Lcd Operations, Associate, Lcd Business Management

We're seeking someone to join our team as an Associate in the Legal and Compliance division.

In the Legal & Compliance division, we assist the Firm in achieving its business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the Firm's management of legal, regulatory and franchise risk. This is an Associate level position within the LCD Business Management team.

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:

• Creation and maintenance of Budget Requests

• Annual and ad-hoc budget maintenance

• Handling queries related to the process

• Perform maintenance to include removal of inactive sponsors and researching inactive Funding Requests

• Manage the exception handling process between Team connect and Funding Request Tool

• Directly interact with LCD management and staff to address escalations, issues and training needs

• Manage successful completion of daily exceptions between the interfaces such as

• Reconciliation of vendor data between the Funding Tool and Team connect and working with Accounts Payable (AP)

• Reconciliation of allocation issues

• Following up with users to address inconsistencies between the Funding tool and Team connect

• Escalating to senior management, as needed

• Placing funding requests on hold if exception cannot be reconciled through data changes and creating/updating matters manually.

• Update matters or invoices based on a bi-weekly reconciliation exercise to improve payments and accruals processing

• Use reporting tools such as business objects to perform data analysis

• Support various risk management control implementation efforts for budget maintenance

• Ensure projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule and quality standards

• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment, demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence

• Develop and deliver proposals, requirement documentations and presentations for system enhancement

• Participation in testing of newly developed functionalities and reporting against them in timely manner

• Act as an SME for Funding Administration processes by training on allocated processes and act as back-up resource

• Make recommendations on process improvements

What you'll bring to the role:

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience

• At least 2 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with senior managers as well as subject matter experts

• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment also with third party partners

• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities

• Successfully meet established deadline requirements - display efficient time management skills

• Possess the ability to research and resolve issues independently

• Must follow documented procedures however must also have an ability to propose a plan or approach where procedure is undefined or may need to be updated.

• Ability to manage and interact in a matrix organization is essential.

• Individual must be able to multi-task effectively.

• Self-motivated and willing to assume responsibility.

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Proficient in MS Office Suite.

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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo .