Client Success Manager, AVP

About the position

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 43 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and prosper. Corporate and Institutional Solutions (CIS) is a division within Morgan Stanley Wealth Management comprised of Corporate & Digital Solutions, Morgan Stanley @ Work, Virtual Client Solutions, Reinvestment, and Strategic Client Management. The overall goal and vision of CIS is to create a corporate experience and a consistent corporate employee ('participant') experience and to engage them throughout their financial life journey that will ultimately lead to a furthering and deepening of their Morgan Stanley Wealth Management relationships. Our approach will be highly scalable, leveraging an omni-channel strategy with an emphasis on messaging, onboarding, cross-selling, activation and servicing. Our goal will be to drive growth across all client segments, including the Mass-Affluent, with new digital capabilities. For 85 years, Morgan Stanley has been a global leader in financial services, with the scale and stability to bring its clients valuable opportunities. Within its Wealth Management division, Morgan Stanley at Work (MSAW) delivers workplace financial solutions for organizations and their employees.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all participant stock plan transactions are correctly processed and settled in a timely manner (ESPP Purchases, ESPP sales, Option Exercises, SWAPS, Reloads, Option Grants etc.)
• Ensures the record keeping and settlement of trades are processed.
• Manages all Events, with exception of Corporate Actions
• Maintains and creates event timelines and operating procedures with a focus on process improvements
• Supports Valuation Reporting, Section 16 Insider Reporting & Client-specific custom processes (e.g. custom reports, scripts, etc.)
• Prepares accurate daily/monthly/year end reporting and reconciliation
• Supports Monthly balancing of Client plans
• Processes timely and accurate data updates, data manipulation and data management by updating the software per client instruction
• Supports Client engagement activities including preparation and participation in Client status updates
• Ensures accurate and timely responses to all equity related inquiries and corrections internally and externally
• Trouble shoots req breaks, ensuring deliveries, and if outages occur, ensures they are addressed
• Tracks Client Action plans and Open Items, and manages them to resolution
• Supports maintenance of Corporate Profiles
• Develops Knowledge of data flows between interfacing systems in support of issue resolution and inquiry response
• Participate in sales presentations, as needed
• Participates, as needed, in product testing and validation using product knowledge to identify and document bugs as well as suggests enhancements

Requirements

• 1-5 years of equity compensation administration and prior B2B experience
• Experience with global equity plans, complex plans such as restricted stock units/awards, swaps/reloads, performance vesting/awards, etc.
• Required to pass department CEE exam (within 3 months of hiring)
• Required to receive CEP Designation (designation must be obtained within Client Success Management policy)
• Able to nimbly manage multiple clients, with high level of customer focus
• A passion for providing proactive client-focused solutions
• Collaborative and highly effective in partnering with internal teams for seamless support of clients
• Highly attentive to client needs and requests, able to identify and address proactively
• Able to build long term client relationship; be perceived as trusted advisor
• Strong project management and organization skills
• Willing to go above and beyond, while maintaining a positive attitude
• Strong analytical, problem solving skills, and proven attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure, retaining focus and positive attitude
• Ability to assist in the development and improvement of internal and external processes
• Very strong communication skills, verbal and written

Benefits

• Attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry
• Commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs