Job Number:

3236770

DESCRIPTION

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

The talent and passion of our people is critical to our continued success as a firm. Together, we share core values rooted in integrity, excellence, and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley is committed to helping its employees build meaningful careers and we strive to be a place for people to learn, achieve and grow.

Legal and Compliance

Professionals within Legal and Compliance provide a wide range of services to our business units. They might help to structure a complex and sensitive cross-border transaction; advise on a new product introduction; develop a training program or defuse an investor dispute. They preserve the firm’s invaluable reputation for integrity and protect the Firm from sanctions with policies and procedures that meet regulatory requirements around the world. They also strive to maintain cooperative relationships with governmental policy makers and the regulatory and self-regulatory agencies that govern the Firm’s businesses.

Position Description:

The Regulatory Inquires team is part of Shared Services Compliance and are responsible for responding to regulatory inquiries by:

Research, analyze and respond to regulatory inquiries from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) relating to Federal laws and SRO/Exchange rule violations (e.g., ISE & CBOE option trading/reporting rules, Regulation M, front-running/anticipatory hedging, information barriers, etc.).
Analyze complex trading data to distill the information into responses regarding trade executions/order handling/trade reporting.
Interact directly with Business Unit personnel, sales traders/traders, technology personnel, external and internal counsel, Operations personnel, Compliance coverage, etc. as required, to investigate, gather Firm documents, analyze and respond to complex trade inquiries.
Prepare formal responses to regulators and provide advice to business and compliance personnel.

Respond to "real time" trading situations presented by Regulators relating to best execution and trade reporting issues.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree with 4-7 years’ experience in either a self-regulatory organization such as the NYSE, FINRA, AMEX, SEC, CME, ICE or similar broker/dealer-FCM regulatory work with an emphasis on trading rules and institutional securities business.
Series 7 preferred.
Ability to understand complex trading technologies to analyze and extract trading data to respond to regulatory inquiries implicating SEC and SRO rules and regulations.
Excellent interpersonal skills, with the confidence, credibility, and ability to work effectively within the organization, and communicate and interact with both junior and senior business personnel.
Ability to work independently in responding to complex regulatory inquiries.
Must possess strong computer skills.

Role allows option of working in office and from home on a set schedule (amount of flexibility to be defined by hiring manager and business unit). In line with Company expectations, minimum in office requirement is 3 days.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).