Corporate Banking Financial Institutions Sr. Lead Business Manager (COO)

Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) delivers a comprehensive suite of capital markets, banking, and financial products and services. A trusted partner to our clients, we provide corporate and transactional banking; commercial real estate lending and servicing; investment banking; equity; and fixed income solutions including sales, trading, and research capabilities to corporate, commercial real estate, government, and institutional clients across the globe.

This position will serve as the Global CIB Senior Business Manager (COO) for the Corporate Banking Financial Institutions business within CIB Banking Coverage. CIB Banking’s industry-aligned model covers Banks, Consumer & Retail, Healthcare, Energy & Power, Financial Institutions, Industrials, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications. This role will play a critical role in the development of the overall Corporate Banking Financial Institutions coverage management strategy, lending activities, human capital management, running the day-to-day operations of the business, and business transformation – in coordination with partners across CIB and Wells Fargo.

The Senior Business Manager will work directly with business leaders and support partners across the organization and will serve as a trusted advisor and extension of the Co-Heads of the Corporate Banking Financial Institutions business. The COO will manage all internal functions and initiatives supporting the business, including Technology, Compliance, Legal, Corporate Real Estate, Business Continuity, HR, Recruiting, Marketing, and Communications. This includes efforts related to financial and management reporting, client planning, hiring, and operational oversight.

In supporting a global business, this role will have dual accountability and reporting to the Corporate Banking Coverage Senior Business Manager and International Banking & Capital Markets Senior Business Manager.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Partners with Group Heads, banking leaders, and portfolio management to set strategic direction for business and ensure consistent communication to banking teams

• Partners with support leaders (HR, Compliance, Finance) to enable consistent execution and implementation of Group Heads’ priorities in line with WF / CIB policies and procedures

• Engage team on planning and oversight of client pipeline management and budgeting, headcount and resource planning, and any other relevant strategic initiatives across groups

• Execute against risk & control priorities, including close partnership with Business Control Executives

• Manages direct expenses, industry specific vendor relationships and market data for their groups

• Drive business priorities including account planning, quarterly portfolio reviews and capital optimization efforts, as well as product partner alignment with traditional banking and investment banking products leaders

• Coordinate efforts around client meeting and industry events

• Drive the continued, successful integration of the industry teams through communication, collaboration and leadership

• Oversee all day-to-day operations to maintain operational oversight of group activities within industry vertical

• Partner with Compliance, Legal and Risk partners on risk reviews and audits to ensure the businesses remain compliant with regulatory and internal standards as well as ensure appropriate remediation of critical issues

• Work with Finance to track and regularly report on financial performance and projections.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of corporate & investment banking business management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• In-depth understanding of investment banking and corporate banking products including Global Treasury Management, Trade Finance, loan underwriting and portfolio management, Capital Markets, M&A, and other Corporate Banking products

• Experience in problem analysis, solution implementation, and successful change management for large scale changes

• Ability to manage large-scale initiatives including stakeholders across business and technical teams

• Ability to research and report on a variety of issues using problem solving skills

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

• Ability to motivate a team and lead strategic initiatives, collaborating across a large organization and multi-tasking as required

Job Expectations:

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