WIM Lead Control Management Officer

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking Lead Control Management Officers to support one of the following areas: Independent Solutions, WIM Shared Services, or National Sales and Marketing

This role will be responsible for the implementation and management of the First Line of Defense risk and control program requirements.  This position resides in the Business Aligned Control team for all aspects of the risk and control management framework.  The position requires a detailed understanding of Risk and Control Identification and Assessment and a strong understanding of inherent risks within the Wealth Management arena. The role will support business leadership to design and implement first line controls with respect to a variety of regulatory requirements, Wells Fargo policies and industry best practices.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives designed to mitigate current and emerging risks with broad impact

• Act as key participant in monitoring, evaluating, and measuring the impact of decisions practiced in Control Management functional area

• Monitor moderately complex business specific programs, and provide risk management consulting to support the business in designing and implementing risk-mitigation strategies

• Monitor, measure, evaluate, and report on the impact of decisions and controls to the relevant business group or functional area

• Develop and implement risk monitoring and risk reporting processes and controls

• Collaborate with relevant business group to identify current and emerging risks associated with business activities and operations, and provide guidance in developing and implementing risk-mitigating strategies

• Lead Control Management project or virtual teams

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:

• Direct experience executing the RCSA (risk identification, risk assessment - inherent/residual, and control design)

• Direct experience with Issue Management Life Cycle and issue remediation

• Direct Wealth and Investment Management experience

• Experience across enterprise risk management framework, including: risk identification, risk appetite and strategy, risk-related decisions, processes and controls, risk analytics governance, risk assessment and control design

• Track record of providing constructive challenge with appropriate escalation, root cause analysis and offering solutions

• Experience with tracking, monitoring, implementing and drafting corrective actions

• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, achieve goals, in a dynamic and complex environment

• Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Job Expectations:

• Lead Business Control Management for >1 Risk Assessable Businesses and/or be secondary lead on moderate/high complex processes with high inherent risk.  Lead includes ongoing risk and control assessment of processes and business profile changes, working directly and in partnership with the business owner and Independent Risk Management / Second Line of Defense partners (operational risk and compliance).

• Conduct analysis of risk type themes, interconnectivity of other business processes, to either identify process efficiency to reduce risk, automation of control design, identify potential new/modified control design related to business process changes which increase risk.

• Proactively manage changes to controls, working with the line of business to ensure that all controls are designed and performing, as expected, within Internal