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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Control Management Officer to support our Financial Crimes Operations utility (FCO) and Customer Exits group. This position, sitting within the Chief Operating Office's Control Management group, will partner with executive management to define and deliver initiatives and programs across front lines and build relationships with a wide variety of senior leaders and enterprise partners across all business groups to help develop and maintain a strong control environment leading to the early identification and sustainable mitigation of risk.

In this role, you will:

• Engage with stakeholders, at various levels, across Wells Fargo to monitor, challenge, and manage issues throughout Wells Fargo's issue management lifecycle

• Act as an advisor to leaders in developing risk mitigation strategies for complex and highly integrated business specific risk across different business lines

• Monitor, measure, evaluate, and report impact of decisions and business controls to the relevant business group and enterprise function

• Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex current and emerging risks and issues requiring in depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, as well as an in-depth understanding of financial crimes, operational risk, audit, legal, credit risk, market risk, IT systems security, and business process management

• Provide vision, direction, and expertise to leaders on implementing innovative and significant business solutions for highly complex risks associated with business operations

• Engage with all levels of roles across the business groups, and serve as an experienced advisor in designing and implementing risk mitigation strategies, business processes, and controls that mitigate risks and address regulatory requirements

• Support Control Management leadership in ensuring effective front line risk identification, measurement, monitoring, controls and mitigation, with a focus on business initiatives and testing

• Promote/design and enhance existing controls in partnership with business owners and process engineers, including effectiveness measures, implementation support, validation of effectiveness post-implementation and controls evaluation based on defined triggers

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Risk Management or Control Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with and knowledge of BSA/AML requirements for financial institutions (e.g., CIP, due diligence (including Beneficial Ownership requirements), Currency Transaction Reporting/Monetary Instrument Recordkeeping, transaction monitoring, PEPs) and other AML-related topic (e.g., adverse media screening, sanctions)

• Strong knowledge of issues management lifecycle (capture, plan, mitigate and monitor, sustainability, and validation)

• Risk and Control Self- Assessment (RCSA) and/or Issue Management experience

• Experience in supporting one or more areas of risk including, Operational Risk, Technology or Compliance roles aligned to these groups

• Experience in designing, monitoring and/or remediation of operations and technology controls

• Experience in developing and/or monitoring key risk indicators

• A thorough understanding of enterprise risk management framework including risk identification, risk appetite and strategy, risk-related decisions, processes and controls, risk analytics and governance

• Strong interpersonal, influencing, and communications skills with an ability to interact effectively with stakeholders

• Proven leadership and project management skills to drive alignment across stakeholder groups to develop and deliver repeatable end-to-end risk management solutions and controls aligned with group's processes

• Deep understanding of risk framework, corporate/business policies, and programs to translate into plans for the business, function and/or risk type.

Job Expectations:

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

• Hybrid work schedule. Must be able to work from one of the approved job posting locations three (3) days in office & two (2) days remote

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

• Fast paced matrix environment with exposure to "Highly Visible" Processes within the COO

• Opportunity to engage with all three lines of defense (IT&V, Audit and IRM)

• Opportunity to impact real time components and instruments within the Wells Fargo footprint

Important Note : This role is not open to telecommute. Candidate must reside within a reasonable commute to one of the addresses listed in the posting

Posting End Date:

1 Oct 2024

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Diversity

At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in US: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Company: WELLS FARGO BANK

Req Number: R-403977-5

Updated: Fri Sep 27 04:25:22 UTC 2024

Location: SAINT LOUIS PARK,Minnesota