Lead Financial Crimes Officer

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Financial Crimes Officer to 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, and Global Sanctions. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com. Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) is the second line independent risk management function accountable for oversight and management of the global financial crimes program. The Financial Crimes Lead Officer will manage and assist with the company’s risk appetite and key risk indicator program and the company’s enterprise risk and identification program to execute requests from Internal Audit, examiners, and other internal testing groups, and assisting with other special projects and initiatives related to the Global Financial Crimes Risk Management Program. This team member must build and maintain strong relationships with financial crimes leadership across all three lines of defense, the Legal Department, and various other independent risk management (second line) groups that own the process (i.e. escalations, risk assessment).

In this role, you will:

• Partner effectively with colleagues across the firm, business, operations management, compliance, risk, audit, regulators, and technology control functions to drive consistent and rigorous operational risk practices and Control programs including control committees, risk mitigation, key risk indicators, control design and performance evaluation.

• Lead companywide risk identification and assessment programs on behalf of FCRM, which requires aggregating inputs from multiple sources, drafting reporting materials and providing training. 

• Assist with the execution of FCRM initiatives to achieve long-term strategic objectives that impact management across functions.

• Oversee engagement with key stakeholder commitments and obligations related to high priority initiatives.

• Support the execution of a risk-based financial crimes program across the enterprise or businesses in a complex regulatory environment.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Maintain an awareness of the state of financial crimes compliance activity and risk companywide and contribute subject matter expertise.

• Develop and implement strategic solutions to complex challenges that may have impacts outside FCRM..

• Ensure programs and policies are designed to identify, assess, measure, and monitor significant risks proactively and systematically.

• Provide oversight of financial crimes and risk management programs.

• Consult with and influence all levels of professionals, including peers and senior leaders.

• Effectively balance regulatory commitments with risk program simplification.

• Foster an environment that ensures strong communication and cooperation across the three lines of defense.

• Collaborate with peers and leaders to develop strategies, goals and solutions.

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:

• Demonstrated experience in developing, articulating, and organizing findings to draft executive level reporting.

• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels to ensure Business Groups and Corporate Functions are engaged and allocating resources as necessary to assist in FCRM Risk Assessments.

• Broad understanding of illicit finance risks (Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Financing of Terrorism, Sanctions, and Anti-bribery & Corruption).

• Experience performing risk & control work (Issues, Corrective Actions, MREs, Audit Findings).

• Highly analytical with the ability to perform independent research (e.g., Open-source, Internal resources, assess applicability of specific policies and procedures that exist within FCRM and in the Businesses).

• Embrace ambiguity and be proactive in identifying enhancement opportunities and process improvements.

• Time Management skills and ability to prioritize