Global Financial Crimes Sanctions Compliance Firco Director (AVP)

We are seeking a Global Financial Crimes Sanctions Compliance FIRCO Support Director within Legal and Compliance to help ensure FIRCO systems remain operationally resilient, current, and aligned with regulatory expectations across OFAC, EU, UK, UN, and local regimes.
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 Director level position within the Global Financial Crimes Global Screening - FIRCO Continuity Team which supports the Firm's sanctions, AML, and name/transaction screening capabilities.
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.
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.
What you'll do in the role:
FIRCO System Oversight & Continuity

• Oversee the stability, performance, and continuity of FIRCO name and transaction screening platforms, including configurations, updates, and issue resolution.
• Monitor sanctions screening coverage to ensure alignment with the Firm's risk appetite, escalating gaps or issues as required.
• Screening Rules & Testing
• Support the development, testing, and implementation of screening rules to improve detection quality and reduce false positives.
• Manage testing activities, documentation, approvals, and implementation records for rule and system changes.
• Governance, Controls & Reporting
• Maintain procedures, production settings, and change logs to support governance, audits, and regulatory examinations.
• Prepare status updates, issue summaries, and thematic reporting for senior management and governance forums.
• Cross Functional Coordination & Risk Monitoring
• Partner with GFC, Sanctions, AML IT, Operations, and Business Units on system changes, incidents, regulatory responses, and remediation initiatives.
• Monitor screening performance, KPMs/KRIs, and upstream system or environmental changes impacting sanctions screening effectiveness.

What you'll bring to the role:

• 5+ years of experience in sanctions/AML screening and financial crime technology, including filtering systems (e.g., FIRCO), sanctions list management (regulatory and internal), key data elements, and system testing/tuning.
• Strong knowledge of global sanctions regimes (OFAC, OFSI, EU, UN), AML/KYC principles, screening models, fuzzy matching, and data quality controls.
• Proficient in SQL, Excel, and Fircosoft FMM/FML (or similar tools), with the ability to quickly learn and operate complex technology platforms.
• Background in due diligence, corporate intelligence, or KYC/AML preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a pragmatic, risk based mindset.
• Effective communicator, able to produce clear, concise summaries for senior stakeholders.
• Self directed, detail oriented, and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong collaborator, able to work across regions and business units.

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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