Gfc QA - Mumbai, India - Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

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Mumbai, India

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Deepika Kaur

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Description

GFC QA

Job Number:
3237337

POSTING DATE:
Jun 6, 2023

PRIMARY LOCATION:
Non-Japan Asia-India-Maharashtra-Mumbai (MSA)

EDUCATION LEVEL:
Bachelor's Degree

JOB:
Other

EMPLOYMENT TYPE:
Full Time

JOB LEVEL:
Senior Manager

DESCRIPTION

Division:
Legal & Compliance (LCD)

Super -
Department:
Global Financial Crimes [GFC]

Department:
Financial Crimes

Sub-

Department:
Financial Crimes

Region:

APAC

Job Level:
Manager

Job Title:

GFC QA Manager / Associate

Employment Type:
Full Time

Location:
Mumbai (Nirlon Knowledge Park)

Firm

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.

Division

LCD comprises of Legal, Compliance, Global Financial Crimes and Regulatory Relations.

The Global Compliance Department identifies applicable Compliance Obligations and maintains a Firmwide Compliance Risk management program, including Compliance Risks that transcend business lines, legal entities and jurisdictions of operation.

Global Financial Crimes is responsible for the development and governance of the Firm's financial crime prevention efforts across all regions and business units.

Global Financial Crimes is comprised of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Anti-boycott, Anti-Corruption (ACG) and Government and Political Activities Compliance (GPAC) programs.

The Global Regulatory Relations Group (GRRG) is responsible for strategic and centralized management of the supervisory activities of Morgan Stanley's regulators and related developments globally, with a focus on regulatory reviews and examinations and continuous monitoring activities.

GRRG serves as the central point of contact for the regulatory staff responsible for supervisory activities at Morgan Stanley entities and for timely reporting to Firm management and other governance or management bodies, as appropriate, on those relationships and supervisory processes, including areas of significant regulatory focus or concern.

LCD Center of Excellence — Mumbai (LCD CoE) is a part of Morgan Stanley's Global In-house Center, which provides global support to LCD and is an integral part of Firm and LCD strategy.

Team:
Testing

The GFC Quality Assurance (QA) Team performs manual reviews of financial crimes-related monitoring activities and select KYC activities (e.g., Enhanced Due Diligence for higher risk customers) on an ongoing basis to assess quality and consistency in the disposition of alerts, the collection and analysis of onboarding information, and other financial crimes-related processes in both the first and second lines of defense.

The
GFC QA Team provides information and insight to control owners to promote consistency across business units and regions in adherence to global standards, continuous improvement of processes and controls, and effective management of financial crime-related risks.

QUALIFICATIONS
Primary Responsibilities (Day Job)

Responsibilities include

Performing population extraction and sampling of completed work items for
GFC QA review

Reviewing completed work items and completing analysis sheets containing procedural and analytical questions regarding the disposition of those items for the monitoring activities assigned

Determining whether the disposition of the work item demonstrates an understanding of the work item and appropriately addresses the material risk

Determining whether the decision to close the work item or to escalate it to the next level of review was appropriate

Documenting the
GFC QA review process and results

Providing as-needed support and guidance to other
GFC QA analysts on the assigned area of expertise.

Supporting QA management in efforts to enhance consistency in the performance of GFC activities across processes, business lines, and regions

Supporting QA management as needed during regulatory examinations and internal audits

Requirements:

Experience

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college / university

Up to 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Testing etc., preferably with experience in Anti-Money Laundering, sanctions and/or anti-corruption.

Prior experience at a large financial institution, regulatory agency, or Big 4 is a plus.

Strong investigative skills:
inquiry and analysis, interviewing, testing, organization and presentation (both written and oral), with the ability to research a