Senior Lead Independent Testing Officer - Chief Operating Office

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Independent Testing Officer in Independent Testing & Validation (IT&V) as part of Corporate Risk. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.

The Independent Testing & Validation team is responsible for the development and design of methodologies and standards for review activities across the Enterprise in alignment with the Risk Management Framework and ensuring effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs, risks, and controls according to standards and other applicable policies.

The Senior Lead Independent Testing Officer role will provide strategic management, support & leadership during testing engagements performed by the Chief Operating Office (COO) team. The individual will leverage their experience and knowledge of risk management, business functions, products, and services to provide independent, holistic risk leadership and assessment of the businesses. In addition to primary accountability for aligned business groups, the individuals will be responsible for continuing to foster collaboration across IT&V teams, partnering with them while assessing workflows that encompass several areas of the organization.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and design methodologies and standards for review activities across the enterprise in alignment with Risk Management Framework.

• Ensure effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs, risks, and controls according to standards and other applicable policies.

• Identify potential corrective actions, reporting, escalation, and resolution.

• Perform low to moderate risk quality reviews.

• Raise schedule delays to the review activity lead with proposed resolution plans.

• Lead implementation of complex initiatives with high risk, generally spanning multiple business lines.

• Lead high risk or complex review activity engagements in a matrixed environment and communicate emerging risks to management.

• Create schedules for control reviews and consults on scheduling and capacity planning across the team.

• Assess, document, and communicate trends on emerging risks, themes, and identified issues.

• Partner with internal business and other business units, audit, legal, regulators, and industry partners on risk related topics.

• Lead project or virtual teams.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Independent Testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Financial Crimes expertise.

• Experience in Audit, Compliance, Risk and Testing.

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

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. 

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

• Experience gathering, analyzing, and interpreting large datasets; ability to retrieve data from various information systems.

• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.  

• Ability to research trends and analyze data.

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

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

Posting Locations:

• 401 S Tryon Street – Charlotte, NC

• 600 S 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN

• 1N Jefferson Avenue - St Louis, MO

• 800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA

• 1150 W Washington Street, Tempe, AZ

• 250 E John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, TX

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$144,400.00 - $300,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehen