Vice President Project Controls Lead

Job Description

*Vice President Project Controls LeadDivision: Corporate ServicesJob Title: Project Controls LeadLocation: Mumbai, IndiaJob Level: Vice PresidentCOMPANY OVERVIEW Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.Department Profile Corporate Services provides a robust portfolio of global services utilized daily across the Firm to enable productivity, efficiency, safety, optimized business models and an enhanced employee experience in the workplace. We have over 5,000 staff managing a multi-billion dollar scope of services including Real Estate and Location Strategy; Real Estate Portfolio and Transaction Management; Property Management; Corporate Travel; Corporate Security & Investigations; Corporate Information Management; and Regional Client Services; and Office of the COO.ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES As a highly motivated Project Controls Leads you will establish & lead a team responsible for project delivery process and controls in the area of complex, multi disciplinary, and geographically dispersed real estate project design, development, infrastructure engineering and construction projects. You will provide program level financial controls, standards and tools to support project management of large scale capital programs, ongoing workplace improvements and infrastructure projects. The best candidates will have experience managing large scale capital portfolios and large programs and be able to tolerate ambiguity and demonstrate problem solving leadership with limited oversight. Challenge industry norms and standards from contracting, design development processes and tools to rewards and incentives.Report to: Program Management & Governance Lead, *SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS Gather project wide requirements and deliver solutions that satisfy customers needs for process, tools and data structureOwn end to end project controls process, data and tools from design phase to deployment. Including Estimating, Budgeting, Cost Management, Schedule, Risk, Procurement, Change Control, Contracts, Payments and Cash flow.Partner with Financial Control Group to ensure funding and accounting treatment.On behalf of the firm negotiate and resolve all claims and disputes.Manage and optimize end to end project wide reporting for metrics, dashboard, standards management, and communications. Facilitate reporting to Executive Management.Manage project wide strategic supplier negotiations for services including performance measurement (e.g. report cards and QBR)Develop and own process and tools for project cost, benchmarking, templates and forecasting in an integrated information management process from design and engineering to commissioning and handover.Manage financial governance for the Global Capital Program including approvals, audit and complianceSupport controllers / FCG / Tax team on Capital planning, capitalisation data, tax structuringManage contingencies and risk register for projects.The following are the skills and experience required for the role: Bachelor of Engineering / Architecture, Construction Management from NICMAR or equivalent in related technical field. Minimum 15 years of relevant experience. MBA holders an added advantage.Knowledge of large scale global real estate development projects and portfolio programs.Relevant experience in Financial Services sector would be advantageous. Experience of delivering projects across India and regions is essential.Demonstrated skills in requirements gathering, resource organization, and task prioritization, scheduling and cost controls.Exceptional communication skills and proven ability to build strong relationships.Culture fit: collaborative, team oriented, creative, adaptable.Ability to partner with internal stakeholder groups and also to leverage the supply chain and vendors to deliver changeAbility to prioritize multiple initiatives, appropriately balance strategic and execution activities, and perform effectively under pressureThe ideal candidate will be a highly accomplished and technical project management leader with a depth of expertise in leading large scale and highly complex construction projects. Through experience this person will have developed proven, repeatable, and transferable best practices that ensure project excellenceDemonstrated ability to work in a lean, fast paced environment.A leadership team that demands success, respect, and support for colleagues and partner leads. Therefore, the successful candidate will have shown the ability to work and thrive in such an environment and as a core part of that leadership team.Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

Keyskills :
project managementautomationcost controlsupply chainproject costproject designchange controllarge programsproblem solvingcost managementclient servicesglobal servicesproject delivery