We are seeking someone to join our team as a Global Financial Crimes (GFC) - Digital Assets Global Financial Crimes Risk Strategy Officer.
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 GFC Strategy team which is responsible for setting the vision and direction for the Firm's financial crimes risk management program. The team drives strategic initiatives that enhance the effectiveness and resilience of our control's framework, ensuring our approach evolves with regulatory expectations, market developments, and emerging risks.
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.
Global Financial Crimes (GFC) coordinates day-to-day implementation of the Firm's enterprise-wide financial crime prevention efforts. GFC includes several legal and compliance disciplines and has responsibility for governance, oversight, and execution of the Firm's Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Economic Sanctions, Anti-Corruption and Government and Political Activities Compliance programs. GFC also develops and/or assists in the development of appropriate policies and procedures, including those designed to assist the business units to know their clients and conduct appropriate due diligence and to prevent, detect and report potentially suspicious activity.
We are seeking an Officer to join our GFC Strategy team. This role will be central in designing and executing the digital assets financial crimes risk strategy, ensuring the Firm is positioned to meet regulatory expectations while enabling responsible growth. The successful candidate will own the strategic risk framework for digital assets, deliver executive-level reporting, and drive governance that strengthens the Firm's resilience to emerging threats.
What you'll do in the role:
• Define and execute the Digital Assets & Crypto Financial Crimes Risk strategy within the 2LOD GFC Strategy team.
• Design and oversee the Digital Assets Financial Crimes Risk Framework, including program structure, policies, standards, and ongoing enhancements.
• Lead enterprise-wide initiatives to strengthen the Firm's digital assets financial crimes capabilities, including strategic program transformation.
• Conduct risk assessments and data-driven analyses of customer transactions and blockchain activity to identify anomalies, trends, and emerging risks.
• Participate in product approval and governance processes, ensuring financial crimes risks are identified, documented, and addressed.
• Deliver clear and timely reporting to senior leadership and governance committees, including KRIs, status updates, and risk insights.
• Collaborate with business, product, legal, operations, and technology teams to integrate financial crimes risk management into strategic initiatives.
• Engage with regulators, auditors, and others, representing the Firm and ensuring transparency in supervisory discussions.
• Drive governance forums to support effective decision-making, prioritization, and issue resolution across the digital assets program.
• Enhance the digital asset financial crimes strategy by incorporating insights from assessments, regulatory changes, and industry developments.
• Promote a culture of proactive risk management, transparency, and accountability across the digital assets business.
What you'll bring to the role:
• Bachelor's degree in finance, Economics, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in financial crime compliance, risk management, or a related field within a global financial institution.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in crypto, blockchain, or digital assets.
• Strong knowledge of U.S and global digital asset regulatory frameworks (BSA/AML, OFAC, SEC, FinCEN).
• Proven experience analyzing customer and transaction activity to identify risks and trends in digital assets.
• Demonstrated experience in crypto products and services, including custody, trading, staking, stablecoins, and blockchain protocols.
• Innovative mindset, challenging the status quo and a willingness to explore new technologies and processes to drive improvements in financial crime risk management.
• Strong ability to convene stakeholders to continuously execute GFC's forward strategy.
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Highly motivated self-starter able to work independently while collaborating and coordinating as part of a global program.
• Knowledge of international digital asset regulatory regimes (e.g.; EU MiCA, APAC, LATAM).
• Experience with Decentralized Finance (DeFi), NFTs, stable coins, or tokenized assets.
• Familiarity with blockchain forensic tools, on-chain analytics, and transaction monitoring platforms.
• Professional certifications such as CAMS, CFE, or equivalent are preferred.
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.
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Salary range for the position: $95000 - $165000 Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and X Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit
offerings.
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