Global Financial Crimes: Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) - Vice President

Morgan Stanley • Dallas, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking someone to join our team as a Global Financial Crimes (GFC) : Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) - Vice President.

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 Investigations team where you will lead proactive typology reviews of a wide variety of suspected financial crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, insider trading, trafficking, fraud, public corruption and bribery, and tax evasion.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent military experience. Law degree, legal or prosecutorial experience a plus.
• 7+ years of strong investigative or related experience with emphasis on BSA/AML, including writing and preparing investigative summaries
• Strong understanding of the financial markets and banking, including broker-dealer product-based knowledge and the ability to learn concepts quickly
• Excellent communication, leadership, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively through all levels of the organization
• Self-motivated and independent operator with the ability and maturity to make decisions and operate in fast paced and dynamic settings
• CAMS or equivalent AML certification/license, or ability to obtain certification within first 15 months of employment

Nice To Haves

• Law degree, legal or prosecutorial experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify risks to the GFC program by conducting cross-sector reviews of client account activity among multiple Business Units and GFC coverage areas
• Direct activities to query and mine large data sets to discover transactional patterns, examine financial data and filter for targeted information using traditional, as well as advanced analytic methodologies
• Conduct investigations of money laundering and other financial crimes both independently and in collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure that all analysis is completed in a timely and efficient manner, while maintaining the highest standards for regulatory and compliance requirements
• Monitor financial crimes industry developments, including red flags and best practices and ensure processes are in place to keep the FIU team updated on such developments
• Produce and maintain investigative reports and related documentation
• Assist with responding to requests for information from law enforcement and government agencies
• Recommend enhancements to key components of GFC compliance and controls systems, as required (e.g. training enhancements, policy and procedure updates)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees