VP, Team Manager Regulatory Onboarding

Description The Regulatory Onboarding Market Regulations team supports all Prime Brokerage, Equity Swap, and US Clearing clients (new and organic). This role is responsible for regulatory checks from front to back as well as project work related to the regulatory environment. This is a Vice President, Team Manager position at the P4 job level within Risk, Regulatory & Resilience, which performs various independent functions to ensure adequate controls are in place. We do this by providing an integrated risk and control framework to govern, assess, mitigate and manage financial and operational risk in Operations Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. At Morgan Stanley Baltimore, we support the Firm’s global Technology, Operations, Risk Management, Legal and Compliance, Internal Audit and Finance divisions. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in the Baltimore community since 2003. Our talented and diverse team is one of the largest in the U.S. outside of our New York headquarters and home to industry leading cybersecurity innovation with multiple patents and awards. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. There’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

The Market Regulations team is responsible for updating client data, conducts regulatory checks for accounts and works with multiple downstream teams to ensure all regulatory requirements are satisfied. The role liaises with many teams including risk, documentation, compliance, margin, and interest. This role is the business unit's single point of contact and will be coordinating with many different teams across the firm. Core Responsibilities > Escalation Management: Serve as a senior escalation point for clients and internal stakeholders in the Business Unit and within operations to coordinate issue resolution throughout the front to back onboarding process. > Client Service: Listen to your stakeholders and/or clients to understand their needs, to gain their trust, and meet their expectations while continuing to manage operational and regulatory risk at an appropriate level. Identify opportunities to achieve operational efficiencies. > Opportunity Management: Own interpretation and execution of Dodd-Frank, UMR, EMIR, SEC, FINRA, QFC and similar programs > Relationship Management: Work closely with legal, compliance, risk, and sales/BU to implement regulatory programs and processes that do not impact the client experience. Serve as the primary source of information around regulatory programs and take every opportunity to build a good rapport with internal stakeholders. > Risk Management: Manage audit or policy change related to regulatory processes and deliver high quality results. Establish effective controls, checks and procedures to manage day to day activities. > Subject Matter Expert: Know and understand entity structures, regulatory requirements, jurisdictions, and our onboarding process flow. Collaborate with Business Units and IT to identify, drive, and implement process improvements and technology solutions. > Regulatory Service Engagement: Proactively participate in regulatory discussions in relation to the On-Boarding of clients. Know and understand the purpose of key regulators (FINRA, SEC, NFA, CFTC, etc.) and serve as a key resource for the regulatory programs managed by the Market Regulations team. > Client Engagement: Participate in key meetings with identified senior stakeholders and external clients to provide support and guidance around key regulatory programs. > Continuous Process Improvement: Lead projects that will further advance the strategic vision of providing value added services to our stakeholders and clients. Identify process gaps and