Morgan Stanley

COO, 1Financial Crime Risk, Vice President, Wealth Management

Posted On

Aug. 6, 2025

Location

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Sept. 3, 2025

Job Description

Division Profile:

The Anti-Money Laundering Risk (AML Risk) team is embedded within the Firm’s business lines. It is responsible for identifying, assessing, and escalating potential money laundering and reputational risks associated with higher risk client types. The AML Risk team is considered to be in the First Line of defense and supports the onboarding, client due diligence, enhanced due diligence and negative news processes

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced candidate to support our tea, expansion in Mumbai, India. This individual will be responsible for building out, leading and managing the function, ensuring effective KPI tracking, setting up operating procedures for scaling teams, risk management practices, regulatory compliance, and adherence to internal policies and procedures. This is an individual contributor role for now and will report directly into Head of India, 1L FCR (Executive Director).

Key Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:

Assist with the set-up, expansion, and management of the function, including meeting training & transition timelines, and onboarding of new staff.
Work closely with the Head of FCR to
- Maintain KPIs, policies, procedures, and guidelines governing the team and its operations in alignment with strategic goals, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
- Maintain appropriate capacity models
- Liaise and manage senior management stakeholders, not limited to visits including key stakeholder introductions, meetings, and programming.
- Ensure staff receive appropriate training & development, assist in developing training plans
Create Senior Leadership presentations, ability to effectively communicate and present to stakeholders will also be critical to success of the team.
The role requires an individual with strong analytical skills, comfort working with large datasets, tools to create metrics, cadent, visualize data and the ability to effectively communicate for project planning.
Monitor KPI, providing actionable insights to drive performance improvements and data-informed decision making.
Build out of robust Business Continuity Plan [BCP]
Liaise & partner with the U.S teams

Experience:

Bachelor’s degree required. MBA will be a plus.
A minimum of 10 years of experience in related roles in the financial services industry.
COO team experience required

Required Skills:

Strong analytical & critical reasoning skills, an ability to effectively summarize datasets. Prior experience with visualization skills (like Tableau) is required.
Expertise with Microsoft suite of products Excel, PowerPoint
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
Ability to work collaboratively across teams and senior stakeholders.
Strong analytical & critical reasoning skills.
Ability to work with global and cross-functional teams.
Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive change and foster a culture of accountability and excellence.

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 89 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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

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.

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