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Senior Business Accountability Specialist

Wells Fargo
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Sept 2025
💰 $133,000/yr($77,000/yr$133,000/yr)

About the role

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Business Accountability Specialist.


In this role, you will:

  • Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within business and contribute to large-scale, cross-functional planning related to mitigation of current and emerging business risk issues and concerns
  • Assess, analyze, and design moderately complex controls, protocols, and approaches with respect to risk mitigation and the control environment, including ensuring effective planning for sustainability, ongoing control adherence, reporting, measurement, technology impacts, and monitoring
  • Independently make decisions and resolve moderately complex issues while leveraging solid understanding of the business’s functional area or products, operations, and regulatory environment; facilitate decision-making and issue resolution, and support implementation of developed solutions and plans; lead peers and key business partners to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
  • Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to address current and emerging risks associated with business activities and operations, and provide guidance or support in interpreting, developing, and implementing risk-mitigating strategies
  • Partner with peers and the business in interactions with external parties to support appropriateness and timeliness of response, and effectiveness of communications and materials
  • May serve as a mentor for lower-level staff
  • Demonstrate solid understanding of financial crimes risks, financial crimes policies, Commercial Banking Financial Crimes Risk program requirements and guidelines, customer business models, product offerings as reflected by logically constructed risk narratives documenting appropriate risk-based recommendations in line with financial crimes baselines
  • Establish strong partnerships with the colleagues and CB stakeholders providing risk expertise and consultation to manage risks.
  • Demonstrate ability to effectively document work products with minimal returns and concisely communicate risk-based recommendations highlighting key support decision points.
  • Execute your deliverables within communicated deadlines and SLAs and with high quality.  Ability to manage work assignments delivering a quality product that is highly effective and consistent with a priority on risk management, cognizant with established SLAs, as applicable, and customer experience.


Required Qualifications:

  • 4+ years of risk management, business controls, quality assurance, business operations, compliance, or process experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following:  work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience developing partnerships and collaborating with other business and functional areas  
  • Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills   
  • Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) experience
  • Knowledge and understanding of Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) policies and procedures
  • Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members
  • Ability to identify, escalate and help solution issues
  • Ability to take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision in a structured environment
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Strong analytical skills with a high attention to detail
  • CAMS Certification

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.

$77,000.00 - $133,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement

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