CBS Strategy & Operations Manager (Hybrid)

Morgan Stanley; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Corporate Business Solutions Operations Director to lead operational support and strategic initiatives. This role involves collaborating with senior leadership, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance within the CBS organization. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in a global financial institution, showcasing strong analytical and communication skills. Join a dynamic team that values creativity and collaboration, where your contributions will directly impact the business and enhance the employee experience. This position offers a hybrid work environment, allowing flexibility while fostering a culture of inclusion and excellence.

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits

Hybrid work environment

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Opportunities for internal mobility

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in a large global financial institution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Monitor operating expenses and ensure compliance with budget policies.
• Manage internal stakeholder queries and provide insights on managed spend.
• Support production of executive reporting and analytics for business decisions.

Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

Job description

We're seeking someone to join our team as a CBS (Corporate Business Solutions) Operations Director to provide operational and strategic support on all aspects of the day to day running of the CBS Organization. The role will report into the Global Head of Business Strategy & Operations and provide support to the CBS Senior Leadership Team.

In the Corporate Services division, we empower our businesses by creating collaborative workplace solutions and commercial services that enhance the employee and client experience, while optimizing the value of our sourcing and third-party lifecycle to enable the Firm to do-and-win business. This is a Director position within Business Unit Management, which performs business management/ Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) functions such as headcount management, financials, people processes, executive communications, and strategic support.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…

What you'll do in the role:

• Monitoring and reporting on operating expenses and working with our Corporate Service expense management team to ensure we maintain compliance with Firm expense policies and stay within budget.

• Manage internal stakeholder queries on CBS allocated managed spend, provide insights and analysis of the CBS managed spend and drivers to support internal stakeholder discussion on managed spend.

• Coordinating the annual budgeting submission and working with the Corporate Service expense management team on monthly variance analysis to identify and report on risk and opportunities in our expense base.

• Support the production and delivery of high-quality and meaningful executive reporting and analytics to support business decisions and aggregate materials for management and business reviews.

• CBS Risk Management: Partner with CS (Corporate Service) Risk on risk adherence and governance within CBS. Management of CBS specific risk programs such as MNPI, Permanent Insiders.

• Support the CBS Technology Program, including the process optimization workstream.

What you'll bring to the role:

• 5+ years' experience in similar roles in a large global financial institution.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and work effectively across teams and levels of the organization.

• Excellent analytical, organizational and presentation skills, with strong attention to detail and a track record of high-quality output.

• Independent, self-starter, excellent problem-solving abilities with an execution-driven attitude.

• Strong client focus, continuously developing/enhancing relationships with internal partners.

• Comfortable with ambiguity in a business environment that brings new challenges every day.

All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.

Knowledge of French and English is required.

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 - 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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.