Were seeking someone to join our team as an Director in Wealth Management Aligned Operations team, Direct, Workplace, and Tax Operations (DWTO) organization supports millions of Morgan Stanley institutional and Wealth Management clients. Functions within DWTO include Tax Operations, Morgan Stanley at Work (Stock Plan), and ETRADE Operations teams Margin, Middle Office, and Correspondence. Operations is one of the largest divisions in the firm and has diverse responsibilities, including correctly settling and recording millions of transactions per day, identifying, and mitigating all operational risks, developing strong client relationships and partnering with technology to realize the full potential of IT and e-solutions. The Margin Operations team continually seeks ways to improve while actively supporting the development of new businesses and regulatory changes. Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. Interested in joining a team thats eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on What youll do in the role: As a member of the Margin Ops team, the Margin Ops Director will oversee day to day operational tasks/governance, lead initiatives to enhance and improve processes as well as adhere to existing and new regulations, manage metrics/reporting to disseminate to senior leadership, identify, respond, and resolve escalated risk scenarios, collaborate with various teams (L&C, Product, Service, and Risk) to proactively mitigate risk. Typical responsibilities listed below: Review and manage exceptions to the firm's current margin policy Perform review of daily margin processes completed by analysts and associates Strong understanding of REG-T Margin guidelines, Day-Trade rules, and complex option strategies Ensure proper action is taken on at-risk accounts for adherence to the firm's policy, market conditions, or individual account behaviour Support customer service in managing and resolving escalated client margin issues Assess risk and apply closing transactions in high-pressure and fast-moving market conditions for accounts with complex trading strategies Identify and escalate risk related issues to various leaders in all lines of business Participate and lead cross-functional initiatives aimed at formulating policy and improving systems used to manage risk and execute client orders Provide regular reporting to direct management Contribute positively to the client experience by developing and sharing operational process enhancement ideas to the broader organization Ensure adherence to existing and new regulations put forth by regulatory bodies.