Vice President, Sanctions Screening Governance & Reporting Lead

We're seeking someone to join our team as a Vice President, Sanctions Screening Governance & Reporting Lead in Global Financial Crimes to lead program governance, central program management office (PMO), reporting, associated activities that strengthen the Firm's sanctions screening control framework and support regulatory, audit, and senior management oversight.

In the Legal & Compliance division, we assist the Firm in achieving its business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the Firm's management of legal, regulatory and franchise risk. This is a Vice President level position within the Global Financial Crimes Sanctions Screening Controls team, which is responsible for the design, implementation, and governance of sanctions screening controls across reference data and transaction activity.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Lead the central PMO for the sanctions screening program, including initiative intake, prioritization, milestone tracking, RAID management, and status reporting to senior management
• Maintain the screening Book of Work and coordinate delivery across Compliance, Financial Crimes Technology, Operations, and other stakeholders to manage timelines, dependencies, and escalation items
• Oversee governance frameworks, forums, and artifacts, including charters, decision rights, agendas, meeting materials, minutes, and action item tracking
• Serve as the central coordination point for regulatory examinations and Internal Audit engagements related to sanctions screening, including exam readiness, evidence production, gap assessments, and issue remediation tracking
• Manage the lifecycle of sanctions screening policies, procedures, and standards, including drafting, approvals, version control, publication, and ongoing maintenance
• Support screening-related committee and Firmwide financial crimes reporting requirements, ensuring materials are accurate, timely, and aligned to governance standards

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 8+ years of experience in sanctions compliance, AML, financial crimes risk, governance, or control functions within a regulated financial institution
• Demonstrated experience leading governance, PMO, or program coordination activities, including cross-functional delivery tracking and escalation management
• Strong knowledge of sanctions regulations and screening program requirements, including control governance and regulatory expectations
• Experience supporting regulatory examinations and internal audit engagements, including evidence coordination, issue management, and remediation tracking
• Proven ability to design and deliver management information, dashboards, metrics, and executive-ready reporting materials
• Experience drafting and maintaining policies, procedures, standards, or other governance documentation in a compliance or risk environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear materials for governance, audit, regulatory, and senior management audiences

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. 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. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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