Vice President, Non-Financial Risk Governance

Employer · Morgan Stanley

Finance managerFinancial services managerBusiness analystFull-time

Budapest

Join Morgan Stanley's Non-Financial Risk (NFR) organization and take ownership of one of the most strategic governance programs supporting the Firm's risk ecosystem. As part of the Unified Categorization Model (UCM) team, you will help define how Non-Financial Risk is classified, governed, reported, and understood across the organization. The role combines governance leadership, stakeholder influence, change management, and strategic program development.

Tasks

  • Lead governance and change management activities across the Firm's Unified Categorization Model
  • Oversee risk taxonomies, inventories, and categorization standards used across multiple risk programs
  • Evaluate, challenge, and approve taxonomy and inventory changes
  • Ensure governance standards and data quality requirements are consistently applied
  • Drive the continued evolution of the Firm's risk classification model
  • Promote adoption of common standards across Operational Risk, Compliance Risk, Financial Crime Risk, and other Non-Financial Risk programs
  • Partner with senior stakeholders to improve reporting, analytics, and interoperability across systems
  • Identify opportunities to improve usability, transparency, and effectiveness of the framework
  • Build strong relationships across Risk, Compliance, Technology, Data, and Business functions
  • Facilitate governance discussions and strategic decision-making
  • Provide leadership, direction, and oversight for the Budapest-based team
  • Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders navigating complex governance and taxonomy topics

Conditions & benefits

Play a central role in one of the Firm's most important Non-Financial Risk initiativesPartner with senior leaders across Risk, Compliance, Technology, Data, and Business functionsInfluence how risk is defined, measured, reported, and managed globallyFlexible working opportunitiesMorgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements.

Requirements

  • 6-10 years of experience in Risk, Governance, Controls, Compliance, Financial Crime, Risk Transformation, or Big 4 Risk Advisory
  • Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to influence senior audiences
  • Experience leading governance initiatives, frameworks, standards, or enterprise programs
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Strong analytical and data skills, including experience working with large datasets
  • Experience leading teams, setting priorities, and driving execution
  • Strong attention to detail combined with strategic thinking
  • The ability to thrive in an evolving, fast-paced, global environment

Posted Oct 31, 2026 · Updated 3 days ago · 1 view