Treasury Controller Associate

Company Profile

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success.

The Finance Division globally reports to the Chief Financial Officer and consists of some 3,000 employees worldwide. Finance protects the Morgan Stanley franchise by serving as guardian of the Firm's books and records, and by contributing to firm wide risk management and risk reduction. This division maintains relationships with Morgan Stanley's various industry and government regulators, and also serves as the conduit of financial information to the outside investment community. Finance plays a critical role as advisor to Morgan Stanley's various businesses and its senior management team.
Liquidity Investment Funding Controllers (LIFC) is responsible for controlling and providing business support for Treasury and is part of the Global Corporate Controllers (GCC) organisation. Within London, LIFC comprises of the following core groups: Treasury Capital Markets (TCM) Controllers and Liquidity & Funding Controllers (LFC). Pre 2008 crisis, funding was easy to obtain and not priced into trades due to ample liquidity in the markets. Post 2008, the landscape looks dramatically different where the economy and regulators have put a spotlight onto Funding and Liquidity making GFC both a focus and growth area.

An opportunity is open in the TCM team, where the team provides business support, analysis and has ownership of key Treasury related financial information on behalf of Corporate Treasury. The team is responsible for analysing and attributing funding costs to the Business Units to help incentivize optimal trading behavior and decisions. TCM Controllers? primary client is Corporate Treasury but also interact closely with Legal Entity Controllers (LEC), Management Reporting team, Global Product Controllers (GPC), Bank Resource Management (BRM) Controllers, Business Units, Cash Management and Finance IT. The role provides an excellent opportunity into Morgan Stanley?s core businesses and Balance Sheet with exposure to all products traded. Globally Treasury Balance Sheet is ~$300bn and allocates ~$4bn of net P&L to the Business Units per annum.

Primary Responsibilities

An opportunity has arisen for a permanent role within the team focused on providing support and coverage across the different aspects of the Treasury Controller function. The role provides an excellent opportunity to understand Treasury function, associated products & control processes (daily, weekly, monthly P&L and Balance Sheet controls), learn complex accounting & booking models, material legal entity reporting & analytics and participate in Treasury initiatives and LIFC renovation programme. This role also provides an opportunity for cross regional interaction across Mumbai, Asia, Japan & North Americas LIFC Controller groups and cross divisional interaction across Cash management, Operations, Global Product Controllers (GPC), Tax, Legal Entity Controllers (LEC), Valuation Control & Management Reporting team.

The role will include the following involvement and responsibilities:

- Production and analytical review of weekly and monthly P&L and Balance Sheet reporting pack for Treasury products
- Legal entity reporting for major UK broker dealer and Brexit entities
- Review of daily P&L produced in Mumbai
- Working with project team on Treasury initiatives and controller renovation, such as new booking model/system for legal entity debt products and enhanced reporting around BU FTP charges
- Review of EMEA Treasury desk T0 estimates
- Ad hoc queries from EMEA Treasury desk and management

This is not an exhaustive list of tasks, and responsibilities may change in line with the team and business needs.

Qualifications:

Skill Required

- Analytical mindset and good problem solving skills
- Attention to detail, accuracy and strong sense of urgency
- Strong communicator with ability to interact with senior stakeholders
- Risk aware and good guardianship skills
- Proficient (preferably advanced) use of Excel/PowerPoint
- Ability to critically evaluate processes and controls and make suggestions for improvement
- Qualified with relevant Professional Qualification (i.e. Accounting or CFA).

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

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