External Reporting – Sustainability Disclosures

JR037583

Glasgow

This is a Vice President position within our Corporate Controllers, Reporting & Accounting Job Family which is responsible for the accuracy and control of the Firm’s books and records to produce the consolidated firm, segment and legal entities financial statements, including development, management and oversight of financial accounting & reporting systems as well as database management, including capital and liquidity reporting and external reporting functions.

The team is responsible for preparing certain external reporting disclosures of the Firm and legal entities which are produced in accordance with US GAAP and IFRS as well as preparation of components of Financial Regulatory reporting to a number of Regulators including the Bundesbank and European Banking Authority.

As a result of the ever changing regulatory and financial reporting environment the team is extending to establish production ownership of Sustainability Disclosures and related regulatory templates for European legal entities.

The team works closely with a number of stakeholders across the Firm including Finance, Sustainability Office, Risk, Legal and Corporate Services.

What you’ll do:

>Sustainability Disclosure deliverables for European legal entities, ensuring controlled processes, clear ownership, and delivery to agreed timelines and quality standards for hand-off to Finance Legal Entity Controllers.
>Pillar 3 ESG templates, including coordinating inputs, performing review and validation checks, and maintaining supporting documentation and evidence.
>EU Taxonomy templates, ensuring consistent methodology application, appropriate controls over source data, and alignment with internal governance expectations.
>Short Term Exercise (STE) templates, managing the production timetable and coordinating inputs and review across Finance, Risk and other key stakeholders.
>Ad hoc regulatory submissions, including delivery within required timeframes.
>Reconciliation of lending data used in the MS legal entity Physical Intensity metric, to ensure this is fit for purpose
>Establishing and maintaining a robust governance, documentation and controls framework for disclosures production (including procedures, checklists, evidence packs, issue logs and approvals).
>Coordinating internal and external assurance activity (e.g., audit requests and independent reviews), track remediation actions through to closure, and drive continuous improvement across the production process.
>Presenting disclosures and analytics to members of Finance Senior Management for due diligence before filing externally
>Ultimately managing staff within the Sustainability Disclosures team, providing support and guidance to ensure delivery against reporting timetables.

What you’ll bring:

>Qualified CA/CPA/ACCA (or equivalent experience) with strong analytical and drafting skills and a high attention to detail.
>A strong financial controller background and experience running controlled production processes for regulatory reporting and/or external disclosures.
>Experience designing or operating risk and control frameworks, including documentation standards and governance processes.
>Demonstrate strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence across functions (Finance, Sustainability, Risk, Legal and Corporate Services) to obtain timely inputs and resolve issues.
>Experience of working with large datasets
>Self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative and problem-solving abilities
>Strong work ethic with an ability to take responsibility for completing tasks and working to deadlines
>Ability to balance and effectively prioritise multiple issues
>Experience of managing people, delegating tasks, providing career guidance and developmental feedback

Skills that will help you in the role - experience with:
>sustainability-related regulatory reporting and templates (e.g., Pillar 3 ESG templates, EU Taxonomy templates, stress test / Short Term Exercise templates) and associated governance expectations.
>data lineage, data quality controls, and maintaining procedures and documentation to support repeatable, auditable production of metrics and templates.
>coordinating assurance activity, remediation plans and evidence packs across first/second/third line teams.
>driving process improvements and implementing new reporting requirements

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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.

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Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:
If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Flexible work statement
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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.

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