1L FCR Program Support - Assistant Vice President

Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm that conducts its business through three principal business segments - Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management. Morgan Stanley provides comprehensive financial advice and services to its clients including brokerage, investment advisory, financial and wealth planning, credit and lending, deposits and cash management, annuities, insurance, retirement, and trust services.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in doing the right thing, putting clients first, leading with exceptional ideas and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, achieve, and grow.

• Drive day-to-day Program Support coverage across the FCR portfolio (Digital Direct, MS@W, Crypto, CTR/CIP, Fraud, Sanctions, Travel Rule), ensuring consistent execution, escalation, and follow-through.
• Support and coordinate governance forums and senior stakeholder routines; develop agendas, materials, decision logs, and action tracking.
• Lead cross-risk coordination across multiple divisions/stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities, dependencies, and delivery timelines.
• Manage issue and action plan oversight and reporting oversight, including status, risks, blockers, and executive-ready summaries.
• Support ET restriction governance and related controls / documentation.
• Coordinate reporting-related routines and deliverables (including intake, tracking, and stakeholder updates) as part of broader execution management.
• Provide project and delivery management for initiatives supported centrally (including those sponsored by senior leadership).
• Support regulatory responses and remediation efforts, including Regulatory, Senior Management, and Board-level materials and readiness.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify high-impact opportunities for automation, workflow digitization, and AI/agent enablement.
• Support hands-on delivery: requirements definition, process mapping, testing/UAT coordination, iteration cycles, rollout planning, and adoption tracking.
• Prepare executive support and senior-level presentations and workstreams, including content on key program deliverables, strategy, analytics, and risk/control objectives.
• Develop ongoing communications that quantify impact and provide transparency on progress, risks, and decisions.

• At least 5 years of experience in the Financial Services industry.
• Very strong critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint for data analysis related tasks.
• While not required, familiarity with the following would be beneficial: VBA, Tableau, Dataiku
• Strong organizational skills to ensure all reporting and supporting materials are appropriately documented with procedure documents in place for future reference.
• Confidence and comfort operating in high-paced and high-profile environments.
• Demonstrable track record of handling confidential and sensitive information appropriately
• Ability to research and resolve issues independently while working across teams to acquire information.
• Highly motivated, self-starter that can work autonomously and can independently take initiative.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and collaborate across large organizations.
• First Line Risk & Controls, Compliance or Audit experience
• Experience in supporting audit and regulatory inquiries and interactions with Board, senior management, consultants.
• Bachelor's degree required.