CSBB Financial Crimes Senior Lead Business Accountability Specialist

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Business Accountability Specialist in Consumer and Small Business Banking (CSBB) Financial Crimes team, part of the CSBB Chief Administrative Office. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at www.wellsfargo.com.

The group is responsible for financial crimes risk coverage across CSBB to identify, assess, manage and mitigate current and emerging risk exposures associated with their activities and operations. This position consults and provides guidance on the development, implementation, and monitoring of complex business-specific Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC) programs. Works with Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) partners in Independent Risk Management (IRM) on moderate to high risk and complex financial crimes programs. May interface with Audit, Legal, external agencies, and regulatory bodies regarding risk management of business-specific risk programs. Position may lead project/virtual teams and may mentor but does not manage other team members.

In this role, you will:

• Manage oversight of financial crimes related issues and corrective actions to ensure control deficiencies are effectively resolved.
• Work cross-functionally with Financial Crimes partners to identify issues, propose solutions, and drive strategic objectives. Assists in developing corrective actions to mitigate risks.
• Provide Financial Crimes expertise and guidance for CSBB related activities and projects.
• Support regulatory exams, internal audits, or Independent Risk Management reviews
• Evaluate the applicability of policies for assigned business units, determines the adequacy and effectiveness of procedures and designs/develops new procedures for complex policies.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of the business control environment for Financial Crimes.
• Consult with the business stakeholders on Financial Crimes related projects to identify and mitigate operational risks for end-to-end processes that span CSBB functions.
• Identify risk exposure based on emerging risks and changes in business processes.
• Assist with aggregating risk information and communicating the financial crimes risk profile for assigned business units.
• Understand applicable regulations to develop controls to ensure compliance.
• Identify and escalates financial crimes risk matters to management, as appropriate

Required Qualifications:

• 7 years of risk management, business controls, quality assurance, business operations, compliance, or process experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following:  work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 6 years of financial crimes experience with deep knowledge of regulations and requirements
• Issue Management experience, including root cause analysis and corrective action planning and monitoring ensuring on-time resolution of risk
• Experience with implementing Financial Crimes requirements within Consumer & Small Business Banking lines of business
• Experience in understanding and documenting unfamiliar processes in order to identify key risks, identify and evaluate controls and provide consulting to remediate control deficiencies preferably within financial services
• Experience Identifying, mitigating and consulting around risk and regulations
• Experience successfully influencing, leading, and negotiating with executives, senior business leaders and partners to gain commitment to accomplish business goals
• Experience creating presentation decks for different audiences that can outline/highlight the topic in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong understanding of policies, procedures, and programs to ensure appropriate and effective risk mitigation controls are in place
• Experience developing partnerships and collaborating with various levels of business partners including Senior leaders and executive management
• Experience in control, compliance, fraud, risk management, audit, or a related job function/role
• Process risk and control assessment experience  
• Analytical skills with the ability to grasp complex business issues quickly and be able to successfully explain to an independent third party
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
• Ability to work independently in a virtual team environment where other team members, team management, and business partners are not local
• Knowledge of Wells Fargo Operational Risk tools
• Applicable Financial Crimes and risk related industry certifications, such as Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), etc.

Job Expectations:

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

Posting Locations:

• 1525 W WT Harris Blvd - Charlotte, North Carolina 
• 401 S Tryon - Charlotte, North Carolina
• 550 S 4th Street - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1801 Park View Drive - Shoreview, Minnesota
• 11601 N Black Canyon Hwy – Phoenix, Arizona
• 2700 S Price Road - Chandler, Arizona
• 7001 Westown Pkwy, West Des Moines, Iowa
• 4101 Wiseman Blvd – San Antonio, Texas
• 250 E John Carpenter Frwy - Irving, Texas

Please note: Based on the volume of applications received, this job posting may be removed prior to the indicated close date.

Posting End Date: 

*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.

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