Associate

About the job

What you'll do in the role: • The candidate will have several areas of responsibility including, but not limited to, the following: • Analysis of regulations and internal policies/rules for each monitoring topic • Extracting data from multiple sources, organizing it in a standardized format, and conducting a meaningful analysis • Assist in developing and executing Monitoring Checks in line with global monitoring and testing standards. • Ensuring detailed documentation of monitoring work papers • Drafting reports on monitoring completed using global templates. • Track and promptly update progress of testing/monitoring plan reviews and other activities. • Assist with follow-ups and track status of coming due actionable items. • Ensure records are maintained accurately and updated within required timelines. • Collation and analysis of Management information (MI) - Ability to analyze and interpret various data points which depict Testing (Audit) review annual plan status, Monitoring Check status and issues and action plan status. • Create and analyze various MI and metrics to help identify and quantify risk within the Compliance function, various Business Units, Infrastructure functions, and Firm Management. • Work on ad-hoc senior management requests and prepare senior management presentations. • Assist in performing follow-ups and closing overdue issues. • Communicate effectively with management and staff, both locally and overseas. • Ensuring detailed and self-explanatory deliverables. • On-going communication with senior management and other stakeholders to discuss status and results of testing(audit) reviews and monitoring audits (checks) What you'll bring to the role: • At least 2 years of relevant experience within the financial services industry/consulting firms, or similar industries subject to comparable regulatory and legal considerations. • Experience of performing Compliance activities or audit reviews. Experience in Compliance Testing, monitoring or Internal Audits. • Experience in interpreting laws or regulations. • Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills. • Strong attention to detail. • Ability to communicate issues and come up with pragmatic proposals. • Confident self-starter and proactive approach to problem solving. • Ability to remain focused under pressure and prioritize workloads. • Able to work both as a team player as well as independently. • Sound judgement and ability to effectively respond to issues and escalate appropriately. • Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, SharePoint, and PPT.

Requirements

• Analysis of regulations
• Data extraction
• Monitoring Checks
• Documentation
• Stakeholder management

Preferred Technologies

• Analysis of regulations
• Data extraction
• Monitoring Checks
• Documentation
• Stakeholder management

About the company

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.