Global Financial Crimes (GFC): Data Quality Controls Lead - Vice President

Morgan Stanley•New York, NY

3d•$120,000 - $205,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking someone to join our team as a Global Financial Crimes (GFC): Data Quality Controls Lead. 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. The Vice President, GFC Data Quality Controls & Testing Lead is responsible for overseeing data quality (DQ) controls and data testing activities supporting Global Financial Crime controls, models, and regulatory reporting. The role ensures that data consumed by GFC is accurate, complete, timely, and fit for purpose, and that data quality risks are identified, governed, and escalated appropriately. Operating within the second line of defense, this role partners closely with first line data providers, technology teams, and risk stakeholders to support regulatory defensibility and ongoing risk mitigation. 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: Data Quality Controls Oversee the review, governance, and escalation of DQ control exceptions across GFC critical data elements (CDEs). Maintain and refine DQ rules, thresholds, and configurations, including assessment of rule changes, decommissioning, and alignment to business expectations. Conduct and document root cause analysis (RCA) with first line data providers for material or aged DQ issues. Escalate data quality risks through established GFC and LCD governance forums, ensuring transparency and auditability. Data Testing Design and execute data testing programs, including documented test plans, scripts, evidence, and results. Perform sample based testing to validate that data sourced from authoritative systems is fit for purpose for GFC controls and models. Lead UAT, regression testing, and control validation activities in partnership with technology and business teams. Provide testing outcomes to support controlled production releases and risk based decision making. Regulatory & Audit Support Support regulatory examinations, internal audit, and independent risk testing by providing clear evidence of DQ control design and operating effectiveness. Act as a subject matter expert for DQ controls and testing in interactions with Compliance, NFR Oversight, and Internal Audit. Collaboration & Oversight Partner with Dataset Owners, Data Governance leads, Technology, and NFR D&A to align DQ controls and testing to curated GFC datasets. Provide oversight and direction to onshore and offshore DQ analysts and testers supporting controls and testing execution. What you'll bring to the role: Bachelor's degree or equivalent with strong academic credentials. Vice President level experience in data quality, data controls, testing, or data governance within a regulated financial services environment. Strong understanding of financial crime data domains (e.g., Transaction Monitoring, ECRR, Sanctions, asset movement). Experience supporting regulatory exams, internal audit, or operational risk testing. Demonstrated ability to perform hands on data testing and analytical review, not solely oversight. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing clear, defensible documentation. Four days in office attendance is required 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. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser. 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'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). At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for people, governments and institutions, always with a standard of excellence and guided by our core values. Morgan Stanley is dedicated to providing first-class service to our clients, in a way that reflects our commitment to creating a more sustainable future and fostering stronger communities around the world. 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Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent with strong academic credentials.
Vice President level experience in data quality, data controls, testing, or data governance within a regulated financial services environment.
Strong understanding of financial crime data domains (e.g., Transaction Monitoring, ECRR, Sanctions, asset movement).
Experience supporting regulatory exams, internal audit, or operational risk testing.
Demonstrated ability to perform hands on data testing and analytical review, not solely oversight.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing clear, defensible documentation.
Four days in office attendance is required

Responsibilities

Oversee the review, governance, and escalation of DQ control exceptions across GFC critical data elements (CDEs).
Maintain and refine DQ rules, thresholds, and configurations, including assessment of rule changes, decommissioning, and alignment to business expectations.
Conduct and document root cause analysis (RCA) with first line data providers for material or aged DQ issues.
Escalate data quality risks through established GFC and LCD governance forums, ensuring transparency and auditability.
Design and execute data testing programs, including documented test plans, scripts, evidence, and results.
Perform sample based testing to validate that data sourced from authoritative systems is fit for purpose for GFC controls and models.
Lead UAT, regression testing, and control validation activities in partnership with technology and business teams.
Provide testing outcomes to support controlled production releases and risk based decision making.
Support regulatory examinations, internal audit, and independent risk testing by providing clear evidence of DQ control design and operating effectiveness.
Act as a subject matter expert for DQ controls and testing in interactions with Compliance, NFR Oversight, and Internal Audit.
Partner with Dataset Owners, Data Governance leads, Technology, and NFR D&A to align DQ controls and testing to curated GFC datasets.
Provide oversight and direction to onshore and offshore DQ analysts and testers supporting controls and testing execution.