Job description
Job Number:
3232102
DESCRIPTION
Role: Risk Governance
Level: Vice President
Location: London
Firm Risk Management
Firm Risk Management (FRM) supports Morgan Stanley to achieve its business goals by partnering with business units across the Firm to realize efficient risk-adjusted returns, acting as a strategic advisor to the Board and protecting the Firm from exposure to losses as a result of credit, market, liquidity, operational, model and other risks.
Background on the Position
Morgan Stanley is seeking a Vice President to join FRM's EMEA Risk Governance Team in London. The role holder will lead a team which is responsible for maintaining an effective governance and control framework for FRM aligned to industry best practice and regulatory expectations. The role holder will report to the EMEA Head of Risk Governance.
Primary Responsibilities
- Risk management policies and procedures: Provide oversight of the co-ordination of policy reviews as well as writing and reviewing policies, standards, procedures and guidelines ensuring these meet regulatory expectations
- Risk Committees Governance: Oversee the administration of EMEA Risk Committees, including agreeing agendas, compiling and reviewing meeting packs, attending and minuting meetings
- External disclosures: Oversee the co-ordination of external disclosures for FRM and the Risk Governance team's contributions to these disclosures
- Provide oversight of FRM's compliance with the PRA's Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), including reviewing the Risk Governance team's contributions to updates to job descriptions and other divisional documentation, as appropriate
- Advisory role across risk management focusing on regulatory standards: Oversight of changes in the regulatory landscape and provide advice on their implementation, including regular meetings with stakeholders in Finance
FRM is committed to creating and providing opportunities that enable our workforce to reflect diverse backgrounds and views.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Experience in financial services; prior experience in areas relating to governance frameworks and/or European/UK prudential regulation
- Confidence to take ideas forward and to challenge others, where appropriate, with experience in management by influence, facilitating and gaining consensus
- The ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, both written and verbally
- An interest in working in a fast-paced environment, often balancing multiple high priority deliverables
- Strong attention to detail and ability to provide information in usable formats (proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word)
- The ability to work independently in a self-directed way in a collaborative, team-oriented environment