Transition Management, Manager, Fund Services

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Manager who will be the central liaison between clients and our expert MSFS functional groups. From the moment a prospective client is approved and chooses to partner with us, you’ll coordinate the crucial steps that ensure a seamless setup and launch on the MSFS platform.

In the Morgan Stanley Fund Services division, we work with a global institutional client base to provide hedge funds, multi-asset class investors, family offices and private equity Firms with innovative product solutions.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always
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:

• If you’re organized, proactive, and thrive in a collaborative setting where you can see the tangible results of your efforts, Transition Management is the place for you. Join us in delivering world-class service and shaping the future of client onboarding at MSFS.

• You will be responsible for project managing the onboarding process for both new and existing clients, including both the launch of new funds and the conversion of complex, established funds from other administrators.

• You will coordinate closely with clients, the business unit and external parties to ensure that all technical deliverables are met by the agreed deadline and that the client experience is first class and fully referenceable with prospective clients.

• Act as primary contact for the duration of the onboarding timeline

• Build rapid, trust-based relationships with key client stakeholders

• Project manage and seamlessly deliver the onboarding timeline and deliverables

• Create and maintain project plans

• Manage both internal and external meetings and calls, ensuring deliverable outcomes are executed on. Can include interaction with numerous parties, e.g. counsel, system vendors, PBs, outgoing Administrators (conversions)

• Coordinate Morgan Stanley Fund Services virtual teams throughout

• Identify client specific requirements, both procedural and technology

• Capture requirements for Morgan Stanley Fund Service systems, ensure accurate, timely setup and internal signoff

• Coordinate training for the client by all Morgan Stanley Fund Service functional areas e.g. Fund Accounting, Investor Services and Analytics

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Detailed knowledge of hedge Funds and their structures

• Gravitas, credibility and confidence to quickly create relationships with clients (typically COO, CFO and Head of Operations)

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Excellent judgment and strong risk management skills

• Project management experience; self-motivated and exceptional organization skills

• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experience in leading virtual, globally distributed teams; ability to create personal networks within a global organization

• Experience in some aspects of Fund Administration for Hedge Funds

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills and appetite to embrace evolving technology initiatives

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.