Data Governance Specialist

Company Profile: Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm and a market leader in investment banking securities investment management and wealth management services. With offices in more than 43 countries the people of Morgan Stanley provide our clients the finest thinking products and services to help them achieve even the most challenging goals. As a market leader the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. We embrace integrity excellence teamwork and giving back.

Department Profile:

Professionals within the Legal and Compliance Division (LCD) provide a wide range of services to our business units. They preserve the firms invaluable reputation for integrity and protect the firm from sanctions with policies and procedures that meet regulatory requirements around the world. They also strive to maintain cooperative relationships with governmental policy makers and the regulatory and self-regulatory agencies that govern the firms businesses.

The Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Department forms the second line of defense for management of the firms non-financial risks which include Financial Crimes market manipulation or abuse and Operational risk.

Position Description:

You will join a Data and Analytics team who is responsible for establishing strong data governance building and leveraging data analytics and executing on our data centric strategy.

Primary Responsibilities

>Drive implementation of formal data governance practices by working closely with business and technology teams and managing book of work related to prioritized data initiatives
>Track remediation of data-related issues across the Division
>Represent LCD in firm-wide data working groups
>Provide guidance to key stakeholders on how to adopt data governance best practices
>Enhance Program processes where opportunities exist
>Perform analysis and support strategic projects that add value to the LCD Divisional Data Office and the internal clients it supports Required Skills:
>Bachelors degree in a related field.
>2 years of experience in a data-related role.
>Good written and oral communication skills.
>Ability to work with global cross-functional teams.

Desired Skills:
>Direct experience in the financial services industry.
>Strong understanding of data governance and issue management.
>Familiarity with mainstream data processing and modeling programming languages (Python preferred).
>Experience in the categorization and use of business data in support of business processes.
>Knowledge of semantic technologies SKOS modeling and experience using SPARQL

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 - arent just beliefs they guide the decisions we make every day to do whats best for our clients communities and more than 80000 employees in 1200 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.

Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:
If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Flexible work statement
Interested in flexible working opportunities Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.

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.