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Compliance Specialist

Morgan Stanley

Budapest, Hungary

Apply your investigative mindset. Build specialist expertise. Protect clients. Ready to take your compliance or investigations career in a new direction? Join Morgan Stanley’s Compliance team in Budapest and play a key role in identifying, assessing, and routing sales practice complaints accurately and efficiently. You will review client communications submitted through the complaint management system, validate allegations against account activity, apply regulatory and internal classifications, and help determine the appropriate next steps.

Working with colleagues across Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, and Customer Service, you will gain exposure to complex international cases . This is an exciting opportunity for professionals with experience in compliance monitoring, compliance testing, investigations, complaints handling, regulatory controls, AML/KYC, operational risk, or internal audit . Previous financial services experience is valuable, but candidates with strong transferable investigative and risk-assessment skills are also encouraged to apply.

In the Legal & Compliance division, we help the Firm achieve its business objectives while effectively managing legal, regulatory, and franchise risk. Since 1935, Morgan Stanley has been a global leader in financial services, continuously evolving and innovating to better serve clients and communities in more than 40 countries. What you’ll do   Review client communications and determine whether they meet the Firm’s complaint criteria   Validate complaint allegations by reviewing relevant account activity and supporting information   Distinguish sales practice complaints from non-sales practice matters   Assess potential conduct, regulatory, and reputational risks   Apply FINRA and internal complaint classifications accurately and consistently   Route cases to the appropriate Legal, Compliance, or Operations teams   Provide practical guidance to business partners on complaint identification and classification   Support non-sales practice complaints when business volumes require additional coverage   Identify recurring themes, trends, and potential root causes, sharing actionable insights with team leadership   Build deep subject matter expertise in sales practice complaints, complaint governance, and Wealth Management conduct risk   What you’ll bring   4 – 10 years’ experience in compliance monitoring, compliance testing, investigations, complaints handling, regulatory controls, AML/KYC, operational risk, internal audit, or legal and regulatory advisory   Strong investigative and analytical skills, with the ability to assess allegations against supporting evidence   Experience in risk classification, complaint identification, account activity validation, or regulatory case assessment   Sound judgement and confidence escalating sensitive or higher-risk matters   Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accurate, well-documented decisions   Strong written and verbal English, with the ability to communicate clearly across different audiences   Ability to manage multiple cases and deadlines in a structured, efficient way   A proactive and collaborative mindset, with confidence working independently   Knowledge of financial markets, investment products, broker-dealer activities, FINRA, SEC, or consumer-protection requirements is an advantage   Why join us?

Build specialist expertise in sales practice complaints    Apply your investigations, monitoring, testing, audit, or compliance experience in a highly analytical role   Gain exposure to complex international client matters and global stakeholders   Develop valuable skills in risk classification, account analysis, regulatory coding, and complaint governance   Work with experienced colleagues across Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, and Customer Service   Grow your career in a supportive global environment that values accuracy, integrity, ownership, and continuous learning   #LI-KP1  WHAT YOU CAN EX

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