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Legal Entity Controller Lead - Executive Director - Finance - Mumbai

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship
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at Morgan Stanley

Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

Posted 3 days ago

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**Legal Entity Controller Lead (Executive Director - Finance) - Mumbai** Lead Legal Entity External Reporting Controllers team, managing Mumbai-based team and ensuring timely, compliant financial, regulatory, and management reporting. Oversee service level agreements, drive transformation using digital tools, and maintain key internal-external stakeholder relationships. Requires 10+ years in finance, entity/controller experience, proven leadership skills, and strong communication capabilities. Proficient in financial systems and analytics tools. This senior role demands a strategic mindset and proven process improvement capabilities. Experience working in regulated industries is preferred. Join this leading global financial services firm, offering a richly diverse, high-performing culture and global opportunities.

Compensation
Not specified

Currency: Not specified

City
Mumbai
Country
India

Full Job Description

About Us

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management 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.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Division


The Finance Division reports to the Chief Financial Officer and consists of some 3,000 employees worldwide. Finance protects the Morgan Stanley franchise by serving as guardian of the Firms books and records and by contributing to firm wide risk management and risk reduction. This division maintains relationships with Morgan Stanleys various industry and government regulators and also serves as the conduit of financial information to the outside investment community. Finance plays a critical role as advisor to Morgan Stanleys various businesses and its senior management team.

Department


The Legal Entity External Reporting Controllers team is responsible for the production of high quality financial reporting for the Firms legal entities, including the preparation of: audited and unaudited statutory financial statements; management accounts; US Federal Reserve entity level reporting; and other reporting for senior management when requested.

Responsibilities include:

  • Responsible for leading Financial and Regulatory Reporting function within Mumbai.
  • Act as the local point person in Mumbai for the Reporting team, who works with local leadership teams in managing the location and logistical dependencies related to the team (e.g., space/ seats, hiring/ onboarding/ training, parallel run, dual operations etc.).
  • Functionally responsible for the timely production of a range of reporting for legal entities for presentation to senior management, while ensuring compliance with the relevant reporting control framework, ensuring compliance with client requirements and internal policy.
  • Responsible for agreeing and complying with requirements set out in Service Level Agreements, covering services provided to the Legal Entity Management teams supported by the function.
  • Actively leading transformation including automation through use of Digital tools, AI, process improvement etc.
  • Participation in the development of the Legal Entity Controller function, including identifying process improvement opportunities within the Reporting function; driving the delivery of initiatives and projects related to process or entity-specific requirements; and responding to new or emerging external reporting requirements.
  • Overall responsibility for key internal and external stakeholder relationships maintained by the local management team.

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 thats differentiated and weve 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 - arent 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, youll 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. Theres also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.

Legal Entity Controller Lead - Executive Director - Finance - Mumbai

Compensation

Not specified

City: Mumbai

Country: India

Morgan Stanley logo
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

3 days ago

No clicks

at Morgan Stanley

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

**Legal Entity Controller Lead (Executive Director - Finance) - Mumbai** Lead Legal Entity External Reporting Controllers team, managing Mumbai-based team and ensuring timely, compliant financial, regulatory, and management reporting. Oversee service level agreements, drive transformation using digital tools, and maintain key internal-external stakeholder relationships. Requires 10+ years in finance, entity/controller experience, proven leadership skills, and strong communication capabilities. Proficient in financial systems and analytics tools. This senior role demands a strategic mindset and proven process improvement capabilities. Experience working in regulated industries is preferred. Join this leading global financial services firm, offering a richly diverse, high-performing culture and global opportunities.

Full Job Description

About Us

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management 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.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Division


The Finance Division reports to the Chief Financial Officer and consists of some 3,000 employees worldwide. Finance protects the Morgan Stanley franchise by serving as guardian of the Firms books and records and by contributing to firm wide risk management and risk reduction. This division maintains relationships with Morgan Stanleys various industry and government regulators and also serves as the conduit of financial information to the outside investment community. Finance plays a critical role as advisor to Morgan Stanleys various businesses and its senior management team.

Department


The Legal Entity External Reporting Controllers team is responsible for the production of high quality financial reporting for the Firms legal entities, including the preparation of: audited and unaudited statutory financial statements; management accounts; US Federal Reserve entity level reporting; and other reporting for senior management when requested.

Responsibilities include:

  • Responsible for leading Financial and Regulatory Reporting function within Mumbai.
  • Act as the local point person in Mumbai for the Reporting team, who works with local leadership teams in managing the location and logistical dependencies related to the team (e.g., space/ seats, hiring/ onboarding/ training, parallel run, dual operations etc.).
  • Functionally responsible for the timely production of a range of reporting for legal entities for presentation to senior management, while ensuring compliance with the relevant reporting control framework, ensuring compliance with client requirements and internal policy.
  • Responsible for agreeing and complying with requirements set out in Service Level Agreements, covering services provided to the Legal Entity Management teams supported by the function.
  • Actively leading transformation including automation through use of Digital tools, AI, process improvement etc.
  • Participation in the development of the Legal Entity Controller function, including identifying process improvement opportunities within the Reporting function; driving the delivery of initiatives and projects related to process or entity-specific requirements; and responding to new or emerging external reporting requirements.
  • Overall responsibility for key internal and external stakeholder relationships maintained by the local management team.

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 thats differentiated and weve 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 - arent 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, youll 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. Theres also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.