National Risk Officer - New York, United States - Morgan Stanley
Description
National Risk OfficerJob Number:
3250220
POSTING DATE:
Apr 12, 2024
PRIMARY LOCATION:
Americas-United States of America-New York-New York
EDUCATION LEVEL:
Bachelor's Degree
JOB:
Wealth Management
EMPLOYMENT TYPE:
Full Time
JOB LEVEL:
Vice President
DESCRIPTION
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services.
Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow.
A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.The National Risk Officer is responsible for a wide variety of supervisory, compliance and risk functions.
In conjunction with the Senior Risk Officer (SRO) and the Associate/Regional Risk Officer (ARRO/RRO), the National Risk Officer has accountability for maintaining a consistent controlled environment through adherence of business ethics and practices and adherence to all applicable Federal, State and Local laws, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management policies, and other regulations.
Additionally, the National Risk Officer keeps the Market and Region informed of significant matters and is a non-revenue sharing position that has dual reporting to the Head of the Centralized Review Unit (CRU) and the Associate Regional Risk Officer (ARRO).
Finally, this position will support various risk and supervisory functions for a single Market and/or multiple Markets within a single Region and may provide Risk Officer coverage for functions specific to a single Market, a single Branch, or multiple branches within a Region.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Primarily responsible for all risk, supervisory, and compliance functions for respective branch location(s)
- Reviews and responds to a variety of supervisory alerts in a timely and sufficient manner
- Support increased Risk Officer workload due to remediation requirements, new FA/FAA recruits onboarding, etc.
- Fill coverage and/or resource gaps resulting from temporary Risk Officer attrition, shortages (e.g., turnover, resignations, etc.)
- Assist Markets during periods of highvolume supervisory alerts
- Manages and responds to senior or vulnerable adult, financial exploitation, diminished capacity, or other concerns affecting Morgan Stanley's senior or vulnerable clients
- Facilitates any supervisory inquiry or process that requires escalation from the Senior Risk Officer (SRO) and/or the Associate/Regional Risk Officer (ARRO/RRO)
- Provides coaching, guidance, and education to Financial Advisors on policies and procedures to promote risk awareness and a compliant environment
- Interview clients where necessary, and collaborates with internal partners in Legal, Compliance, Risk and Business to formulate adequate responses to close matters and/or pending supervisory alerts
- Liaises with the Legal and Compliance Division to respond to customer complaints and litigation
- Supports the preparation for and response to all branch exams and internal audits, and ensures that any audit findings are appropriately responded to and remediated
- National Risk Officers may travel to different Markets within the Region to provide support, as needed
QUALIFICATIONS
Primarily responsible for all risk, supervisory, and compliance functions for respective branch location(s)
- Reviews and responds to a variety of supervisory alerts in a timely and sufficient manner
- Support increased Risk Officer workload due to remediation requirements, new FA/FAA recruits onboarding, etc.
- Fill coverage and/or resource gaps resulting from temporary Risk Officer attrition, shortages (e.g., turnover, resignations, etc.)
- Assist Markets during periods of highvolume supervisory alerts
- Manages and responds to senior or vulnerable adult, financial exploitation, diminished capacity, or other concerns affecting Morgan Stanley's senior or vulnerable clients
- Facilitates any supervisory inquiry or process that requires escalation from the Senior Risk Officer (SRO) and/or the Associate/Regional Risk Officer (ARRO/RRO)
- Provides coaching, guidance, and education to Financial Advisors on policies and procedures to promote risk awareness and a compliant environment
- Interview clients where necessary, and collaborates with internal partners in Legal, Compliance, Risk and Business to formulate adequate responses to close matters and/or pending supervisory alerts
- Liaises with the Legal and Compliance Division to respond to customer complaints and litigation
- Supports the preparation for and response to all
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