Investment Management Operations Specialist, Associate

Morgan Stanley Investment management has outsourced certain investment operations functions to State Street Bank and Trust Company globally. Hence, the team works in partnership with the outsourced Investment Manager Solutions (IMS) team at State Street to ensure seamless delivery of operations support and solutions.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management's product range is continually evolving into new product and strategy areas, demanding ever changing infrastructure and solutions. The individual will be required to make strategic contributions to these discussions ensuring that the appropriate support models are in place. This position would require the individual to work closely with functional teams in other regions and involve in liaison & interaction with global stakeholders.
Primary Responsibilities:
Serve as single point of contact, providing proactive and effective operational support for internal stakeholders such as business and infrastructure teams with external service providers (eg. State Street IMS, RBC TA, custodian, etc)
Accountable for review and resolution of all operational issues for the assigned portfolio (eg. Separately Managed account, MS Funds)
Oversight of Portfolio Manager and Client reporting deliverables
Perform cash management functions, review of various reports (eg. Reconciliations, overdraft, cash projections)
Facilitate timely and accurate implementation of client instructions, including items such as cash flows, performance queries, reporting etc.
Liaison with vendors to ensure timely resolution of operational issues such as trade processing/settlement, corporate actions, reconciliation breaks, etc
Responsible for the oversight and governance of external vendors
Manage and coordinate T3 events (ie. Take on, Termination, Transition) activity across all internal functional teams (e.g. investment team, sales, trading, infrastructure) and external parties
Support day-to-day inquiries and requests for institutional, sub-advised and intermediary clients
Provide client service support for the intermediary client based in Asia who invest in Msinvf and Liquidity Fund
Perform fund administration governance and middle-office support for the MS onshore fund in China
Involve in firmwide or regional projects and system testing as required
Perform related duties as assigned