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Your role

Morgan Stanley is seeking interns to join their Legal & Compliance Team for the Apprenticeship Program.

In the Legal & Compliance division, they protect the Firm’s business by identifying risks and designing programs and policies that guide internal teams on ways to address or mitigate those outcomes.

What you will do in the role

• Review and analyze trade surveillance reports/alerts and sign off alert completion related to employee and client trading activities.
• Conduct investigations on irregularities and abnormal activities and document findings.
• Participate in defining and documenting the operating processes for processing Monitoring reports.
• Help the senior manager in making the team and processes more efficient.
• Create Management Information Reports on a periodic basis.
• Escalate unresolved issues or potential violations of Morgan Stanley’s policies or external rules and regulations to his/her Manager, Coverage Compliance and Senior Management of Business Units.
• Producing the Risk Monthly Metrics pack for Firmwide, Regional, Legal Entity and Business Units.
• Partnership with Specialty Risk teams for Metrics reporting associated with Cyber, Information Security, Fraud etc.
• Adherence to Governance requirements associated with Metrics inventory.
• Performing metric data analysis (at global, regional, legal entity level etc.) and transforming data into dashboards for internal governance and monitoring.
• Interacting with data providers and stakeholders to discuss data quality issues and breaches.
• Collaborating with Op Risk Managers and assisting in the metric governance process.
• Managing BAU support and catering to ad-hoc requirements on a timely basis.
• Gathering requirements from teams on optimization ideas.
• Analyzing process time saves on efficiency and optimization ideas implemented.

About you

Education level

• Master's Degree

What you will bring to the role

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Should exhibit comfort working with technology and the ability to learn and display proficiency in technical systems and programs.
• Proficient with MS Office.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as VBA and JavaScript is desired.
• Knowledge of Lean or Six Sigma methodologies is desired.
• Team player who can successfully manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Ability to think independently, form opinions and make decisions.
• Ability to anticipate ahead of time and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Pragmatic and analytical problem-solving skills - consistently apply sound judgment.
• Good interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills with the ability to apply sound reasoning when delivering work.
• Ability to work as part of a team and adapt to the needs of the team as they arise.
• Successfully meet established deadline requirements – display efficient time management skills.
• Possess the ability to research and resolve issues independently.
• Have the ability to effectively handle a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to identify and recommend process efficiencies.
• Attention to detail and a keen observation.
• Strong logical reasoning, problem-solving abilities and analytical thought process.

Benefits

Employees are provided a range of top-quality healthcare options, including medical, vision, dental and prescription drug coverage, along with flexible spending and health savings accounts. They also care about your physical, mental and emotional well-being and provide additional high-value programs, many at no cost, to you and your family such as:

• Free membership to One Medical
• Subsidized memberships at thousands of gyms and studios globally
• Generous paid parental leave
• Financial wellness resources
• Insurance plans

Training & development

This is a 6-month internship program designed as an opportunity to learn more about the important role that Legal & Compliance plays within the Firm. This structured program is designed to give interns insight into this division and an opportunity to develop and master the analytical, quantitative, and interpersonal skills needed to develop an exciting and rewarding career. The training will continue throughout the course of the program with structured learning sessions run by senior executives.

The work schedule is Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 6 PM or 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM India time, depending on the team supported, with flexibility on standard working hours for time-sensitive matters (including India Public Holidays).

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Career progression

At Morgan Stanley, career advancement is a priority for professionals at all stages, offering robust support through development programs and extensive networks. Employees benefit from opportunities such as tuition and licensing reimbursement, discounts on graduate school test prep, access to online courses and the Harvard Business Review, a vast library of LinkedIn Learning videos, and diverse employee networking groups focused on career development.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• morganstanley.com/people
• morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/perks-benefits-working-at-morgan-stanley
• youtube.com