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Expense Strategy & Analytics Manager

Morgan Stanley
Backend Developer • Lead • On-site • Full-time • 📍 Budapest
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A Vice President-level role in Morgan Stanley's Expense Strategy & Analytics team, helping the firm make disciplined decisions on non-compensation expenses. The role partners with senior leaders across Finance and business to evaluate tradeoffs, improve spend transparency, and identify cost-optimization opportunities while connecting near-term decisions to multi-year financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • ▹Provide in-depth financial analysis on the global non-compensation expense portfolio and present savings recommendations
  • ▹Work across Finance, business and functional partners to improve transparency into spend drivers
  • ▹Translate expense actions into clear multi-year projections
  • ▹Partner with senior leaders and governance forums to frame key expense decisions and evaluate tradeoffs
  • ▹Enhance expense forecasting and scenario modeling by improving data, analytics and tools

Requirements

  • ▹Proven ability to build trusted partnerships and drive coordinated decisions across expense functions
  • ▹Excellent communication and influence skills for executives and cross-functional stakeholders
  • ▹Strong expense analytics and decision-support skills
  • ▹Strong commercial judgment to assess vendor spend and support business cases
  • ▹Ability to bring structure to ambiguity and manage multiple priorities

Nice to have

  • ▹Strong interest in applying AI-enabled tools to financial analysis

Soft skills

Forward-thinking mindsetInfluence and stakeholder managementAttention to detail and follow-throughManaging multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

What we offer

  • ▹Comprehensive employee benefits and perks
  • ▹Hybrid working arrangement
Languages: angol