Director, Reference Data Sanctions Screening

96 Morgan Stanley UK Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Employee benefits

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Director-level professional to lead the reference data sanctions screening program within Global Financial Crimes. The role combines business analysis, project management, and stakeholder management to oversee design, implementation, and governance of the sanctions screening framework across reference data and transaction activity.

The successful candidate will coordinate with CORDS and Reference Data Services, manage platform maintenance, and drive optimization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Data/Analytics or related discipline.
• 5-8+ years of sanctions compliance, financial crime risk, compliance controls, or risk management experience.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day management and execution of the reference data sanctions screening program.
• Manage reference data screening projects from requirements through implementation.
• Serve as liaison between Sanctions Screening Controls and CORDS.
• Oversee maintenance activities for screening platform including list updates and data feed monitoring.
• Monitor platform performance and data quality; escalate anomalies.
• Support optimization initiatives including fuzzy logic calibration and automation expansion.
• Perform data analysis to support new products and quantify impact on alerts.
• Support regulatory examinations and internal audits with documentation.

Skills

Business analysis

Project management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Excel

SQL

Python

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business, Finance, Economics, CS, Data/Analytics)

Tools

Sanctions screening platforms

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Director-level professional to lead the reference data sanctions screening program within Global Financial Crimes. The role combines business analysis, project management, and stakeholder management to oversee design, implementation, and governance of the sanctions screening framework across reference data and transaction activity.

The successful candidate will coordinate with CORDS and Reference Data Services, manage platform maintenance, and drive optimization