Project Management, Director, Project Management

About the role

Project Management, Director, Project Management at Morgan Stanley leads a global team overseeing external financial, regulatory, and capital reporting functions. The role partners with finance and IT across the firm to manage user acceptance testing, business analysis, and SDLC activities for regulatory reporting systems such as Axiom, BASEL III, and CCAR. Responsibilities include capturing requirements, defining acceptance criteria, coordinating cross‑functional stakeholders, driving process improvements, and managing a diverse matrix team. Candidates should hold a master’s degree or MBA, have consulting or business analyst experience in FP&A, Treasury, Product Control, or regulatory reporting, and demonstrate expertise in automation, digital tooling, and project management methodologies. Strong communication, coordination, and risk‑management skills are essential. The position is full‑time, based in Mumbai, India, and requires a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.

What you’ll do

• We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products.
• We have a vibrant and diverse mix of teams working on different technologies and functional areas.
• There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.
• The candidate needs to be able to work with geographically dispersed groups across Finance and IT in a very dynamic, rapidly evolving, and high pressure, high visibility project setting.
• The candidate will have to focus on user acceptance testing, business analysis responsibilities, including capturing and documenting requirements in the form of user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and liaising with end users to obtain sign off.
• The candidate is expected to work with technology counterparts as a part of SDLC.
• Tests include functional new enhancements/ bug fixes and regression testing existing scripts to ensure existing working functionality is not impacted by the introduction of new code.

What you’ll bring

• Master’s degree in technology, Accounting, MBA preferred from leading institutions
• Consulting/BA Exp in either of FP&A, Treasury, Product Control or Regulatory Reporting division with Top tier global Bank preferred
• Experience of working as Functional Business Analyst and have worked upon technology implementation for projects related to any of Axiom Regulatory Reporting (EMEA/AMS), Capital, BASEL III/BASEL III End Game or Product Control.
• Proven experience in automation and digital tooling projects, with a strong understanding of automation technologies and tools.
• Experience in managing a team working on diverse requirements under different project squads
• Experience in managing projects and a strong understanding of project management methodologies.
• Functional understanding of any from EMEA/US Regulatory Reporting, Comprehensive Capital Analysis & Review (CCAR)/Dodd Frank (DFAST)/14A/Q /FFIEC/LCR Reporting.
• Ability in driving process improvements and efficiencies for reduced time-to-market
• Ability to communicate key issues and progress updates in a regular, accurate, timely fashion with stakeholders
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong co-ordination (across functional groups – stakeholders, IT, SMEs) and organisation skills
• Collaborate with a varied group of colleagues in Finance and across the Firm
• Responsible for and lead aspects of individual and team deliverables and projects, leveraging in-depth knowledge of Finance functional area, product and/or client segments
• Adhere to the Firm's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls; proactively identify ways to reduce risk in work
• Act as a culture carrier; embody and set an example of the Firm's values and hold yourself and others accountable to Firm standards

Skills

Education

Master's