We are seeking a Vice President of Global Financial Crime's strategy group, you will be driving initiatives within our newly formed Forensic Analysis and Surveillance Tuning (FAST) team and assist in advancing the GFS program while looking for opportunities to improve both effectiveness and efficiencies across the program globally.

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.

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.

As a member of the FAST team, you will be instrumental in shaping and executing Morgan Stanley's financial crime risk mitigation strategy. This high-impact role requires a deep understanding of financial crime compliance, advanced data analytics, and expertise in one or more the following domains: Transaction Monitoring, Customer Screening (e.g. Sanction, PEP . negative media, etc.) and Customer Risk Rating.

What you'll do in the role:

- Strategy Development and Execution: Develop and implement comprehensive financial crime strategies that align with our firm's objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and execute data-driven forensic analyses to identify patterns of suspicious activity and detection of complex typologies.
- Conduct in-depth investigations of forensic findings and escalate suspicious activities.
- Design and recommend new automated surveillance controls based on forensic insights and identified monitoring gaps.
- Review regulatory requests (e.g. subpoenas, 314(b) information sharing) to identify potential detection gaps.
> Develop and implement a process to review suspicious activity identified from sources outside of the automated transaction monitoring and screening controls (non-alerted) to identify opportunities to enhance detection and mitigate risk.
- Monitor and assess emerging financial crime risks and threats.
- Provide prioritized recommendations for tuning and optimization strategies for existing surveillance systems based on the forensic findings.
- Drive continuous improvement in all matters pertaining to the operation of the financial crime compliance program through the development, setting and delivery of the GFC strategy.
- Ensure current monitoring controls are functioning as intended and identify potential gaps in detection, coverage, or data.
- Enhanced Detection, User Experience and Investigation Capabilities: Drive initiatives to enhance detection of suspicious activity, and improve user experience of our financial crime tools and systems, enabling investigators to efficiently conduct complex investigations and visualize complex relationships between entities, such as enhancing the ability to identify and resolve entities (entity resolution) and analyze relationships between them (link analysis).
- Generative AI Applications: Explore the potential of generative AI Skills required.

What you'll bring to the role:

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- At least 6 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role, preferably in financial crime compliance, risk management, or a related field within a global financial institution.
- Proven track record in developing and executing successful financial crime strategies.
- Strong understanding of anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions compliance, and other relevant financial crime regulations.
- Experience with leading monitoring, screening systems, customer risk scoring and case management tools (e.g., Actimize, SAS, Oracle, Compliance Link, Bridger, RDC, etc.).
- Demonstrated expertise in data analytics, including tuning and optimization, and leveraging third-party data sources.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with the capacity to interpret complex data and make strategic recommendations.
- Innovative mindset, challenging the status quo and a willingness to explore new technologies and processes to drive improvements in financial crime risk management.
- Strong ability to convene stakeholders to continuously execute GFC's forward strategy.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Highly motivated self-starter able to work independently while collaborating and coordinating as part of a global program.
- Professional certifications such as CAMS, CFE, or equivalent is preferred.

Where You'll be Working

This role will require in office attendance 3 days/week. Two of those days will be Anchor Days where you will be in the office with your teammates to learn, grow, and collaborate in person.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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 95000 and 165000 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's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).