Third-party Reporting & Analytics, Associate, Business Unit Management

We're seeking someone to join our team as a Third-party Reporting & Analytics Associate. This role will leverage the Global Supplier Services (GSS) data to deliver insights into the Firm's third-party relationships. They will work on solutions to provide transparency and help determine opportunities to optimize Third-party expenses. This position will require a strong balance of business acumen with technical expertise. An understanding of third-party relationships and the source to pay processes is preferred. The successful candidate is expected to provide reporting & analytics deliverables in a fast paced and deadline driven environment while supporting data innovation and transformation initiatives. In the Corporate Services division, we empower our businesses by creating collaborative workplace solutions and commercial services that enhance the employee and client experience, while optimizing the value of our sourcing and third-party lifecycle to enable the Firm to do-and-win business. This is an Associate level position within the Business Unit Management, which performs business management/CAO functions such as headcount management, financials, people processes, executive communications, and strategic support. 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: - Become a subject matter expert on sourcing and third-party data to turn business requirements into solutions that drive meaningful reporting and analysis for stakeholders across Sourcing and the Firm - Translate complex business processes and concepts into stakeholder-ready insights through clear visual storytelling (dashboards, KPI scorecards, executive-ready presentations). - Leverage Business Intelligence tools (Snowflake and Power BI) to design and build analytical solutions - Contribute to data transformation and AI enablement initiatives that improve the GSS Data & Analytics service model and unlock new analytical capabilities. - Support the migration of legacy reporting to new strategic platforms that enhance the reporting environment, including partnering with technology teams throughout the SDLC, UAT testing, maintaining taxonomies and mappings, and onboarding new datasets - Work independently with stakeholders for any ad hoc data requests, KPI monitoring, and modifications to existing reporting solutions and dashboards What you'll bring to the role: - 3-5 years of relevant professional experience delivering end-to-end reporting & analytics solutions. - Experienced use of Business Intelligence tools and data platforms such as SQL, Snowflake, Tableau, PowerBI, Python or similar - Client management and teamwork skills: Demonstrated ability in being flexible and working with stakeholders and colleagues at all experience levels, comfort collaborating with technical and non-technical partners, as well as external counterparts - Experience building or maintaining governed metric layers (semantic models, standardized KPI definitions) and producing executive-ready insights. - Experience of collecting, analyzing and synthesizing large and complex datasets - Advanced Microsoft Office Skills; PowerPoint, Word, and Excel - Interest in how AI capabilities can enhance data practices and stakeholder experience (e.g., natural language querying / governed AI capabilities). - Working knowledge of data ontologies and knowledge graphs are a plus. - Industry experience with sourcing (Ariba on demand), procurement, Accounts Payable, third-party relationships, and expense management is a plus 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. 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