Lead Financial Crimes Officer

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Financial Crimes Officer to join the Global Sanctions Organization within Financial Crimes Risk Management. Learn more about career areas and business divisions at www.wellsfargojobs.com. The Lead Financial Crimes Officer will be responsible for supporting OFAC regulations, specialized screening, and key initiatives for the Sanctions Program.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as a key participant in large-scale planning.

• Implement and maintain an effective financial crimes program for the company that complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations including Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Terrorist Financing, Global Sanctions and Fraud.

• Act as an escalation point for more complex cases.

• Create, update, maintain processes and procedures to ensure awareness of schemes and trends.

• Review and examine complex, larger scale, or longer-term business, that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors.

• Conduct or lead investigative research, root cause examination and consult on transactions, suspicious situations, policy violations, referrals, customers, and related parties that present moderate to high risk or complexity, and some visibility.

• Lead implementation of initiatives with moderate to high risk.

• Provide guidance for development and delivery of training.

• Make decisions in complex situations requiring understanding of policies, procedures and compliance requirements that influence and lead a broader work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives.

• Partner with more experienced leaders to develop innovative methods and adjustments to strategies that will minimize portfolio risk and maximize profits.

• Represent organization in handling court appearances, depositions, mediations, arbitrations, etc.

• Lead projects, and virtual teams and mentor less experienced staff.

• Collaborate strategically with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.

• Inform peers, line of business and other external partners on findings.

• Liaise with Legal and law enforcement agencies.

• Collaborate internally with Audit, Legal, external agencies, and regulatory bodies for oversight of risk management.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with BSA/AML/OFAC laws and regulations.

• Experience with sanctions screening processes, OFAC regulations, investigations, workflows and programs.

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions programs.

• Experience with international and/or domestic products and services including wire transfers, foreign exchange, trade services and ACH.

• Experience with GSMOS and or FircoSoft sanction screening tools.

• 5+ years of banking industry experience.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. 

• Experience with LexisNexis, World-Check, Hogan and SVP.

• WF AML/Sanctions Credential, ACAMS, CFE or CRCM designation.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.

• Ability to handle complex issues and make risk-based decisions.

• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities.

• Proven critical thinking and analytical skills, including strong decision-making, problem-solving, and strong leadership skills.

• Advanced level experience with Visio, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word

• Project management skills.

Job Expectations:

• Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening.

• This position offers a hybrid work sch