Director

Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. seeks to fill the position of Director in New York, NY.

Partner with and provide direction to Business, Legal and Compliance teams on issues related to anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, and anti-corruption laws and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, OFAC/HMT regulations, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and related.

Support special projects arising from the administration of the Financial Crimes programs and support Financial Crimes Advisory teams' information productions related to regulatory and legal requests, internal audits, and overseeing document productions, as well as assisting with large scale program remediations. Manage program related to provision and receipt of AML letters and due diligence questionnaires. Coordinate with operational teams on day-to-day requests related to financial crime related issues with specific accounts.

Provide advisory support in connection with Know Your Customer (KYC) onboarding, enhanced due diligence and transactional due diligence matters. Review escalated issues regarding client matters with significant reputational risk and potential financial crimes exposure. Advise on transactional due diligence with respect to clients, counterparties, co-investors, and target companies/assets and provide guidance to the business on due diligence requirements.

Review escalated issues related to Know Your Customer (KYC) obligations, including collection of documentation related to complex structures and higher risk customers. Review escalated suspicious financial crimes activity scenarios raised for review.

Salary: Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $132000 and $135000 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.

Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Law, International Legal Studies, or related plus four (4) years of experience in the position offered or four (4) years of experience as a Project Officer, Project Manager, Program Manager, Consultant, or related occupation in the financial crimes field. Requires four (4) years of experience with: Advising on the adequacy and effectiveness of financial crime related policies, procedures and controls; Researching and advising on financial crime related regulations, policies, and procedures; Applying policy, procedures and controls to prospect and client scenarios escalated for review; Drafting memos and presenting prospect and client financial crime risk assessments; Leveraging knowledge of world politics to investigate and dispose of negative media related to financial crimes; Participating in client investigations; Analyzing financial crimes trends and typologies; Identifying and analyzing suspicious financial crimes activity; and Enhancing financial crimes programs.

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