Equities Project Manager – Front Office Tech & Strategy

Morgan Stanley Asia Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley Asia Limited is seeking a Project Manager in the ISG Management group to drive technology initiatives across front office sales and trading. You will coordinate with business and development managers, oversee a diverse portfolio, and manage regulatory change projects with emphasis on impact analysis and delivery across regional teams.

The role requires 5+ years in consulting or financial services, strong PM skills, and solid knowledge of PLC/SDLC, MS Office tools, and Asian

Qualifications

• University degree with at least 5+ years of relevant work experience in a major management consulting firm or within the financial services industry.
• Knowledge of sales and trading, finance, operations, technology or internal audit background preferred.
• Strong Project Management skills and demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
• Strong analytic and problem solving / process improvement skills, ability to learn quickly, manage multiple demands, changing priorities and solve poorly defined problems.
• Excellent verbal and written skills with an ability to create high quality written products that are comprehensive, accurate and tailored to the audience.
• Outstanding ability to work effectively across all levels of the organisation with excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong organizational skills with an ability to manage multiple demands and changing priorities.
• Overall experience in hands-on project management, specifically in information technology-related projects essential and supporting financial services businesses.
• Solid understanding of the Project Lifecycle (PLC) and System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) components.
• MS-Project, MS Excel, and general MS-Office skills essential.
• Strong knowledge of Asian markets and exchanges, including the associated regulations that govern the Asia region
• Solid working knowledge of securities, derivatives and securities lending an advantage.
• Experience with large scale regulatory initiatives gained from having worked with the capital markets trading industry (derivatives and equities) at a global bank or consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management to support the equities’ business, driving business analysis and feasibility studies for potential projects.
• Work closely with the business and development managers to oversee and track the portfolio of technology initiatives being delivered for front office sales & trading.
• Interaction with other technology silos, operations and finance to coordinate front to back testing.
• Manage and deliver region specific Business Expansion (Product) and Regulatory Change projects, from analysis of their front to back impact on the business to delivery of resultant changes.
• Assist with managing the pipeline of work for the business and facilitating prioritization in line with current supply/demand.
• Support standardization and consistency in projects, risk management processes and procedures, and ensure adherence to company tools and applications.

Skills

Project management

Financial services

Stakeholder management

Business analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Management consulting

Tools

MS Project

MS Excel

MS Office

Job description

Morgan Stanley Asia Limited is seeking a Project Manager in the ISG Management group to drive technology initiatives across front office sales and trading. You will coordinate with business and development managers, oversee a diverse portfolio, and manage regulatory change projects with emphasis on impact analysis and delivery across regional teams.

The role requires 5+ years in consulting or financial services, strong PM skills, and solid knowledge of PLC/SDLC, MS Office tools, and Asian