Business Risk & Control Officer, Wholesale Financial Crimes Risk Issues Management Team

Company: Wells Fargo Bank
Location: Durham
Posted on: February 15, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description
Important Note: During the application process, ensure your contact information (email and phone number) is up to date and upload your current resume when submitting your application for consideration. To participate in some selection activities you will need to respond to an invitation. The invitation can be sent by both email and text message.? In order to receive text message invitations, your profile must include a mobile phone number designated as ?Personal Cell? or ?Cellular? in the contact information of your application.At Wells Fargo, we want to satisfy our customers? financial needs and help them succeed financially. We?re looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Join our diverse and inclusive team where you?ll feel valued and inspired to contribute your unique skills and experience.Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.Wholesale Banking provides financial solutions to businesses across the United States and globally.? Our four major business lines include Corporate & Investment Banking, Commercial Banking, Commercial Real Estate, and Wells Fargo Commercial Capital.? We also have groups in credit risk, group risk, finance, marketing, human relations, and the Wholesale Chief Operating Office that support our businesses.Wholesale ControlThe Wholesale Control (WC) organization serves as the front line risk management organization within the Wholesale Banking group of Wells Fargo supporting the Wholesale businesses with risk strategy, implementation, and execution.? The Wholesale Control team is accountable to assess and effectively manage risks across all risk types and Wholesale businesses delivering an integrated view of risks, producing a sustainable control environment, and instilling a culture of strong risk management.? The team is responsible to identify and assess risks, design and implement controls, and execute and monitor the controls to ensure they are working effectively to manage risk across Wholesale.? Wholesale Control interfaces with Independent Risk Management and Audit to drive comprehensive and consistent implementation of regulatory and corporate risk policies and programs across Wholesale.WFCRC has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, forward thinking Business Risk & Control Officer. This Business Risk & Control Officer will report to the Issues Management Team Manager on the Audit & Exam Management Team. The Issues Management team is responsible for managing the issue lifecycle for the Wholesale Financial Crimes Risk & Control (WFCRC) team. This includes assisting and providing credible challenge during issue identification, corrective action development, ongoing monitoring and issue closure. These issues may arise from Wells Fargo Audit Services, Wholesale Testing & Validation, and Financial Crimes Risk Management, as well as any other self-disclosed issues identified within the WFCRC teams. In addition, the Issues Management team performs oversight and monitoring activities for financial crimes related issues owned by Wholesale businesses.This Business Risk & Control Officer specifically will focus on managing the pipeline of potential issues owned by WFCRC, including providing credible challenge and BSA/AML expertise to issues and corrective action development in line with Corporate Issue Management Policy and Guidance and Wholesale Issues Management requirements. This Business Risk & Control Officer will also focus on pre-validation activities of issues, to develop a risk-based review approach and execute upon these to ensure the risks associated with the issue are fully mitigated by the corrective actions prior to closure. The position will facilitate connections with multiple line of defense testing teams, the centralized Wholesale Group Issues Management team, and the various WFCRC business teams. This position interacts with senior leadership and major stakeholders to gather and communicate progress of issues across WFCRC, and monitoring of issues across the Wholesale Bank related to financial crimes risk management. Works with complex business units and provides issues management expertise for initiatives.Individual ResponsibilitiesThe Business Risk & Control Officer must be organized, detail oriented, have strong written communication skills, and able to build a resource and knowledge network through strong interpersonal and verbal skills. Key success criteria will be the ability to demonstrate their understanding of the issues management policy/guidance/requirements as well as their BSA/AML expertise by providing credible challenge and sound risk-based advice. The Business Risk & Control Officer must be able to manage diverse relationships and foster a collaborative team dynamic with all the various stakeholders.Team members support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit?s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in risk management (includes compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, audit, legal, credit risk, market risk, IT systems security, business process management) or 7+ years of financial services industry experience, of which 5+ years must include direct experience in risk management
  
  Desired Qualifications
  
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills
  • Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint skills
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
  • Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
  • Ability to articulate complex concepts in a clear manner
  • Ability to interact with all levels of an organization
  • Knowledge and understanding of Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM)
  • Financial crimes experience
  • Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
  • International or wholesale banking operations exposure; preferably within Wells Fargo
  • Knowledge and understanding of wholesale banking products and services
  • Audit experience
  • Knowledge and understanding of Shared Risk Platform (SHRP) such as reporting and issue management
    
    Other Desired Qualifications
    
    • Demonstrated ability to build collaborative partnerships and facilitate efforts across businesses
    • Must be a proactive self-starter who values personal accountability and thrives under pressure in a fast-paced and demanding environment
    • Strong understanding of Financial Crimes policy and procedures experience,? especially in a Wholesale Banking environment
    • Knowledge of the Corporate Issue Management Policy, Procedures and Guidance is a plus
    • Experience with Wholesale Issues Management Policy, Procedures and Guidance is a plus
    • Shared Risk Platform (SHRP) experience a plus
    • Knowledge of Wholesale Banking processes and operating requirements and systems at a large complex organization
      
      Job Expectations
      
      • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
        
        Disclaimer
        
        All offers for employment with Wells Fargo are contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed a criminal background check. Wells Fargo will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state and Federal law, including Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
        
        Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women.
        Wells Fargo is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.
        

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