Axiom Engineering - Vice President - Software Engineering 

Profile Description 

We’re seeking someone to join our FRPPE team as a Axiom Engineering Lead, in Finance Technology to lead a Regulatory Disclosures development team responsible for EMEA reporting solutions, with a strong emphasis on AxiomSL and XBRL‑based submissions. This senior role blends hands‑on technical ownership with leadership of a small team, driving delivery across a large and complex regulatory reporting portfolio.

Working closely with Finance stakeholders, project managers, and global technology teams, the Senior Developer will own the full lifecycle of delivery—from business/data analysis and technical design through implementation, testing, release management, and ongoing L3 support. The role requires deep technical expertise, strong analytical capability, and the ability to guide a team in delivering scalable, accurate, and regulatory‑compliant reporting solutions.

About Super Department: 

FINANCE Technology (FINTECH) provides innovative solutions for regulatory and financial reporting, general ledger, profit & loss calculations, securities bookkeeping, budgeting & forecasting, and tax filing. The group leverages a state-of-the-art multi-terabyte financial data warehouse as one of its main assets to service the Firm’s Finance division.

The Balance Sheet and Regulatory Group:

The Finance IT BSR Group focuses on developing and maintaining the firm’s financial statements. This involves sourcing the entire firm’s accounting data, storing it in the most efficient manner and providing analytical capabilities that enable Finance Controllers to validate the statements daily and longer timeframes as needed by both internal and external regulatory groups.

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a Lead Software Engineering position at Vice President Level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintains software solutions that support business needs. 

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: 

• Lead, mentor, and manage a small development team delivering regulatory reporting capabilities across EMEA jurisdictions
• Oversee planning and delivery of a significant Axiom-based reporting portfolio, ensuring high-quality and on-time execution
• Act as the primary L3 escalation point for complex production issues, ensuring quick diagnosis and resolution
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering practices, automation, and development workflow

Technical Responsibilities

• Perform detailed business and data analysis to investigate problems and design optimal solutions in partnership with Finance and reporting SMEs
• Design, implement, test, and maintain Axiom EMEA reporting solutions, including data ingestion, rule logic, mappings, workflows, and templates
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of XBRL-based disclosures and filing outputs
• Conduct performance and scalability optimization to support enterprise-scale deployments of regulatory applications
• Work closely with product management to define new features, contribute to specification development, and influence platform enhancements
• Ensure quality across the delivery lifecycle through unit testing, documentation, code reviews, and structured release processes

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Finance, Data, Operations, and wider Technology teams to align business needs with technical solutions
• Coordinate with architecture and platform teams to maintain adherence to global standards
• Promote best practices across coding, testing, automation, and DevOps

What you’ll bring to the role: 

• Total 10 + years of professional experience.
• At least 6 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role. 

Technical Skills (Required)

• 5+ years of Axiom Controller View 9/10 experience, including data models and rule-building
• 4+ years of database development experience (SQL, data modelling, stored procedures)
• 1+ years of ETL programming / Data Engineering experience (e.g. Informatica)
• Experience with Autosys job scheduler
• Strong working knowledge of UNIX for scripting and operational support

Technical Skills (Preferred)

• Experience with DevOps tooling (CI/CD, version control, automation frameworks)
• Knowledge of programming languages such as Java, Scala, Python, and distributed processing with Spark
• Exposure to the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) domain

Functional Experience & Capabilities

• Proven expertise delivering complex regulatory reporting solutions (e.g., EBA, PRA, BOE, BBK)
• Understanding of EMEA regulatory requirements, especially FINREP/COREP and XBRL reporting

Non-Technical Skills:

Strong interest in the Finance business with the ability to interpret and analyse data to support team decision-making; familiarity with Accounting concepts preferred.
 

Demonstrated ability to learn and understand key areas of Finance, including financial products, regulatory requirements, and accounting processes, and to guide team members in these areas.
 

High sense of ownership and accountability, with the capacity to lead a team and take on broader managerial responsibilities over time.
 

Effective prioritisation and multitasking skills, ensuring the team meets deadlines and manages competing priorities smoothly.
 

Enthusiasm for adopting new technologies and helping the team apply them toward enterprise-level data and Finance solutions.
 

Proven ability to lead and collaborate within a global team environment, fostering a positive, productive, and inclusive team culture.
 

Advanced problem-solving abilities, with a focus on supporting the team in addressing real-world business challenges and delivering strong outcomes.

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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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.