Financial Controls & Oversight Manager – Business Process Automated Controls (BPACs)

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Controls Manager within the Enterprise COSO testing team. The Enterprise Finance function contains the Corporate Controllers division, which includes the Enterprise Controls & Oversight (EC&O) group. The Enterprise COSO testing team is a component of EC&O. Enterprise COSO testing professionals will have enterprise-wide exposure to key stakeholders within the external financial/regulatory reporting infrastructure. 

The Enterprise COSO testing team supports the Company’s on-going objective of maintaining an industry-leading information technology control environment and is responsible for the following directives:

• Providing meaningful assessments of business process automated controls within applications that support financial and regulatory reporting.

• Monitoring new and emerging internal control related guidance and issues and assist with facilitating group-wide training to interested and impacted stakeholders.

• Providing consultation and subject matter expertise for process and business process automated control related matters including evaluating severity of control deficiencies and related remediation efforts.

• Acting as a change agent for continual improvement of the control environment.

• Providing process and control support and thought leadership for projects.

• Interfacing with external auditors, regulators and others on control related matters.

In this role, you will:

• Manage a team of individual contributor roles dedicated to the planning and execution of annual testing plans, including performing annual risk-based planning and scoping activities, providing guidance and participating in walk-throughs of significant processes and assessing the appropriateness and completeness of key risks and controls

• Consult with business partners on impacts to the control environment regarding expected changes in business processes or reporting requirements

• Create and deliver reporting on status and internal control related topics to executive leadership

• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to accomplish annual plan

• Mentor and guide the development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent

• Interface with internal and external auditors, second line testing functions and business line control executives on internal control matters

• Build relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders in the applicable line of business and IT functions related to assigned process areas

• Sponsor or lead annual team training activities

• Sponsor or lead special projects related to department practices and/or emerging control matters impacting the enterprise

• Act as a change agent for continual improvement of the internal control environment

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Reporting or Business and Technology Audit experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• 2+ years of leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• A Masters of Business Administration (MBA) or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Designation

• 7+ years of experience performing IT audit and/or testing of business process automated controls at peer-size companies

• 3+ years Big Four/super regional public accounting firm experience in IT audit and/or IT SoX advisory/consulting service

• Ability to present to senior level executives

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

• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory agencies: Federal Reserve and OCC

• Ability to manage effectively in a matrixed organization

• Practical experience performing process re-engineering/process improvement

• Strong critical thinking skills with ability to credibly challenge status quo

• Significant experience with continuous improvement of application control testing processes and results

• Ability to identify areas for efficiency gains including use of emerging technology (automation, artificial intelligence, agentic AI)

• Strong executive relationship management skills; ability to negotiate difficult positions without harming relationships

• Experience integrating offshore and/or third-party resources into IT audit/IT testing organization

Job Expectations:

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