The Risk Officer supports E*TRADE Premium & Specialty Client and Emerging Wealth Solutions by executing a broad range of supervisory, compliance, and risk responsibilities. Working in partnership with the Senior Risk Officer, the Risk Officer helps maintain a consistent control environment through adherence to ethical standards, applicable federal/state/local requirements, and Morgan Stanley Wealth Management policies, and escalates significant issues to the Senior Risk Officer in a timely manner.
Own day-to-day risk, supervisory, and compliance oversightfor E*TRADE SelfDirected and covered client segments, including E*TRADE Premium & Special Client (ETPS) and Emerging Wealth Solutions (EWS).
Maintain a strong control environmentby promoting ethical business practices and ensuring adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and firm policies and procedures.
Manage and facilitate supervisory inquiries and escalation requests from ETPS & EWS by partnering with the Senior Risk Officer (SRO), Associate/Regional Risk Officer (ARRO/RRO), and business management to drive timely resolution.
Provide coaching and guidance to Relationship Managers, Team Leads, and Managerson supervisory expectations, policy interpretation, and procedural requirements to strengthen risk awareness and compliance culture.
Ensure supervisory approvals and oversight case escalations are executed accurately and within required timeframes, validating that supervisory actions, documentation, and follow-up meet policy standards.
Support compliance examinations and internal audit activities, including readiness planning, evidence collection, and timely response coordination.
Oversee ongoing risk monitoring and control executionacross key risk areas (including operational risk, conduct risk, and data/security-related risk) and implement enhancements as needed.
Drive consistent communication of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management policies and regulatory expectationsto service and supervisory teams, ensuring updates are understood and operationalized.
Partner with Legal and Compliance on escalations, coordinating communications, documentation, and response support as appropriate.
Ensure continuous and appropriate supervisory coverage, working with Management, Site Leaders, and the Senior Risk Officer to maintain coverage models and back-up plans.
Oversee adherence to the E*TRADE SelfDirected Compliance and Supervisory Manualand support implementation of new policies/standards to ensure EWS and ETPS processes remain current and effective.
Monitor people risk indicators(e.g., training, conduct trends, policy adherence), escalating concerns and partnering with leadership to ensure appropriate corrective action.
Co-facilitate compliance and supervisory training, in partnership with the Senior Risk Officer, to ensure colleagues understand and apply Wealth Management compliance policies and procedures.
Support onboarding risk controls for new hires, including Employee Investing/Activities Compliance (OBI/OBA approvals, private investment reviews, Monthly Employee Dashboard checks, and early-supervision routines).
Conduct risk-based oversight reviews of service center activitiesincluding referrals, line-of-credit monitoring for regulatory compliance, account restrictions, disbursements and credits, trade/crypto supervision, and other control reviews as needed.