Global Financial Crimes: EMEA Screening & Investigations Professional Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Job Number:
3228255
DESCRIPTION
Company Profile
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.
As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career — a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.
Department Profile
Global Financial Crimes (GFC) coordinates day-to-day implementation of the Firm's enterprise-wide financial crime prevention efforts. GFC includes several legal and compliance disciplines and has responsibility for governance, oversight and execution of the Firm's Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Economic Sanctions, Anti-Tax Evasion, Anti-Corruption and Government and Political Activities Compliance programs. GFC also develops and/or assists in the development of appropriate policies and procedures, including those designed to assist the business units to know their clients and conduct appropriate due diligence and to prevent, detect and report potentially suspicious activity.
The EMEA GFC Investigations, Screening and FIU team is responsible for the detection, investigation and reporting of suspicious activity within all Business Units across EMEA (including Institutional Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities, Investment Management and Investment Banking).
Primary Responsibilities:
The GFC Screening & Investigations Professional will be based in Glasgow and report directly to the EMEA Head of Investigations, Screening and FIU.
Primary responsibilities will include:
Assessing the financial crime risks associated with existing clients of the Firm via the ongoing screening processes.
Timely execution of screening alerts involving adverse media reviews, sanctions reviews, transaction monitoring and client activity reviews.
Acting as an escalation point for the relevant Operations and Regional GFC teams to ensure escalations to the team are made correctly and efficiently.
Liaising with key stakeholders within Legal and Compliance and the Business to manage the timely escalation of issues identified in the alert reviews.
Collation and analysis of Screening and Monitoring MI and escalation to Senior Management, where appropriate.
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QUALIFICATIONS
Experience
Recent experience in financial crimes, compliance, know-your-customer, testing, investigations, or other risk/control functions is desired.
Experience of investigating screening alerts and transaction monitoring models is an advantage.
Understanding of financial markets and products (in particular, Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities and Investment Banking / Capital Markets) is an advantage.
Skills
University degree or equivalent with strong academic credentials.
Possess strong written and verbal communications skills.
Demonstrate a good understanding of financial crimes risks and be able to recognize and escalate risks and issues appropriately.
Highly-motivated and organised self-starter with the ability to work independently while collaborating and coordinating as part of the global team.
Able to effectively handle a fast-paced environment, re-prioritising work in response to business needs and working to tight deadlines.
Enthusiasm and aspiration to learn and develop.
Certification as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS or equivalent AML certification/license - or certification within first 15 months of employment. #LI-CM1
