About the Firm

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking,securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, the firm’semployees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

About the Division

One of the largest divisions in the Firm, Operations is the first line of defence for Morgan Stanley's financial and reputational well-being and essential in delivering value to our clients. Operations is responsible for correctly settling and recording millions of transactions per day, identifying and mitigating operational risk, developing strong client relationships and partnering with technology to realize the full potential of IT and Automation. Operations has a world-class team of innovative and dedicated professionals, with a unique vantage point in the Firm interacting with all parts of the business, front to back. The Operations Senior Management team are passionate about our people development and providing best in class employee opportunities through an inclusive, forward-looking environment defined by open communication, collaboration, learning, and proactive career management.

About the Role Shared Service and Banking Operations delivers industry leading operational solutions by aligning the right functions, people, processes and tools into ten core disciplines offering tailored client service levels that are efficient, controlled and compliant with regulation. Our core disciplines include: Asset Servicing, Cash Management, Client Data Management, Global Banking Services, Loans Servicing, Network Management, Payments (Wireless and Disbursements), Reconciliations, Settlements and Tax Operations.

The Cash Management department sits within the Operations division and has primary responsibility for operational control, management, and reporting of the Firm's cash and liquidity. With regional hubs located in Asia Pacific, EMEA and Americas, Cash Management operates in the sense of a true Firm-wide global utility.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing supervisory oversight over Japan onshore cash transaction processing.
• Providing control for local in-coming/out-going payments & facing agent bank.
• Oversight of the production and submission of cash and liquidity regulatory reporting.
• Manage intra-day liquidity requirements including real time cash positions at Agent banks.
• Demonstrate clear risk ownership, mitigation and clear lines of escalation with an expectation of supervisory responsibilities across all functions & processes performed by the team.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships. Emphasis is placed on the candidate's ability to establish and maintain Firm-wide relationships in order to deliver our core liquidity and change agenda.
• Close interaction with business and operations teams to analyse front to back transactional flows.
• Active participation in change the bank initiatives and technology projects

Qualifications, Skills & Requirement

• Attention to detail and ability to retain focus, while being dynamic to changing funding requirements intra-day.
• Risk management: experience of identifying and mitigating operational risk.
• An intrinsic ability to identify priorities and deliver timely outputs to a consistently high standard.
• A broad understanding on a wide range of products
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Strong quantitative/analytic skills and attention to detail
• Flexibility, self-confidence and ability to work in a dynamic environment
• Strong written and oral communication skills in both Japanese and English.
• Be a team player with good communications skills, able to interact and communicate effectively across cultural and hierarchical lines within the firm
• Ability to identify problems as they arise and understand when they need to be escalated.
• Self-starter with ability to drive deliverable.
• Knowledgeable with Excel, Word, and Powerpoint
• Ability to set priorities and recognize time constraints
• Understanding of local market payment and settlement flows.

_Why Morgan Stanley?_

• __A career with Morgan Stanley means being part of an inclusive culture that encourages diverse perspectives, innovation, and cross-collaboration to bring value to our clients. You'll find passionate people from all walks of life working together to make the world a little better every day.
• We invest in the growth and success of our people through mentorship and development programs, as well as abundant opportunities to connect with peers and senior leaders through employee-driven networks and volunteer activities.
• Your wellness and priorities outside of work are important to us. Our competitive compensation and benefits package is designed to support the diverse needs of our employees and take care of you and your family.
• Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to build and support a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. We are committed to support special needs or reasonable accommodations necessary to enable you to work comfortably and effectively.

-Discover our Japan Offerings:https://www.morganstanley.co.jp/ja/people/working-at-morgan-stanley

-Discover our Global Offerings:https://www.morganstanley.com/people/experienced-professionals

_Our Commitment to Japan_

Everything we do at Morgan Stanley is guided by our five core values: do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back. Since opening a representative office in Tokyo in 1970, we have been one of the largest and most active foreign financial firms in Japan providing investment banking, sales & trading, real estate, and investment management services.

Our People (English):https://www.morganstanley.com/articles/who-we-are

Our People (Japanese):https://www.morganstanley.co.jp/ja/people

Job: *Other

Title: Tokyo Cash Management Operations - Director, Operations Division

Location: Japan-Japan-Japan-Tokyo

Requisition ID: 3248987