Job Responsibilities

- Assist with the on-boarding of third-party technology vendors used by companies that have recently been acquired by Morgan Stanley
- Work closely with Service Owners to support the creation of third-party vendor inventory records for new and existing services
- Work with Sourcing to understand if existing third-party vendor inventory records can be leveraged
- Drive discussions with other Morgan Stanley Business Units to determine appropriate ownership of third-party vendor inventory records
- Report on on-boarding status on a weekly basis, ensuring transparency on progress and any risks or issues that have been encountered
- Once on-boarded drive compliance with key third party risk management policy requirements such as the creation of vendor contingency plans
- Assist with the determination of whether a service should be considered “outsourcing”. If determined to be outsourcing, assist with progressing the service through the heightened requirements for these types of arrangement
- Oversee and work with other Business Units to ensure dependent activities are understood and coordinated within the larger program activities




- Attend regular integration meetings and provide updates on progress
- Perform Quality assurance of third-party vendor inventory records to ensure accuracy
- Provide guidance to Service Owners on key facets of the third-party program
- Respond to queries from Management and other interested groups in a timely manner

Skills

- Educated to degree level in relevant subject (e.g. Information Technology, Risk Management, Business Management)
- Experience with third party vendor risk and relationship management
- Experience in determining whether third party services constitute outsourcing
- Experience with institutional integrations and/or technology risk management
- Program/project management experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good attention to detail and valuable organizational skills
- Strong Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel) skills
- Experience of stakeholder engagement at different levels of an organization
- Accurate, tenacious and delivery focused mindset
- Comfort working with ambiguity, managing and resolving complex issues

📌 Business Support Specialist (Quebec City)
🏢 Jose Merciline
📍 Quebec City