Commodities Product Controller, Vice President

About the role

Morgan Stanley is looking for a Vice President to join its Asia ISG Finance team, overseeing the Asia Commodities Product Controller. The role sits in the Product Controllers job family and ensures adequate controls, profit and loss and balance sheet reporting and reconciliations for a segment, product area or business, as well as management reporting across business segments. It covers the deployed location in Mumbai and involves close interaction with sales and trading, operations, IT, market risk and other finance groups.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues in Finance and across the Firm, and lead end-to-end processes and programs requiring complex decisions.
• Adhere to the Firm's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls, and own risk and contingency plans for the business area.
• Review daily P&L and P&L attribution for Asia Commodities, including power, oil and gas and their derivatives.
• Produce and review revenue, balance sheet, sales credit, expenses and capital analytical reporting for business heads.
• Review and communicate changes to the balance sheet, capital and expenses through reporting to business heads.
• Manage, attract, develop and retain finance team talent, and turn firmwide goals into actionable departmental goals.
• Act as a role model and culture carrier, upholding the Firm's values and standards.

Required profile

• University degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience generally expected.
• Strong understanding of the finance function, industry and competitive environment, including risks and key regulations.
• Ability to manage risk and impact on the functional area and create mitigation plans.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work with product control, clients, market risk, IT, legal, compliance, tax and accounting policy groups.

Required skills

• Advanced technical skills, especially Microsoft Excel and VBA, with the ability to handle complex spreadsheets.