We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Director, Investment Management Compliance in Non-Financial Risk to manage regulatory risks and help to preserve the Firm’s franchise through ensuring Business and Infrastructure Units’ compliance with relevant laws, regulations, rules and internal policies and procedures in the region (including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan) for public and private side investment management businesses.

In the Legal & Compliance division, we assist the Firm in achieving its business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the Firm’s management of legal, regulatory and franchise risk. This is a Director level position within the MSIM Asia Compliance team, which is responsible for providing advisory compliance support to MSIM business in Asia, assessing and implementing regional regulatory changes and global MSIM policies, issuing and maintaining regional and BU-specific policies and procedures, conducting training personnel, and conducting monitoring and surveillance, among other activities.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Advising and supporting MSIM business on compliance matters across Asian jurisdictions and for both private and public side of investment management business activities.
• Drafting and maintaining MSIM Asia Compliance policies and procedures, and providing regional inputs on global MSIM policies as applicable.
• Developing training materials and conducting training sessions; communicating compliance/regulatory updates to the business including tracking and interpreting relevant regulatory change and implementation.
• Responding to queries on the Hong Kong regulatory framework as applicable to the investment management business (including offering of investments, OTC derivatives, licensing and business conduct, etc).
• Assisting in identifying and developing modifications on the compliance program based on new business needs and evolving regulatory landscape.
• Advising, monitoring and overseeing 1st Line of Defense.
• Providing Cross-Border Advice and Reviewing marketing materials in line with regulatory and cross-border requirements.
• Reviewing escalated trading activity in particular, the fairness and appropriateness of affiliated transactions, fair allocation and cross-trades, etc including market abuse monitoring.
• Assisting in audit, regulatory and licensing matters including compilation and submission of regulatory returns and filings (for MAS, HK SFC, US SEC), responding to ad-hoc and routine audit/ regulatory queries, onsite visits and inspections.
• Participating in various regional and global projects, such as new product / business/ instruments initiatives etc.

What you'll bring to the role:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Legal, Accounting, Business or Finance
• At least 5 -8 years’ compliance-related experience in a financial institution and/or financial regulator, including a minimum of 2 years’ recent experience in the investment management industry
• Highly analytical with strong understanding of investment management industry and knowledge of regulations and rules in Asia (in particular Hong Kong)
• Detail oriented, motivated and able to multi-task in a fast paced, high pressure environment
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Fluency in Chinese is advantageous