BCU Risk & Controls Lead - Path to Advice

Morgan Stanley; Sandy (UT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a risk management professional to support the Path to Advice business line within Wealth Management. You will advise on risks, controls, and governance, partnering with leadership to identify, assess and mitigate risk across the organization.

The role emphasizes collaboration with second and third lines of defense, incident management, and risk reporting while leveraging AI resources under policy guidelines.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience within Financial Services in risk management, audit or compliance (WEALTH MANAGEMENT a plus).
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Manage delivery of a wide range of tasks and initiatives; prioritize under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support expanding strategic initiatives requiring upfront risk assessment and control design.
• Maintain continuous 1LoD coverage for Path to Advice control obligations.
• Provide 1LoD risk sign-off for process changes and control design.
• Lead end-to-end exam/audit readiness for assigned coverage area.
• Coordinate across all three lines of defense throughout the lifecycle.
• Develop action plans with business partners for remediation.
• Track issues and ensure timely completion.
• Maintain NFRA risk/control inventory and audit readiness.
• Manage operational risk incidents and root cause analysis.
• Update Policies & Procedures and Business Continuity Plans.
• Produce periodic operational risk reporting (KRIs/KPIs).
• Support AI use cases governance.

Skills

Risk management

Audit/Compliance

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Data analytics

AI governance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

MS Office

AI tools (prompts/agents)

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a risk management professional to support the Path to Advice business line within Wealth Management. You will advise on risks, controls, and governance, partnering with leadership to identify, assess and mitigate risk across the organization.

The role emphasizes collaboration with second and third lines of defense, incident management, and risk reporting while leveraging AI resources under policy guidelines.