Senior Data Analyst - Financial Crimes (Hybrid)
Top Benefits
About the role
The Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Department forms the second line of defense for the management of the firm's non-financial risks, including Financial Crimes, market manipulation or abuse, and Operational risk. NFR Data & Analytics, a function in the Legal and Compliance Division, is responsible for designing and optimizing surveillance models, approaches, and tools using advanced analytical techniques like supervised and unsupervised machine learning, and evolving techniques like graph analytics. These surveillances and other tools help identify suspicious and/or illegal behaviors such as money laundering, market manipulation, insider trading, unfair sales or trading practices, and other financial crimes.
What You’ll Bring To The Role
- Setup and maintain data wrangling process for Global Financial Crimes (forensic analyses, surveillance tuning etc.) to ensure that analyses are replicable and conducted consistently
- Provide support for GFC data analysts to identify, assess and manage risk by evaluating large data sets using various statistical tools
- Enhance proficiency in data related to Financial Crimes to ensure consistent results across analyses conducted by end users in automated surveillance or reporting. This should align with the business's understanding of underlying client and transaction behavior.
- Recommend improvements for surveillance and compliance monitoring through statistical analysis of model thresholds, back testing, sensitivity analyses, productivity assessments, and risk model development.
- Support development of models to improve surveillance and compliance monitoring activities Skills Required
What You’ll Need For Your Role
- Bachelor's degree in quantitative fields like Statistics, Operations Research, etc.
- 3-7 years of hands-on industry experience in financial crimes analysis or related areas that require understanding of financial crime adjacent areas, like payments processing or client onboarding.
- Experience with SQL and low code environments like Alteryx
- Experience in defining processes and workflows and managing their ongoing maintenance.
- Ability to work in a team environment, balance participation on multiple projects and resolve conflicting priorities.
- Ability to collaborate with global, cross-functional teams across multiple projects
At Morgan Stanley Montreal, we support the Firm’s global businesses and infrastructure with cutting edge technology and innovation. The multi-faceted and highly technical Montreal team plays a critical role in building and maintaining our leading technology platform, including electronic trading, algorithm trading, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI/ML. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in the Montreal community since 2008 and is considered a leading employer among the area’s highly skilled technology talent. There’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.
All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office. Knowledge of French and English is required.
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.
About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, our firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals.
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have always defined the firm and everything we do is guided by our five core values: Do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back.
Senior Data Analyst - Financial Crimes (Hybrid)
Top Benefits
About the role
The Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Department forms the second line of defense for the management of the firm's non-financial risks, including Financial Crimes, market manipulation or abuse, and Operational risk. NFR Data & Analytics, a function in the Legal and Compliance Division, is responsible for designing and optimizing surveillance models, approaches, and tools using advanced analytical techniques like supervised and unsupervised machine learning, and evolving techniques like graph analytics. These surveillances and other tools help identify suspicious and/or illegal behaviors such as money laundering, market manipulation, insider trading, unfair sales or trading practices, and other financial crimes.
What You’ll Bring To The Role
- Setup and maintain data wrangling process for Global Financial Crimes (forensic analyses, surveillance tuning etc.) to ensure that analyses are replicable and conducted consistently
- Provide support for GFC data analysts to identify, assess and manage risk by evaluating large data sets using various statistical tools
- Enhance proficiency in data related to Financial Crimes to ensure consistent results across analyses conducted by end users in automated surveillance or reporting. This should align with the business's understanding of underlying client and transaction behavior.
- Recommend improvements for surveillance and compliance monitoring through statistical analysis of model thresholds, back testing, sensitivity analyses, productivity assessments, and risk model development.
- Support development of models to improve surveillance and compliance monitoring activities Skills Required
What You’ll Need For Your Role
- Bachelor's degree in quantitative fields like Statistics, Operations Research, etc.
- 3-7 years of hands-on industry experience in financial crimes analysis or related areas that require understanding of financial crime adjacent areas, like payments processing or client onboarding.
- Experience with SQL and low code environments like Alteryx
- Experience in defining processes and workflows and managing their ongoing maintenance.
- Ability to work in a team environment, balance participation on multiple projects and resolve conflicting priorities.
- Ability to collaborate with global, cross-functional teams across multiple projects
At Morgan Stanley Montreal, we support the Firm’s global businesses and infrastructure with cutting edge technology and innovation. The multi-faceted and highly technical Montreal team plays a critical role in building and maintaining our leading technology platform, including electronic trading, algorithm trading, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI/ML. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in the Montreal community since 2008 and is considered a leading employer among the area’s highly skilled technology talent. There’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.
All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office. Knowledge of French and English is required.
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.
About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, our firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals.
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have always defined the firm and everything we do is guided by our five core values: Do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back.