Morgan Stanley India | Fund Accounting_Director_Product Support & Services IM

What you'll do in the role

• We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Director into Product Support & Services IM to actively monitor portfolio investment and investor subscription and redemption activity for multiple PSG portfolios and custodian banks; ensuring satisfactory settlement of those transactions, including cash distributions and receipts.
• Culture carrier across Operations, embracing the Firm's core values and acting as a role model
• Serve as a subject matter expert within functional area, working with Team Manager to manage processes, risks and/or projects, proposing and implementing improvements/changes.
• Act as key problem solver for area or expertise, applying detailed knowledge to address unique or novel situations, recognize risks and draw out key issues.
• Overseeing third-party service providers in posting activity to the portfolios general ledger and maintaining portfolio level activity in AIP's investment book of record portfolio accounting system, Investran.
• Verifying accuracy of investor capital balances, NAV allocations, and capital activity on a monthly or quarterly basis.
• Reviewing daily cash reconciliations performed with multiple custodian banks and ensuring outstanding items are resolved on a timely basis.
• Assist the team on take-on, termination, and transition of new client or fund mandates, the review of client Investment Management Agreements (IMA), IMA amendments, and market registration status for their assigned strategies.
• Providing regular daily portfolio, investment, and performance reporting and investment management support and responding to numerous ad hoc requests from investment management, investors and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Reconciling transactions, valuations, management and performance fee calculations, P&L components, and other activity between Investran and the third-party service providers records on a monthly or quarterly basis to ensure accuracy.

What you'll bring to the role

• Ability to lead by example, work with drive and determination, and put forward challenging views to senior levels.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of functional area and operational/compliance policies and procedures of their team.
• Ability to operate independently across the majority of day-to-day responsibilities.
• Experience with Investran accounting system is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to analyze returns and apply the same appropriately.
• Strong organizational skills including the ability to coordinate, prioritize, and manage multiple activities.
• Demonstrated success working in a high volume, high intensity environment and an ability to get closure on issues promptly.
• Should have a keen eye for details and accuracy.
• Commitment to Control and Risk Management with the ability to identify and escalate risk issues to stakeholders.
• Proven record of collaborating with colleagues across geographic and functional boundaries.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to effectively summarize findings, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner.
• Atleast 4 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.
• Strong stakeholder relationship management.

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm founded in New York in 1935, known for investment banking, sales and trading, wealth management and investment management.

Its teams in India support the firm's global businesses. For chartered accountants this means corporate controllers, external reporting, regulatory reporting, tax and risk roles.

• Industry: Investment banking, wealth and investment management
• Headquarters: New York, USA
• In India: Teams in Mumbai and Bengaluru supporting global businesses