Global KYC Controls & Screening Associate

Morgan Stanley; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley seeks a Global Financial Crimes (GFC) KYC Controls Monitoring and Screening Professional to advance client screening capabilities, including NNS and PEP, and to optimize KYC-related controls within the firm''s governance framework.

You will analyze large datasets, calibrate thresholds, and translate findings into actionable recommendations while collaborating with GFC, KYC, Operations, Technology, and Risk teams to ensure regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in financial crimes compliance, KYC, client screening, screening analytics, or related risk and control functions.
• Strong knowledge of NNS, PEP, sanctions, customer due diligence, ongoing screening, and financial crimes risk management concepts.
• Hands-on experience with screening testing, threshold tuning, name-matching analysis, sensitivity testing, and screening effectiveness assessments.
• Advanced analytical capabilities, including SQL, large dataset analysis, data reconciliation, data quality reviews, and root-cause investigations.
• Ability to translate quantitative findings into clear, defensible recommendations and support technology implementations, migrations, and remediation programs.
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills, with advanced proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and enhance client screening capabilities, including Negative News Screening (NNS), Politically Exposed Person (PEP), and KYC-related controls.
• Analyze large datasets to assess screening populations, alert performance, match effectiveness, data quality, and the impact of screening changes.
• Execute screening testing and model analysis, including ATL/BTL testing, threshold calibration, name matching, and rule effectiveness assessments.
• Develop data-driven tuning recommendations that balance screening effectiveness, regulatory requirements, operational impacts, and false positive reduction.
• Support screening technology implementations, migrations, and enhancements through validation, reconciliation, testing, and post-implementation reviews.
• Partner across GFC, KYC, Operations, Technology, Data, and Risk teams to drive remediation, optimization, governance, and regulatory-ready documentation.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

KYC compliance

Excel

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

Morgan Stanley seeks a Global Financial Crimes (GFC) KYC Controls Monitoring and Screening Professional to advance client screening capabilities, including NNS and PEP, and to optimize KYC-related controls within the firm''s governance framework.

You will analyze large datasets, calibrate thresholds, and translate findings into actionable recommendations while collaborating with GFC, KYC, Operations, Technology, and Risk teams to ensure regulatory readiness.