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Morgan Stanley · 2 days ago

Digital Assets Advisory Compliance Officer, Vice President

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$108K/yr - $184K/yr

6+ years exp

Morgan Stanley is a global leader in financial services, and they are seeking a Digital Asset Advisory Compliance Officer to shape the U.S. Banks digital assets business. The role involves navigating emerging regulations, collaborating across legal and risk teams, and developing a compliance management system to ensure regulatory integrity.

Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesLending

Responsibilities

Serve as a compliance and operational risk coverage officer for the U.S. Banks digital asset business and compliance subject matter expert on digital assets more generally

Closely follow regulatory rulemaking and advise business lines on the developing U.S. regulatory environment for digital assets (e.g., GENIUS Act, CLARITY Act, etc.). Work with Senior Digital Asset Compliance Officer as well as existing bank compliance and operational risk teams to develop and implement appropriate compliance and operational risk policies, procedures, monitoring, testing and training programs

Interact with the business lines within Morgan Stanley

Coordinate across divisions as well as the legal, compliance, and operational risk functional teams on digital asset initiatives and potential impacts

Assist with other traditional compliance activities relating to the digital assets business

Qualification

Digital assets complianceOCC regulationsCybersecurity managementCompliance risk assessmentConsumer complianceAnalytical skillsCollaboration skillsCommunication skills

Required

Experience and strong interest in the developing U.S. digital assets industry

Experience with OCC permissibility and safety & soundness related to digital assets

Experience with OCC digital asset letter (IL 1170/1183/1184) interpretations

Experience with custody control design under 12 CFR Part 9 and OCC Custody Handbook

Experience with escalation/reporting practices compatible with OCC Heightened Standards

Experience with cybersecurity/key management aligned to NIST 800 57/800 53 and ISO 27001

Experience with tokenized deposits/stablecoin reserves under IL 1172 (reserve deposits) and IL 1174 (use of blockchain/distributed ledgers for payments)

Experience with consumer compliance (e.g. UDAAP, Reg E, Reg P, E SIGN) for retail wallet/payment features

Experience serving as a compliance / risk officer or lawyer (or comparable role) at an OCC regulated bank, law firm, Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP), or Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP)

Bachelors' Degree from an accredited U.S. college or university

Compliance and operational risk management assessment skills: experienced in the process of assessing the compliance and operational risks associated with a business environment (including non-financial risk assessments, incident reporting, capital requirements, etc.)

At least 6 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role