Financial Crimes Operations - Senior Business Accountability Specialist

Senior Business Accountability Specialist

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Business Accountability Specialist on the Heightened Customer Risk team within Financial Crimes Operations. The specialist will be responsible for assessing customer risk related to high-risk attributes such as political exposed persons, Non-Us Government exposures.

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 businesss 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:

• Successful completion of ACAMS certification
• Industry knowledge or subject matter expertise with political exposed persons and/or non-US government exposures
• Strong writing skills with an ability to effectively document financial crimes risk, mitigating factors and provide a risk determination
• 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 informing peers, line of business and other partners on findings and preparing appropriate documentation and reporting to management

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.

$77,000.00 - $133,000.00

Benefits:

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below.

• 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

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.