VP, Global KYC Screening & AI-Driven Risk Governance

Morgan Stanley; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley seeks a Global Financial Crimes: Negative News / PEP Screening Lead to shape strategy and governance of KYC risk-ranking and screening across the firm. You will apply advanced analytics to boost detection quality, regulatory compliance, and operational effectiveness.

As a VP within the KYC team, you will lead cross-functional initiatives, tune models, and drive control enhancements with Compliance, Technology, Data Science, and Operations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of AML, KYC, financial crime compliance, screening analytics, model governance, or risk management within financial services or consulting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic enhancement and governance of KYC controls, including ECRR, Negative News Screening (NNS), and PEP screening programs.
• Drive screening model tuning, calibration, and optimization to improve risk detection, coverage, and operational efficiency.
• Leverage AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics to strengthen screening effectiveness, alert prioritization, and workflow automation.
• Partner across Compliance, Technology, Data Science, Operations, and Model Risk Management to implement and govern control enhancements.
• Analyze complex datasets to identify emerging risks, performance trends, data quality issues, and opportunities for control improvements.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators, model effectiveness metrics, and governance standards to ensure regulatory readiness and defensibility.
• Lead assessments related to regulatory changes, new products, acquisitions, and evolving financial crime risks, translating impacts into sustainable control enhancements.
• Support audits, regulatory examinations, and senior management reporting by providing clear analytics, model rationale, and strategic recommendations.

Skills

AML/KYC

Screening analytics

Model governance

SQL

Python

NLP

Data analysis

Regulatory exams

Senior stakeholder influence

Tools

SQL

Python

NLP

AI/ML

Job description

Morgan Stanley seeks a Global Financial Crimes: Negative News / PEP Screening Lead to shape strategy and governance of KYC risk-ranking and screening across the firm. You will apply advanced analytics to boost detection quality, regulatory compliance, and operational effectiveness.

As a VP within the KYC team, you will lead cross-functional initiatives, tune models, and drive control enhancements with Compliance, Technology, Data Science, and Operations.