Financial Crimes Operations - Senior Business Accountability Specialist

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Business Accountability Specialist on the Heightened Customer Risk team within Financial Crimes Operations.

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

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 with Financial Crimes​
• CAMS or Wells Fargo AML Sanctions Credentials Program Certified (WFAMSC)
• Industry knowledge or subject matter expertise with cannabis and/or bearer shares
• Strong writing skills with an ability to effectively document financial crimes risk, mitigating factors and provide a risk determination
• Experience with Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)
• Experience with Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) or Unusual Activity Report (UAR) review and writing
• Experience in conducting investigative research, root cause analysis and consulting on transactions, suspicious situations, policy violations, referrals, customers, and related parties that present moderate to high risk, or complexity
• Experience in reviewing and analyzing findings to determine level of risk
• Ability to apply knowledge and independent judgement in various risk management practices
• Experience in preparing appropriate documentation and reporting to management
• Experience in assisting with writing corrective action plans and assist in managing change to prevent and mitigate risk
• Ability to apply knowledge and independent judgement in various risk management practices
• Knowledge and understanding of process flow or procedure
• Ability to coordinate completion of multiple tasks and meet time frames
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under in a complex environment
• Intermediate Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in informing peers, line of business and other partners on findings

Job Expectations:

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule
• Willingness to work on-site at the posted location
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

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.

$84,000.00 - $149,400.00

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