Financial Crimes Associate Manager, SAR Operations Group (SOG)

Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crimes Associate Manager to lead a team in SAR Operations Group (SOG) within Financial Crimes Investigations (FCI).

SOG is responsible for investigating and reporting suspicious activity related to lower risk/lower complexity external fraud, money laundering, and other BSA-related matters. The reporting of suspicious activity is handled through the filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). Other responsibilities include working with other FCI teams to escalate more complex cases and developing team members to be cross trained to work both external fraud and AML investigations.

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In this role, you will:

• Supervise entry to mid-level roles in transactional or tactical less complex tasks and processes to ensure timely completion, quality and compliance
• Manage the implementation of procedures, controls, analytics and trend analysis to ensure identification, prevention execution, detection, investigation, recovery, government and internal reporting of financial crime activity
• Maintain awareness of financial crimes activity companywide and ensure all issues are proactively addressed, and escalated where necessary
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, and FACTA
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and risk control development in less complex functions
• Manage a risk based financial crimes program or functional area with low to moderate risk and complexity
• Lead implementation of multiple complex initiatives with low to moderate risk
• Make supervisory and tactical decisions and resolve issues related to team supervision, work allocation and daily operations under direction of functional area management
• Leverage interpretation of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers
• Ensure coordination with team, line of business, other business units, Audit, and regulators on risk related topics
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Financial Crimes
• Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ 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
• 1+ years of Leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering Investigations experience
• 2+ years of experience with the Financial Crimes Investigations team
• 2+ years of experience writing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
• BS/BA degree or higher 
• Active Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and/or Wells Fargo AML/Sanctions Credential
• 2+ years of experience conducting investigations of financial crimes transactions or policy violations, risk management and compliance, including researching and analyzing complex transactions to detect patterns, trends, and anomalies
• Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) skills
• Effective communicator, verbal and written, able to ask well-crafted questions and present ideas in a clear and compelling manner, while also being a good listener who engenders creative thinking and teamwork.
• Strong organizational, time management and prioritizing skills and proven success consistently meeting deadlines

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants

Posting End Date: 

27 Jun 2025

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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