Senior Business Accountability Specialist

About this role:   

At Wells Fargo, we are looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. We are seeking candidates who embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in a workplace where everyone feels valued and inspired. Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.

Wells Fargo is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed Senior Business Accountability Specialist role in the Digital Technology & Innovation Office of the CIO (OCIO) within the Technology Governance and Control (TGC) group.  TGC is responsible for ensuring our applications, systems, middle-ware components, and development environments meet Wells Fargo technology risk controls and policies.

This role will be responsible for supporting the activities of at least one of the TGC programs which include Policy Exception and Risk Treatment, Information Management, Information Security, Audit Coordination, Policy Adherence, Application Lifecycle Management and Control Governance. The successful candidate will develop Subject Matter Expertise in their assigned areas, share process and standards knowledge with engineering teams, track remediation activities to completion to ensure compliance with policy and standards compliance, and ensure applicable documentation is current.

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the Digital Technology and Innovation group which supports evolving digital platforms and enhances integration of the innovation pipeline into our customer-facing capabilities.

Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.
 

The successful candidate will:

• Support complex initiatives with broad impact which are designed to mitigate current and emerging business risk issues and concerns; act as key participant in cross-functional planning for the business.  

• Assist in building effective risk oversight routines, including effective status reporting for operational risk for the organization.

• Assist in assessing, analyzing, and designing complex and multi-faceted controls, protocols, and approaches with respect to risk mitigation and the control environment, including ensuring effective planning for sustainability, ongoing control adherence, reporting, measurement, technology impacts, and monitoring

• Strategically collaborate and consult with the program lead, peers, engineering teams, business control partners and technology management to address current and emerging risks associated with business activities and operations, and provide guidance or support in interpreting, developing, and implementing risk-mitigating strategies

• Negotiate timelines and implementation expectations within DTI, risk management and in some cases, vendor environments for dynamic, high availability applications and services comprised of complex configurations

• Plan and hold meetings, prepare and present updates, and interact with all areas and roles within DTI and its’ technology partners to review progress towards goals and meet deliverable timelines

• Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development

Required Qualifications:   

• 4+ 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

•  3+ years of Information Technology or Technology Program Management experience with an emphasis on Risk mitigation and remediation

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience with Technology Application Development; preferably on an Agile Scrum team

• Knowledge and understanding of Information Technology governance risk and compliance processes such as policies, control standards, risk management concepts, and information security

• Advanced Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint) skills

• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Application Lifecycle Management

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

•  Ability to support many high priority, high complexity, and high-risk efforts with quick timelines simultaneously

•  Ability to consult, build, and maintain solid working relationships within team an