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.
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Department Profile:
Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division (IBD) builds and maintains close relationships with corporations and governments around the world in order to provide both traditional and innovative solutions that meet their individual strategic and financial needs.
Team Profile:
The IBD Business Control Unit within IBD Management supports IBD in executing a variety of strategic, financial and regulatory initiatives, including the client and transaction onboarding process to meet the Firm's regulatory and internal requirements as related to assessments of Know Your Customer (KYC), anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, sanctions and franchise-related matters. This position provides an opportunity to support the oversight of the onboarding process for the IBD and Global Capital Markets (GCM) businesses.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide guidance to investment banking and global capital markets and/or operations teams on satisfying onboarding requirements for a given transaction
- Monitor progression of outstanding onboarding processes and work with investment banking and global capital markets teams and relevant functions to progress processes as needed
- Support the completion of diligence reviews for a given transaction, including assessing potential issues, coordinating between deal team and relevant control functions and escalating issues as needed
- Communicate developments on transactions to senior stakeholders
- Develop and implement strategic enhancements to the IBD and GCM onboarding process and related controls
- Produce onboarding-related reporting and training materials for senior audiences
- Opportunity to support additional strategic initiatives and projects for the IBD Management team
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree, with 2 to 4 years of relevant financial industry experience; experience with KYC and anti-financial crimes related regulatory requirements a plus
- Solid analytical skills, with familiarity or interest in investment banking and capital markets activities and products
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to establish and maintain positive intra-department and cross-functional working relationships
- Solution-oriented, with ability to "think out of the box" and to manage to tight timelines
- Ability to work independently, with strong attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 85 years. At our foundation are five core values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. We Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. While our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $85,000 and $140,000 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.
Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.
It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).