Director/Vice President - Credit Risk Data Control role

Company Profile

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 and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career.

Department Profile

Firm Risk Management (FRM) enables 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. The firm's Credit Risk Management Department (CRM) within FRM protects the firm from exposure to losses resulting from defaults by our lending and trading counterparties.

Background on the Team

Credit Risk Data Control plays a pivotal role within CRM. The team is responsible for ensuring that Credit Risk data is of high quality (e.g., timely, accurate, and complete) and supports sound risk management decisions and meets regulatory expectations. In addition, the team is responsible for credit limit monitoring and reporting, providing change management support, and developing tools to assist in automation and representation of credit risk information to management.

Background on the Position

The Credit Risk Data Control team is currently seeking a Vice President level candidate based in Mumbai, India. This role is an exciting opportunity to expand the existing Credit Risk Data Control team by establishing and building out a new team in Mumbai. The role will help to redefine CRM's data management processes to meet the Firm's Data Policy requirements and Regulatory expectations. The role will include significant collaboration with partners across the globe, particularly in New York, Budapest, and London. The candidate selected for the role will need to balance technical skills, business knowledge, process management, and people skills to navigate the technical and organizational hurdles of shepherding critical risk management data throughout the firm.

Primary Responsibilities

- Establish, build out, and provide local leadership over the Mumbai-based Credit Risk Data Control team (8+ members)

- Enhance Credit Risk data management process to meet the Firm's Data Policy requirements and Regulatory expectations (such as those established by BCBS239)

- Establish relationships with upstream system owners / data providers

- Evaluate upstream data controls and identify additional, measurable controls; provide support for implementation of new controls

- Work with data providers to establish metrics (KPIs) to evaluate accuracy of Credit Risk data along a number of dimensions (including accuracy, timeliness, and completeness)

- Remediate data issues by proactively engaging with various stakeholders including Credit Risk Management, upstream data providers, and Business Units

- Participate in Data Governance processes and forums

- Assist with preparation of Regulatory Reporting submissions such as BIS I-I, FRY 14Q Counterparty Schedule L and Wholesale Risk Schedule H.1 (CCAR)

- Support transaction testing requests from internal (e.g., Internal Audit and Risk Process Validation Group) and external parties (various Regulators)

Experience desired

- 10+ years of experience in Risk Management, Middle Office, or Finance

- Master's degree in Finance, Computer Science, or Engineering related areas; CFA or FRM preferred

- Significant experience with data management at a Financial Services firm, including data architecture, governance, analysis, controls, and process automation

- Hands on experience implementing BCBS239 RDA principles

- Track record of successfully leading teams; experience with building out a new team or function is a plus

- Knowledge of products that generate Credit Risk: Wholesale Loans, OTC derivatives (Rates, FX, Credit, Equities, Commodities), Securities Financing Transactions

- Excellent technical skills, including database fluency and comfort working with large datasets via SQL; other programming experience a plus

- Self-motivator with strong written and verbal communication

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