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Tax Intelligence Specialist, AVP Introducing Morgan Stanley At Work We know a lot about investing and are certain that theres no better investment a company can make than in its employees. People dont just drive a company, they are the company. So when people work at their best, companies do too. Morgan Stanley at Work, a division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, provides workplace financial solutions that build employee financial confidence, foster loyalty and help our corporate clients attract and retain top talent. Our endtoend offering spans Equity, Financial Wellness and Retirement Solutions. Plus, we provide all employees with Financial Empowerment, so they have the knowledge, tools and support needed to make the most of their workplace financial benefits. What youll be part of our Morgan Stanley at Work culture At Morgan Stanley at Work, we walk the talk. We have created a place for our employees to learn, achieve and grow a place for people to build a career where you can thrive both personally and professionally. We are passionate about exceeding our clients expectations and helping them succeed. We are fearless in taking on new challenges that deliver exceptional results. We believe amazing things can happen when we work together in an environment where everybody has a true sense of belonging and their ideas are heard. We value differences and are committed to providing a work environment where our people can do their best work. We look for people who are problem solvers, empathetic listeners, team players and inclusive leaders. We are committed to your growth and development, and your entire employee experience. We recognize that our people and culture are the keys to our success. We invite you to explore how you can be an integral part of our team. The Global Intelligence Organization The Tax Operations Manager plays a lead role in delivering our Global Intelligence and Tax products and services to our current and prospective clients. The role requires development into a subject matter expert in global tax and tax mobility for global share plans and an expert in Global Intelligence and Shareworks tax tools. The role focuses on deep technical knowledge of the Shareworks tax tools, supporting multinational clients on our suite of product offerings, and the opportunity to support our sales and internal teams across the business, while providing leadership and support for other team members, including identifying process improvements and best practices, and making prioritization decisions on client work and issue resolution. Our ideal candidate has strong planning and organizational skills, the ability to manage multiple projects and lead the work of a group of teammates, is technically savvy, with strong communication skills and likes to work through challenges. You have a passion for solving problems and simplifying complicated scenarios, including creating repeatable processes that help yourself and others ensure consistent results. You are skilled at empowering your team to manage complex issues, and helping them be successful. A knowledge of employee share plans, global tax, and tax mobility would be beneficial. You have a deep belief in team success, a willingness to adapt to continuous change, and a desire to take ownership over responsibilities. You also have a demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Execute our tax rate management service preparing, applying and verifying changes to tax rates for GI clients, to ensure accurate and on time application of tax rate and position updates. Become a subject matter expert on the Shareworks Tax Engine youll troubleshoot customer issues and support internal teams in getting quick solutions, as well as providing training to internal audiences. Become a subject matter expert on the Global Intelligence platform. Youll use your deep understanding of the application to work with the development team, testing new features and bug fixes, as well as troubleshooting production issues raised by clients. Execute data maintenance and migration activities as needed. Support requests for Tax Engine support from other groups across the organization, to aid the organization in standardizing on the Tax Engine. Additional Skills & Responsibilities Become an expert in adhoc report creation, able to support the implementations and CSM teams with report creation/customization requests and troubleshooting. Become an expert in EEO tax functionality and support integration work between the EEO and Global Intelligence development teams. Be able to manage your time and priorities while delivering work to a very high degree of accuracy. Keep stakeholders and team members updated on progress toward agreed plans, including proactively communicating delays and ensuring affected parties understand current status. Build on best practices, procedures, and processes to ensure world class customer delivery. Feeding client requirements and market trends into the Shareworks and Global Intelligence development roadmaps, including identifying product bugs and errors and properly escalating where required, and identifying client needs not currently met by the product. Qualifications Bachelors degree or similar area of focus. Highly techoriented person capable of understanding complexities of Software as a Service (SaaS). Incredible attention to detail. Practical experience, preferably in financial services, tax industry or equity compensation. Fluency in both oral and written English is required; additional spoken and written languages are an asset. Team player mentality and place a high value on building strong relationships. Comfortable delivering effective presentations to a variety of audiences. Demonstrated competency with common technology and technical concepts, including Software as a Service (SaaS), Microsoft Excel; knowledge of Shareworks is an asset. Comfortable in a fastpaced and evolving environment which includes ongoing learning and training opportunities. Desire to contribute to the growth of the business, our platform and our users experience. ~Morgan Stanleys 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, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership 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). What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley We are committed to maintaining the firstclass 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 arent just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do whats best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, youll 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 worklife journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. Theres also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work. Seniority level MidSenior level Employment type Fulltime Job function Accounting/Auditing and Finance Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Morgan Stanley by 2x. #J-18808-Ljbffr