Director, Technical Specialist

Company Profile:

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

In the Internal Audit division, we provide senior management an objective and independent assessment of the Firm’s internal control environment for risk management and governance.

What you’ll do in the role:

Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Director, Technical Specialist in New York, New York to Execute assurance activities including audits, continuous monitoring, and closure verification to assess risk and formulate a view on the control environment. Facilitate conversations with stakeholders on risks, their impact and how well they are managed in a clear, timely and structured manner. Test controls over applications and system infrastructure, including those over data accuracy, completeness and processing, systems development, change management, data security and entitlements, production management and technology governance. Identify risk and impact to relevant coverage area to prioritize areas of focus. Telecommuting permitted up to 1 day per week.

What you’ll bring to the role:

-Requires a Master’s in Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.

-Requires two (2) years of experience in the position offered or two (2) years as an Associate, Analyst, Internal Audit, or a related role

-Requires two (2) years of experience with the following skills:

• Evaluating financial institution's risk management processes and controls against the principles and guidance in the FFIEC Information Technology Handbooks;
• Assisting in the audit scoping process, leading walkthroughs with stakeholders, and preparing narratives to describe key centralized technology processes and associated technology controls;
• Creating, executing, and documenting control tests for applications and system infrastructure in the following domains: Access management control testing, disaster recovery control testing, and data processing control testing;
• Preparing system flow diagrams using Visio;
• Managing documents that are shared with stakeholders, including request lists and audit progress presentations;
• Drafting audit observations and issues;
• Verifying corrective actions have been implemented to address audit-identified issues and regulatory issues;
• Performing continuous monitoring activities to assess technology risks;
• Using workflow and risk management tools such as Archer, JIRA, and ServiceNow;
• Perform data analysis using tools such as QlikView dashboards;
• Reviewing SQL and Python code; and
• Collaborating with business auditors on assurance activities.

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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $149,000 and $155,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).