Vice President - IFRS Tax Accounting

We're seeking someone to join our team as a Vice President in Tax department to manage all aspects of IFRS tax provision preparation and review, serve as a subject matter expert for IAS 12 tax matters, and partner closely with controllers, auditors, and global tax teams to ensure high quality, accurate, and compliant report.

In the Finance division, we act as a partner to business units around the globe by providing management, review, analysis and advisory services of the Firm's financial and capital resources. This is a Vice President level position within the Tax & Advisory job family which ensures compliance with income and indirect tax filings, reports tax information for the Firm’s regulatory filings, manages the Firm’s global tax authority relationships, including tax controversy, and monitors relevant tax regulations and legislation. Additional responsibilities include managing the Firm’s domestic and international tax strategies, determining the Firm’s transfer pricing policies and advising Senior Management and BUs on business products, strategic transactions and restructuring objectives.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What You'll Do In The Role

• Lead end-to-end IFRS income tax accounting development and implementation, with a focus on automation, data integrity, and reporting efficiency
• Manage interim and annual income tax provision preparation and review of consolidated IFRS tax reporting, including conversion from U.S. GAAP
• Oversea analysis of U.S. GAAP to IFRS income tax differences, including tracking adjustments, documenting differences in tax accounting, and communicating impacts to stakeholders
• Manage reconciliation and validation of IFRS income tax accounts, including IFRS income supporting tax data and documentation
• Partner with global stakeholders on income tax accounting matters, supporting effective data hand offs with local tax teams and legal entity controllers.
• Ensure strong internal controls, ensuring alignment with SOX and global regulatory expectations.
• Effectively communicate with external and internal stakeholders, including tax leadership
• Act as point of contact for external tax accountants; evaluate and manage relationships with tax advisors and preparers
• Evaluate and document the IFRS tax accounting implications of new transactions, restructurings, and other Firm initiatives.
• Tax analysis, planning and analytics
• Special projects
• Manage, attract, develop and retain talent for team within Finance while creating an inclusive environment; translate Firmwide goals into actionable goals for department/function
• Act as a role model and culture carrier; Embody and set an example of the Firm's values and hold yourself and others accountable to Firm standards

What You'll Bring To The Role

• Advanced understanding of Finance functional area, product and/or client segment and technical skills, as well as of industry and competitive environment
• Ability to provide positive and constructive
• feedback and acknowledge efforts of team members
• Ability to articulate risk and impact to various audiences, and create plans to mitigate those risks
• Minimum 8+ years of tax accounting experience, both public and private
• Experience covering complex tax issues in a real-time environment
• Strong working knowledge of Accounting for Income Tax rules under both ASC 740 and IAS 12 as well as solid general knowledge of GAAP and IFRS rules; IFRS/IAS 12 and ASC 740 experience is required
• Bachelor's in accounting or Master's in Tax
• CPA certification preferred
• Strong managerial skills, with a hands on approach
• Strong organizational, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• A solid team player who is also an independent thinker with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Experience with CorpTax, Alteryx, and Power Query preferable but not required
• Financial services industry experience preferable but not required

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley We have a track record of innovation and passion for unlocking new opportunities, we help our clients raise, manage and allocate capital. We do this by offering a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and asset management services. All that we do at Morgan Stanley is driven by our five core values: do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back. These aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day, ensuring we do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees around the world. And at the core of our success are the people who drive it - relentless collaborators and creative thinkers who are fueled by diverse thinking and experiences. Wherever you are in our 1,200 global offices, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are empowered to achieve your full potential. 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. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about\-us/global\-offices into your browser.

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about\-us/global\-offices into your browser.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $205,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).