Sustainability Disclosure Accountant Director (AVP equivalent)

Overview

In this role you will lead sustainability disclosure production for European legal entities within Morgan Stanley’s external reporting framework. You’ll work with Finance, Sustainability, Risk, Legal and Corporate Services to ensure timely, accurate ESG and regulatory disclosures. You will own governance, controls, and documentation for disclosures, coordinating input from multiple stakeholders and assuring audit readiness. This is a senior, impact-driven position shaping how the firm reports sustainability and regulatory data on a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead sustainability disclosure workstreams for European entities, ensuring timely and quality hand-offs to Finance Legal Entity Controllers
• Oversee Pillar 3 ESG templates, EU Taxonomy, STE templates, and related documentation and evidence
• Manage production timetable, coordination of inputs, and reviews with Finance, Risk and other stakeholders
• Coordinate internal and external assurance activities, track remediation, and drive process improvements
• Present disclosures and analytics to senior finance management for pre-filing due diligence
• Establish and maintain governance, documentation, controls framework for disclosures production
• Handle ad hoc regulatory submissions within required timeframes
• Reconcile lending data for MS legal entity Physical Intensity metric so it is fit for purpose
• Ensure adherence to risk and regulatory standards and pro-actively reduce risk

Key requirements

• Qualified CA/CPA/ACCA (or equivalent experience) with strong analytical and drafting skills
• Strong financial controller background with experience in regulated production processes
• Experience designing or operating risk and control frameworks, with governance and documentation standards
• Proven stakeholder management and ability to influence across Finance, Sustainability, Risk, Legal and Corporate Services
• Experience working with large datasets and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Minimum 4-6 years relevant experience

• stakeholder management
• problem-solving and initiative
• attention to detail
• finance regulatory reporting
• Pillar 3 ESG templates
• EU Taxonomy

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