Compliance Specialist

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.

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

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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.

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