Sustainability Disclosure Director – Hybrid ESG Reporting

96 Morgan Stanley UK Ltd; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in Glasgow is seeking a Sustainability Disclosure Accountant Director (AVP equivalent) to own European regulatory disclosures and sustainability templates for legal entities. You will lead production ownership, coordinate across Finance, Risk, Legal and Corporate Services, and oversee Pillar 3 ESG and EU Taxonomy templates with strong governance and documentation.

The role requires CA/CPA/ACCA or equivalent, 4–6 years relevant experience, and a proactive, detail‑oriented mindset.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA/CPA/ACCA (or equivalent experience) with strong analytical and drafting skills.
• Strong financial controller background and experience running controlled production processes for regulatory reporting and/or external disclosures.
• Experience designing or operating risk and control frameworks, including documentation standards and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a varied group of colleagues in Finance and across the Firm.
• 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.
• Sustainability Disclosure deliverables for European legal entities, ensuring controlled processes, clear ownership, and delivery to agreed timelines and quality standards for hand-off to Finance Legal Entity Controllers.
• Pillar 3 ESG templates, including coordinating inputs, performing review and validation checks, and maintaining supporting documentation and evidence.
• EU Taxonomy templates, ensuring consistent methodology application, appropriate controls over source data, and alignment with internal governance expectations.
• Short Term Exercise (STE) templates, managing the production timetable and coordinating inputs and review across Finance, Risk and other key stakeholders.
• Ad hoc regulatory submissions, including delivery within required timeframes.
• Reconciliation of lending data used in the MS legal entity Physical Intensity metric, to ensure this is fit for purpose
• Establishing and maintaining a robust governance, documentation and controls framework for disclosures production (including procedures, checklists, evidence packs, issue logs and approvals).
• Coordinating internal and external assurance activity (e.g., audit requests and independent reviews), track remediation actions through to closure, and drive continuous improvement across the production process.
• Presenting disclosures and analytics to Finance Snr Management for due diligence pre-filing

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Regulatory reporting

Controls governance

Education

CA/CPA/ACCA qualification

Job description

Morgan Stanley in Glasgow is seeking a Sustainability Disclosure Accountant Director (AVP equivalent) to own European regulatory disclosures and sustainability templates for legal entities. You will lead production ownership, coordinate across Finance, Risk, Legal and Corporate Services, and oversee Pillar 3 ESG and EU Taxonomy templates with strong governance and documentation.

The role requires CA/CPA/ACCA or equivalent, 4–6 years relevant experience, and a proactive, detail‑oriented mindset.