Analyst, LCD Data and Analytics

Job Description

Division: Legal & Compliance (LCD) Super - Department: LCD GC Mumbai Department: LCD Data and Analytics Sub-Department: Region: Asia/ India Job Level: Analyst Job Title: Data Analyst Employment Type: Full Time Location: Oberoi Commerz III, International Business Park, Mumbai

Firm

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

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 integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Division

LCD comprises of Legal, Compliance, Global Financial Crimes and Regulatory Relations.

The Legal Department provides guidance, requirements and procedures for understanding and complying with the laws, regulations and Firm policies that apply to our businesses.

The Global Compliance Department identifies applicable Compliance Obligations and maintains a Firmwide Compliance Risk management program, including Compliance Risks that transcend business lines, legal entities and jurisdictions of operation.

Global Financial Crimes is responsible for the development and governance of the Firm's financial crime prevention efforts across all regions and business units. Global Financial Crimes is comprised of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Anti-boycott, Anti-Corruption (ACG) and Government and Political Activities Compliance (GPAC) programs.

The Global Regulatory Relations Group (GRRG) is responsible for strategic and centralized management of the supervisory activities of Morgan Stanley's regulators and related developments globally, with a focus on regulatory reviews and examinations and continuous monitoring activities. GRRG serves as the central point of contact for the regulatory staff responsible for supervisory activities at Morgan Stanley entities and for timely reporting to Firm management and other governance or management bodies, as appropriate, on those relationships and supervisory processes, including areas of significant regulatory focus or concern.

LCD GC Mumbai a part of Morgan Stanley's Global In-house Center, which provides global support to LCD and is an integral part of Firm and LCD strategy.

Team Background

Professionals within the Legal and Compliance Division (LCD) provide a wide range of services to our business units. They might help to structure a complex and sensitive cross-border transaction; advise on a new product introduction; develop a training program or defuse an investor dispute. They preserve the firm's invaluable reputation for integrity and protect the firm from sanctions with policies and procedures that meet regulatory requirements around the world. They also strive to maintain cooperative relationships with governmental policy makers and the regulatory and self-regulatory agencies that govern the firm's businesses.

Data & Analytics is a function in the Legal and Compliance Division responsible for designing and optimizing surveillance models, approaches and tools using advanced analytical techniques like supervised and unsupervised machine learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and evolving techniques like reinforcement and deep learning as well as graph analytics. The surveillances and other tools help identify suspicious and/or illegal behaviors like money laundering, market manipulation, insider trading, unfair sales or trading practices and other financial crimes. Position Description

This is a high-impact role at the intersection of data engineering, advanced analysis, and financial crime compliance - supporting the firm's defences against money laundering, sanctions violations, and any other financial crime. The candidate will partner with AML compliance officers, sanctions officers, financial crime investigators, and technology teams to deliver end-to-end analysis, modernize controls through automation and GenAI, and support regulatory and audit engagements.

Primary Responsibilities

Drive financial crime analysis across AML, sanctions, surveillance, and investigations - translating complex data into actionable insights that strengthen detection and reduce risk. Enhance detection effectiveness by supporting data quality testing, dataset onboarding, and model performance reviews across the firm's financial crime programs. Lead quality assurance and testing of screening, monitoring, and surveillance outcomes to ensure regulatory rigor and operational efficiency. Partner with investigators and financial crime officers to deliver analysis that accelerates case reviews, customer due diligence, and regulatory reporting. Champion data quality and governance across financial crime datasets, ensuring trusted, audit-ready data for decisioning and reporting. Modernize controls through automation and GenAI, building scalable solutions that reduce manual effort and improve investigator and analyst productivity. Support regulatory, audit, and model risk engagements, providing the evidence, documentation, and analytics required for global oversight. Acted as a bridge between business users and technology teams by converting prototype logic into clear functional and business requirement documents Collaborate across regions and functions with financial crimes, technology, model risk, and operations teams to deliver consistent, firmwide outcomes.

Requirements

Skills required (essential)

Candidates must have: Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. 1-2 years of experience in data-related roles, preferably within governance, analytics, or risk domains. Experience in financial services, with meaningful exposure to financial crime compliance. Strong analytical and data-driven problem-solving skills, with hands-on experience in data analysis, visualization, and reporting using tools such as SQL, Python, Alteryx, Excel, or similar technologies. Experience handling large datasets and memory-efficient processing of large datasets. Experience leveraging technology, automation, and AI/ML to improve business processes, controls, decision-making, and operational efficiency at scale. Skilled in translating business requirements into structured, production-ready process logic and supporting implementation across analytics and reporting workflows. Detail-oriented with sound judgment when handling sensitive PII/MNPI information

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years.  Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.  Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.