Senior Lead Business Accountability Specialist managing financial crimes risk in consumer banking at Wells Fargo. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and enhance risk mitigation efforts.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with technology and product teams to integrate compliance requirements into product design and ongoing operations, ensuring effective controls are embedded from launch through scale
Manage oversight of financial crimes related issues and corrective actions to ensure control deficiencies are effectively resolved
Work cross-functionally with Financial Crimes partners to identify issues, propose solutions, and drive strategic objectives.
Assists in developing corrective actions to mitigate risks
Provide Financial Crimes expertise and guidance for CBL related activities and projects
Support regulatory exams, internal audits, or Independent Risk Management reviews
Contribute to the development and enhancement of the business control environment to mitigate Financial Crimes risk
Consult with the business stakeholders on Financial Crimes related projects to identify and mitigate operational risks for end-to-end processes that span CBL functions
Identify risk exposure based on emerging risks and changes in business processes
Assist with aggregating risk information and communicating the financial crimes risk profile for assigned business units
Understand applicable regulations to develop controls to ensure compliance
Identify and escalate financial crimes risk matters to management, as appropriate
Requirements
7+ 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
6+ years of financial crimes experience with deep knowledge of regulations and requirements
Issue Management experience, including root cause analysis and corrective action planning and monitoring ensuring on-time resolution of risk
Experience with implementing Financial Crimes requirements within Consumer & Small Business Banking lines of business
Experience Identifying, mitigating and consulting around risk and regulations
Experience successfully influencing, leading, and negotiating with executives, senior business leaders and partners to gain commitment to accomplish business goals
Experience in understanding and documenting unfamiliar processes to identify key risks, identify and evaluate controls and provide consulting to remediate control deficiencies preferably within financial services
Experience creating presentation decks for different audiences that can outline/highlight the topic in a clear and concise manner.
Strong understanding of policies, procedures, and programs to ensure appropriate and effective risk mitigation controls are in place
Experience developing partnerships and collaborating with various levels of business partners including Senior leaders and executive management
Experience in control, compliance, fraud, risk management, audit, or a related job function/role
Process risk and control assessment experience
Analytical skills with the ability to grasp complex business issues quickly and be able to successfully explain to an independent third party
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
Ability to work independently in a virtual team environment where other team members, team management, and business partners are not local
Knowledge of Wells Fargo Operational Risk tools
Applicable Financial Crimes and risk related industry certifications, such as Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), etc.
Benefits
Health benefits
401(k) Plan
Paid time off
Disability benefits
Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
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