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About Global Financial Crimes 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.

Your Key Responsibilities: The Client Risk Unit is responsible for evaluating client relationships that pose the highest financial crimes risk, while also serving as a check and challenge over the first line's execution of enhanced due diligence. As a Client Risk Unit Professional in GFC, you will:

• Review enhanced due diligence for both new and existing higher risk clients including analyzing corporate structures and other documentation as necessary
• Analyze and escalate financial crimes negative news as necessary
• Determine and provide guidance on the appropriate client risk ranking
• Review of client accounts for potential matches to designated sanctions targets and prohibited persons lists
• Engage various third-party and internal databases to assist with due diligence searches as needed
• Develop an understanding of anti-money laundering regulations, policies, and procedures
• Provides guidance on policy and procedures to various stakeholders
• Conduct trainings to various stakeholders

What We're Looking for in You:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent military experience
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, attention to detail and strong time management skills
• Ability to interact in a mature and professional manner with a variety of individuals
• General knowledge of investing and markets and the ability to research or must evidence the ability to learn and adapt quickly
• Excellent judgment, initiative, and adherence to deadlines
• Ability to interact with branch office and business unit personnel and be willing to receive and apply feedback on work product from supervisor(s)
• Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese desired but not required
• Certification as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS or equivalent AML certification/license — or certification within first 15 months of employment

Where You'll be Working This role will require in office attendance 3 days/week. Two of those days will be Anchor Days where you will be in the office with your teammates to learn, grow, and collaborate in person.

The Baltimore office is the Firm's largest U.S. office outside of New York, with approximately 2,000 employees representing most of the Firm's Divisions.

Equal Opportunities Statement Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

Expected base pay rates for the role in Baltimore will be between 83000 and 115000 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.

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Title: Global Financial Crimes: Client Risk Unit (2LoD EDD) Director

Location: Maryland-Baltimore

Requisition ID: 3249365