We are seeking someone to join our team as Sanctions Compliance Program Management in Global Financial Crimes to be responsible for compliance and regulatory matters pertaining to economic sanctions programs adhered to under the Firm's Global Sanctions Policy, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and the Council of the European Union (EU Council).
In the Legal & Compliance division, we assist the Firm in achieving its business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the Firm's management of legal, regulatory and franchise risk. This is a Vice President level position within the Sanctions Compliance team, where you will be responsible for compliance and regulatory matters pertaining to economic sanctions programs under the Firm's Global Sanctions Policy.
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.
In Global Financial Crimes (GFC), you will play a critical role in identifying potentially suspicious activity, protecting vulnerable individuals, and safeguarding the integrity of the financial system. GFC coordinates day-to-day implementation of the Firm's financial crime prevention efforts. Including governance, oversight, and execution of the Firm's Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Anti-Corruption and Government and Political Activities Compliance programs.
If you are passionate about financial crimes prevention, seeking a rewarding and dynamic career, and focused on making a difference, then GFC might be the right team for you.
What you'll do in the role:
- Coordinate sanctions program governance routines, including governance forum materials, senior management updates, meeting follow-ups, issue tracking, and documentation of key decisions and escalations
- Support execution of sanctions transformation initiatives across screening, alert handling, blocking and reporting, regulatory reporting, data governance, policies, procedures, and control uplift workstreams
- Develop and maintain management information, metrics, dashboards, and written updates to support senior management reporting and governance oversight of sanctions risks and program deliverables.
- Assist with regulatory exams, internal audits, and independent testing requests, including coordinating responses, preparing evidence packages, and maintaining audit trails for key deliverables.
- Support the development, maintenance, and implementation of sanctions policies, procedures, standards, and program documentation, where appropriate.
- Maintain awareness of regulatory changes related to economic sanctions and support timely assessment, communication, and implementation of related program or control enhancements
- Support risk assessment, control mapping, data governance, and monitoring activities related to the Firm's economic sanctions program.
- Identify opportunities to improve governance discipline, documentation quality, process consistency, and sustainability of sanctions controls.
What you'll bring to the role:
- Strong academic credentials; Bachelor's degree required, with minimum 7 years' relevant experience, preferably at a large/complex financial institution, law firm, or government/regulatory body, supporting financial crimes or sanctions program governance
- Detailed understanding of economic sanctions laws, regulations, regulatory expectations, and industry practices, including sanctions programs administered by OFAC, OFSI, the United Nations Security Council, and the Council of the European Union.
- Strong project management and execution skills, including the ability to manage milestones, dependencies, stakeholders, deliverables, and evidence requirements across multiple workstreams.
- Ability to understand complex business processes, control environments, data flows, and regulatory requirements and translate them into practical governance and control outcomes.
- Strong interpersonal skills and highly motivated self-starter able to work independently while collaborating with global stakeholders across Compliance, Legal, Operations, Technology, first line risk, and business teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks, frame issues clearly, recommend practical solutions, and drive timely execution in a fast-paced environment, and sound judgment with an ability to appropriately escalate issues
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level updates, governance materials, issue summaries, and regulatory or audit response documentation.
- Certification as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS or equivalent AML certification/license - or certification within first 15 months of employment
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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between 120000 and 205000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 7 years' relevant experience in financial crimes or sanctions program governance
- Experience at a large/complex financial institution, law firm, or government/regulatory body
- Detailed understanding of economic sanctions laws and programs (OFAC, OFSI, UNSC, EU Council)
- Certification as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) or equivalent, or obtain within first 15 months
- Strong project management and execution skills managing multiple workstreams and stakeholders
- Ability to map risks, controls, data flows and translate regulatory requirements into practical governance outcomes
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with global stakeholders across Compliance, Legal, Operations, Technology and business teams
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