We’re seeking someone to join our team as an Operational Resilience Analyst to ensure the firm meets the PRA and FCA operational resilience requirements by leading regulatory engagement, overseeing the implementation of resilience frameworks, and ensuring important business services can withstand, adapt to, and recover from disruption within impact tolerances.
In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities.
This is a Risk & Resiliency Management position at Associate level, which is part of the job family responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure operational continuity and resilience in the face of potential threats or disruptions that could impact the organization, plus management of ongoing incidents.
The Firm Resilience Function owns the identification and resilience for the Firm’s key business services and coordinates operational resilience efforts across the Firm. Firm Resilience works with Legal and Compliance to interpret regulatory guidance on operational resilience and is responsible for advising Business Units on standards and implementation. The function also works with Regulatory Relations and the Business Units to review and respond to regulatory requests and prepare for regulatory exams touching on operational resilience.
As a member of our team, you will be in a unique position to interact with people and teams globally across different businesses and functions, working on topics that have a direct impact on the operational stability of the Firm.
Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, continuously evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.
What You’ll Do In The Role
- Support the development and maintenance of Firm Resilience framework, including policies, procedures and program plans
- Assist in mapping Important Business Services in alignment with PRA/FCA regulatory expectations
- Support the identification and documentation of impact tolerances and supporting resources
- Help coordinate resilience testing and scenario analysis, ensuring services remain within impact tolerances during disruption
- Support regulatory engagement by maintaining documentation, evidence, and audit trails for PRA/FCA reviews
- Stay up to date on relevant regulatory guidance and its application to Firm Resilience
- Develop materials for regular and ad-hoc meetings with Firm Resilience and other relevant stakeholders, including Working Group and Committee meetings
- Prepare meeting minutes (key discussion topics, decision and action items) and track status of action items following the meeting
- Analyse and organize large sets of data in a manner that supports analysis of operational resilience
- Maintain sufficient understanding of Firm Resilience strategy to recognize opportunities for continuous improvement
- A successful candidate will be expected to become a subject matter expert, contribute to projects and initiatives, develop and implement process improvements and become a key point of contact for a wide range of internal stakeholders
- Contribute to training and awareness initiatives on operational resilience requirements.
What You’ll Bring To The Role
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Economics, Risk Management, or related discipline
- 3-5 years of experience in reporting and analysis or related functions at large financial institutions
- Exceptional verbal and written communications skills, including experience creating written presentations, documentations and reports.
- Strong leadership and project management skills
- Proficiency in tools like Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, including the ability to pivot data and summarize results is a plus
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, cross-functional and administrative skills
- Accustomed to working in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders across business, risk, compliance, technology, and operations
- Commitment to delivery of highest quality work product
- Highly organised, proactive and capable of managing competing priorities in a deadline driven environment
- Excellent team player who is proactive, positive, self-motivated and goal-oriented
What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.
