Wealth Management Finance, Associate (Advisor Channel)

We're seeking someone to join our Wealth Management CFO Support team as an Associate in Finance. The team is dedicated to providing support to Morgan Stanley's Wealth Management segment (MSWM), specifically for the Advisor Channel, the largest revenue channel at the firm. Members of the Wealth Management Finance team can expect to be involved in accounting, finance and process transformation.
In the Finance division, we act as a partner to business units around the globe by providing management, review, analysis and advisory services of the Firm's financial and capital resources. This is an Associate level position within our Product Controllers Job Family which specializes in ensuring adequacy of controls, profit and loss and balance sheet reporting and reconciliations for a segment / business / product area, as well as management reporting across business segments or cross-functional end-to-end product oversight.
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:
- Produce, maintain and automate detailed analyses on the full swath of financial metrics that are relevant to Wealth Management (WM) and Firm initiatives
- Present to field managers of all levels and assist in the interpretation of their unique story within available reporting and analyses to provide strategic advice and insight
- Prepare Fully-Loaded reporting for the WM branch network
- Act as a culture carrier; embody the Firm's values and hold yourself accountable to Firm standards
- Cross-functional role working and learning with other teams to gain key insights. Including but not limited to: Business Management, Product, Accounting, Bank, Strategy, Data, offshore teams, etc.
- Develop enhanced analyses through partnership and collaboration to drive greater transparency, business performance evaluation and business strategy formulation
- Respond to inquiries and, as a primary field contact, facilitate redirecting unrelated inquiries to the appropriate SMEs to provide timely responses to our partners
- Additional ad hoc analyses and recurring reporting as necessary

What you'll bring to the role:
- Advanced understanding of Finance functional area, product and/or client segment and technical skills, as well as of industry and competitive environment
- B.A./B.S. in relevant field
- Up to 3 years of relevant experience
- A high aptitude for numbers and a quick grasp of new applications and technology
- Must be willing to learn, grow and remain agile
- Experience working effectively with large data sets, clearly articulating multifaceted results and responding to questions
- A desire to work in a team-based environment and contribute as a team player
- Extremely proficient with both Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
- Experience/ Familiarity with Dataiku, IBM Planning Analytics (TM1), SAP Business Objects, UiPath, Oracle Essbase, and Tableau preferred.
- Knowledge of advanced aggregation tools, namely: Macros, SQL or Python are a plus.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $100,000 and $115,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined 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).