Global Financial Crimes: Vice President, Data Testing Lead
About The Position
We are seeking someone to join our team as a Global Financial Crimes (GFC): Data Testing 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. This is a Vice President level position within the Monitoring & Screening Controls team, where you will be responsible for designing a risk-based GFC data testing framework, plan, and underlying procedures, as well as executing tests in accordance with that plan. The scope of data testing will include all upstream clients, asset movement, and referential data feeding GFC models. The data tester will leverage insights from data quality issues, industry and firmwide thematic risks to inform the scope and strategy of the data testing plan. The role requires accessing GFC data, analyzing the data, and continuously following up with upstream data providers, to ensure that the root cause of any testing issue is documented, understood, and if necessary remediated. 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
- 8+ years of relevant experience in risk and controls; data governance and data quality
- Ability to solicit information from stakeholders at various levels of the organization
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in data analysis tools and methodologies
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Ability to prioritize, organize and manage deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
- Support GFC Data Governance by publishing a data testing framework, procedures, and a plan to test GFC data input and outputs on a risk-based approach
- Identify critical data elements, thematic issues with respect to source systems, support defining data standards and data quality rules for data quality management
- Partner with IT counterparts in cataloguing Data Quality rules
- Partner with IT and GFC counterparts to identify and resolve Data Quality Exceptions
- Provide timely and accurate metrics and reporting of Data Quality across Global Financial Crimes
- Certification as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS or equivalent certification/license - or certification within first 15 months of employment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
