complex, multi-region initiatives. Strong stakeholder management experience, particularly in liaising with compliance, advisory, and technology teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams, including handling personnel matters and fostering team growth. Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in workflow and resource management, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Stakeholder Collaboration & Engagement. Workflow & Resource Management
• Strategic Thinking & Planning, Problem Solving & Escalation Handling, Team Leadership & Development
• Ensure documentation and information is complete, accurate, and timely.
• Address any issues or questions raised by the Audit team promptly.
• Review Audit findings and reports and develop and implement action plans to address any identified weaknesses or recommendations.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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