Global Financial Crimes: Negative News / Political Exposed Persons Screening Project Manager Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Job Number:
3231673
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-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.
Team Profile
The GFC Monitoring, and Screening Controls team is a central program management team of specialists and experts responsible for managing complex, cross-functional initiatives as well as the development, enhancement and governance of technology controls that support the Firm's AML, KYC and Sanctions obligations. The remit of the team includes suspicious activity/AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, negative news, and politically exposed persons (PEP) screening, customer activity reviews and the Enterprise Customer Risk Ranking (ECRR) program.
Position Description
We're looking for an experienced professional to join the GFC Monitoring and Screening Controls team as a project manager and business analyst supporting the Firm's Negative News and PEP Screening control program. In this role, the candidate will plan and oversee the execution of complex projects (technical and non-technical), coordinate with stakeholders across GFC, the Business and Technology to gather and analyse requirements and assist the Head of Negative News/PEP Screening Controls execute on the Program's strategic priorities.
Primary Responsibilities
> Develop and execute project plans to support the negative news and PEP screening program, including process improvements, technology upgrades, and regulatory imperatives.
> Conduct data analysis and targeted back-testing to support both ongoing operations and strategic initiatives associated with negative news/PEP screening control environment.
> Collaborate with team members and external stakeholders to communicate project status to senior management and to identify and resolve project challenges, and escalate risks and issues as needed.
> Ensure that project deliverables meet or exceed quality standards and are in compliance with regulatory and industry standards related to negative news and PEP screening.
> Facilitate and attend key governance forums (working groups, steering committees, etc.), partnering with senior stakeholders to develop materials, streamline processes and addressing challenges to drive decision making
> Support the ongoing creation of key performance and key risk metrics
> Regularly engage in performance analysis, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short and long term goals
> Support the Program's Model Risk Management obligations, advising on model documentation, inputs/outputs monitoring and ongoing control effectiveness assurance
> Help to drive innovation and continuous improvement within the group
QUALIFICATIONS
> 5+ years relevant work experience in project management, managing work in the NNS/PEP screening or relevant financial crimes control space
> Proven ability to take ideas forward and to challenge others with integrity and maturity
> Knowledge of financial crime regulations and related industry standards
> Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple demands and changing priorities
> Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner.
> Experience scoping, developing and prioritizing plans for strategic pieces of work
> Ability to identify, monitor and manage project risks, issues and dependencies and agree appropriate risk responses
> Technology savvy with ability to quickly learn new systems and tools, and to identify and implement enhancements; experience with self-directed data acquisition/analysis (e.g., leveraging database query tools, analytical methods) is a plus
> Familiar with Agile methodology and relevant productivity software such as Jive, Jira, and Tableau
> Ability to perform analysis, identify problems, and design solutions in a collaborative manner within a fast-paced environment
> Outstanding judgement, analytical skills, and critical thinking, including ability to analyze data to draw conclusions/themes and think strategically about presentation of materials
> Ability to work in a proactive and self-directed way with minimal direction and task management
> Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
> Excellent MS Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
