Morgan Stanley Investment Management ("MSIM"), together with its investment advisory affiliates, operates in 23 countries with $1.5 Tn in assets under management or supervision as of December 31, 2023. Morgan Stanley Investment Management strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.

Investment Management's Global Risk & Analysis department has an open position for a Senior Associate position based in Boston. The position will report into an Officer of Global Risk & Analytics and will interface with business partners and stake holders across the organization. In addition to the responsibilities laid out below, the successful candidate will play a support role in delivering projects, ranging from short-term strategic assessments to large-scale change risk initiatives.

Responsibilities:

* Provide non-financial risk (NFR) coverage support across a wide spectrum of businesses and products in alignment with Morgan Stanley's Non-Financial Risk Management program framework including incident management, system administration, vendor oversight, and information security.

* Collaborate with stakeholders in the design and implementation of tooling to support the NFR team and assist in the development of procedures and documentation.

* Distill complex information and concepts to create impactful presentations intended for risk committees, senior management, and regulators.

* Provide project management support/oversight as it relates to project direction, planning, schedule/deadlines, and documentation, to progress as well as effectively communicate status of multiple high priority NFR projects.

* Perform deep-dives, risk assessments and summarize observations and remediations in a clear and concise manner for senior management.

* Assist with enhancements and innovation efforts for both NFR reporting and priority management.

* Partner with our broader NFR team to align on stakeholder communication, resolve conflicts and manage risk, issue, and dependency escalations.

* Develop and distribute project(s) status, meeting notes/minutes, and necessary metrics to working groups and senior steering committees proficiently utilizing today's collaboration/presentation tools (i.e., Teams, OneNote, PowerPoint, etc.,)

* Provide input into the updating of our business's Risk & Controls Self-Assessments (RCSA) and documenting issues and action plans.

* Provide hands-on support associated with the execution of the System and Organization Controls (SOC 1) Program.

* Involvement in other projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications

* 3-6 years of financial services experience preferable

* Undergraduate degree in business, finance, accounting or other disciplines demonstrating both quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.

* Excellent communication (written, verbal and presentation) and relationship-building skills.

* Must be proactive, self-motivated individual, with an excellent work ethic, strong-ability to multi-task within a fast-paced environment and calm under pressure.

* Technical skills including Excel, PowerPoint, and other end user computing tools.

* Effective project management skills.

* Proficiency with collaboration tools (e.g. Teams, OneNote) and flowchart / diagramming software (e.g. Visio) is a plus.

Wage Transparency Statement

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $105,000 and $155,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).