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Platform Solutions Fixed Income Assistant Vice President
Morgan Stanley
Purchase, NY, United States
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Description
Position Summary:
The Platform Solutions team (reporting into the COO position) is responsible for coordinating activities between the business (trading desk, sales, product, legal, compliance, risk, business control) and the Tech & Ops organizations. The Platform Solutions team covers the full suite of capital markets products, including Equities, Options, Fixed income, Syndicate, FX, Futures, etc. This positon is responsible for the ownership of projects and day to day support in the Fixed Income space (including Corporates, Munis and Rates products)
Responsibilities:
•Become subject matter expert in Equity/Options business flows and associated technical infrastructure and tools (order entry, trading, order status, etc.)
•Uncover and understand the Equity/Option functional area’s requests for new or enhanced functionality / process
•Be able to work on multiple projects and deliver on tight deadlines in a fast paced work environment
•Be agile and reactive to real time ad-hoc requests from business while balancing existing work load without impacting deliverables
•Perform data analysis and present to stakeholders to determine most appropriate requirements
•Define and document Business Requirements collaborating with key stakeholders from initial conversations to final approvals.
•Liaison between business and technology teams during the entire project life cycle
•Proactively look to improve system functionality and escalate issues and/or risks to management
•Develop and execute UAT test plans, manage release with technology partners
•Liaise with other groups within Investment Solutions to share information and work together to deliver the best solution for the firm
•Capable of chairing meetings on a senior management level with goal of reaching consensus on requirements
•Monitor daily production issues and provide subject matter expertise to application support team ,as needed
Qualifications
Knowledge and Skills Required:
The successful candidate would ideally have the following characteristics:
•A record of accomplishment and experience of delivering against tight deadlines
•A confident well-rounded methodical person with strong analytical skills
•Ability to multi task many items in a dynamic, fast paced environment
•Attention to detail and accuracy ( Responsible for metrics, management information, presentations)
•Strong communication skills both oral and written, as the candidate will be dealing with senior desk managers and our partners across the various divisions of the firm
•Task orientated, inquisitive in nature, the successful candidate will be required to ensure production items and projects are delivered on time
•Ability to challenge the processes and issues owned by the team
•Self-motivated and ability to work consistently and efficiently to achieve end goals
•Knowledge of Firm Trading, Operations and Finance Systems
•Proficient with Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint
•Product knowledge of financial instruments
•Experience with Business Analysis, Project Management, Business Requirements and/or User Acceptance testing preferred, but not required.