eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Morgan Stanley

• Location

  Singapore

• Compensation

  not disclosed

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  21 Nov 2008

• eFC Ref no

  461813

See job description below

Position Category: Finance/Accounting

Position Title: FCG Singapore, Equity Business Unit Controller, Senior Manager

Job Level: Senior Manager

Location: Singapore - Singapore

Education Required: Bachelors Degree

Position Description:
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, institutions and individuals from more than 600 offices in 33 countries.

In Asia, Morgan Stanley continues to focus on expanding its operations. Currently the Firm has offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Zhuhai, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Mumbai and Hanoi. As the demand grows for the Firm's services, Morgan Stanley's Financial Control Group must continue to hire bright, talented and energetic individuals into a stimulating and supportive environment where they can achieve their maximum potential - and enjoy themselves in the process.

The Financial Control Group manages Morgan Stanley's risk by implementing financial controls over the Firm's business activities. It is responsible for Morgan Stanley's financial records, ensuring that the Firm's assets and liabilities are properly controlled and that senior management has accurate, timely financial information for forecasts and planning. FCG acts as financial officer to the Business Units, providing profitability analyses, business plans and budgets to support their current and planned activities.

The Product Control teams within FCG are specifically aligned to the Sales and Trading Business, and as such have a key control role to play in a complex and volume increasing environment.
An opportunity has arisen to join the Equity Product Controllers team in Singapore at the Senior Manager, reporting in Singapore to the Head of Singapore Equity Product Control, and functionally to the heads of Hong Kong, Tokyo and London Delta One controllers. The primary remit is to supervise the Business Unit Controllers whom are based in Singapore and whom are supporting both the Equity Delta One and Equity Proprietary Trading Desks across Asia and Europe.

This team is expected to expand significantly over the next 12 months as further roles are relocated from London to Singapore, such that by the end of 2009 this team will be approximately 15 to 20 people. As such, this job description is for a new role created as a result of a proposed restructuring of the team to facilitate the rapid expansion of Equity Product Control team in Singapore.


Skills Required:
Experience:
A minimum of 7 years relevant working experience is required. This experience will have been gained whilst qualifying as an accountant at a public accountancy firm, and / or working in the Financial Control function of the Investment Banking sector.

It is also a preference that significant experience has been gained as an Equity Product Controller.

Skills Required:
• Strong leadership skills and good team player
• Excellent written/verbal communications skills, including English speaking.
• Ability to manage multiple task, effective time management, and able work under pressure.
• Ability to maintain a strong internal control environment.
• Competent to streamline process flow to improve efficiency of the team
• Very detail oriented and well organized.
• Must have strong working knowledge of Excel. Access is a plus.