Control Management Senior Manager

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Control Management Senior Manager to manage and develop a Business Control Management team, with experienced Control officers, and specialists aligned to a Commercial Banking business line.

In this role, you will:

• Engage and influence business leaders, legal, Internal Testing & Validation, Audit, regulators, and other stakeholders to continually improve the business line’s risk and control environment
• Identify and recommend opportunities for business line process and control improvements in alignment with the Control and business’ strategic objectives
• Manage the on-time and accurate completion of several Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) annual refreshes and Business Environment Changes
• Collaborate with other Control teams and the business line to reduce risk, simplify and create control and Risk Assessable Unit (RAU) efficiencies.
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and aligned with Control’s strategic objectives
• Continually develop the Business Control professionals within the team
• Manage a portfolio of issues to ensure accurate root cause analysis, the development of effective corrective actions, timely completion and successful validations

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of Risk Management or Business Controls experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 3+ years of management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge and understanding on Control Programs including Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), executing the RCSA (risk identification, risk assessment - inherent/residual, and control design and Issue Management
• Experience managing all phases of the issue management lifecycle
• Experience with RCSA, risk/control identification and assessment, and enterprise risk frameworks
• Knowledge and understanding of internal controls and internal control policy
• Strong working knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and applicable Corporate Policy requirements in order to identify areas of risk and issues for the LOB and/or provide credible challenge.
• Direct experience with Issue Management Life Cycle and issue & corrective action remediation
• Knowledge and understanding of Shared Risk Platform (SHRP) and Veritas such as reporting and issue management
• Experience in assessing risk, reviewing risk ratings, identifying control gaps and determining the appropriate evaluation methodology.
• Experience assessing control design and performance through testing, audit or Risk Control Self-Assessment practices
• Knowledge of issue management policy.
• Experience assessing processes, procedures and identifying controls. Comprehensive understanding of operational risk management in the financial services or other highly regulated industries
• Ability to partner effectively partner with key stakeholders in the business line, Internal Testing & Validation, Evidenced Based Control Effectiveness (EBCE), Audit and others
• Experience working closely with senior and executive leadership.
• Strong experience leading issues management and risk assessments functions, with proven ability to delivery on critical deadline

Job Expectations:

• Ability to travel up to 5% 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.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

The Control Functions adhere to a location strategy, therefore your candidacy may be determined based on your current location. Remote work locations are not available for these roles, so if you are not in a locatio