Institutional Equity Division - Senior Manager, AML (Bangalore)

Overview

Senior Manager, AML, Fund Services, within Morgan Stanley Fund Services (MSFS), leading AML and KYC solutions for global clients.

What you'll do

• Conduct and oversee thorough KYC reviews, including verifying investor identity and performing sanctions and media screenings using advanced technology, when required.
• Identify risks and escalate to clients, their Boards of Directors and other key stakeholders.
• Apply in-depth understanding of KYC requirements across client and entity types, including complex legal entity structures and beneficial ownership.
• Apply working knowledge of FATCA and CRS regulations, including entity classification, tax documentation due diligence, indicia, remediation and reporting requirements.
• Handle complex or high-risk KYC cases and provide guidance on escalations and exceptions.
• Manage a team and lead managers/team leads, including performance management, coaching, development and succession planning.
• Manage capacity, productivity, quality and delivery against agreed SLAs/KPIs.
• Drive a strong risk and control culture within the team.
• Manage audit, compliance and regulatory-related queries and findings, and drive remediation to closure.
• Identify process and control gaps, perform root-cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Manage senior-level escalations and make risk-based decisions within established policies and governance.
• Work across Compliance, Legal, Tax, Operations, Technology and Business teams, and communicate risks, issues, metrics and remediation to senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate with teams across different locations and time zones within a global/cross-regional operating model.

What you'll need

• Strong overall experience in financial services, with substantial experience in AML/KYC, Client Due Diligence (CDD) and regulatory compliance.
• Strong working knowledge of FATCA and CRS regulations.
• Prior experience managing a team and leading managers/team leads in an operations or compliance environment.
• Strong people-management skills, including performance management, coaching, development and succession planning.
• Strong understanding of operational risk and controls within AML/KYC processes.
• Experience managing audit, compliance and regulatory-related queries/findings and driving remediation to closure.
• Ability to perform root-cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills across Compliance, Legal, Tax, Operations, Technology and Business teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently and provide subject-matter leadership to the wider team.

Nice to have

• Experience leading process improvements, regulatory change or transformation initiatives.
• Experience working in a global/cross-regional operating model.
• Relevant AML/KYC or compliance certifications such as CAMS (not mandatory).
• Relevant FATCA/CRS experience, along with knowledge of OECD and IRS guidance and implementations.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.