Job Description

Job Description
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At Wells Fargo, we want to satisfy our customers financial needs and help them succeed financially. Were looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Join our diverse and inclusive team where youll 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.

Enterprise Finance drives financial management for the company and maintains and enhances risk and financial controls. Key functions within Enterprise Finance include finance and accounting; Treasury; corporate development, mergers, and acquisitions; Data Management and Insights, the Customer Remediation Center of Excellence, Enterprise Shared Services, Business Process Management, and Corporate Strategy. Enterprise Finance informs shareholders, regulators, taxing authorities, employees, and leaders of the companys financial performance through earnings releases, investor meetings and conferences, and meetings with regulators and credit rating agencies, following appropriate reporting guidelines. They also maintain and enhance risk and financial controls and lead many of the companys shared services functions including corporate properties, security, and global services.

It is an exciting time to be a part of Wells Fargos Enterprise Finance Control Organization (FCO). This newly created front line risk management position will help drive Risk transformation and implementation with a focus on Process, Risk and Controls. This front line Business Risk & Control Officer will report to the Business Risk and Control Senior Manager within the Controller division Business Aligned Control team. *The candidate must have strong risk and control background and business knowledge (Controllership) is important.

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Support the implementation of an integrated business process, risk and control operating model
* Involved in the construction of business process design and assessment, including risk and controls
* Ensure comprehensive coverage, consistency in execution, and maintenance of risk activities, including oversight and reporting of results
* Promote a strong risk culture, cultivate relationships and foster a team orientation and interfaces with business (Controllers) partners, business-specific risk program teams, and key stakeholders in the second and third lines of defense
* Support and coordinate Risk activities related to business process procedures - policies, risk identification/assessment/mitigation and controls evaluation including day-to-day governance/oversight, formal internal (audit, T&V) and external reviews/exams (regulatory), and other risk management activities
* Provide a high level of risk management acumen and consulting to support the business in designing and implementing risk mitigation strategies, business processes and controls that mitigate risks and address regulatory requirements
* Lead implementation of initiatives with moderate to high risk through proactive management, coordination, and collaboration with key partners across the enterprise
* Design and execute control effectiveness assurance program for Front Line-owned controls
* Adaptable to a dynamic and quickly changing, fast-paced work environment where priorities or focus may be flexible
* Ability to focus on the details of an issue or task while keeping the big picture in mind (understand the context and connectivity by applying an integrated risk based approach)
* Engaged project management and ability to drive progress/execution in risk initiatives
* Issues management understanding, drive/execution in coordination and facilitating all stakeholders to ensure compliance and timely and effective remediation

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
* An active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
* Experience in tax operations, tax risk mitigation, or tax compliance in a large financial institution
* Knowledge and understanding of financial controls and risk
* Ability to analyze financial statements, accounting principles, tax returns, and personal financial statements
* Financial accounting experience
* Experience with governance and oversight requirements for regulatory and risk reporting
* Knowledge and understanding of ever-evolving regulatory environments and governance processes
* Knowledge and understanding of an end-to-end accounting process flow and control structure
* Ability to exercise independent judgment to identify and resolve problems
* Ability to negotiate, influence, and collaborate to build successful relationships
* Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities
* Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important
* Ability to motivate staff to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
* Ability to simultaneously lead multiple projects
* Virtual leadership experience with ability to effectively drive results, provide feedback/direction, and manage and build relationships with leaders and team members in a geographically dispersed team environment

Other Desired Qualifications
* Controllership experience with strong risk and controls background. Focused expertise in Accounting Operations and Business Support, Tax, Governance Controls and Oversight, Enterprise Financial Reporting.
* Experience in Auditing, Compliance, and/or functions performing risk management, assessment, quality assurance, testing and validation, or remediation activities in the financial services industry.
* Experience in financial services organizations first, second, or third lines of defense.
* Proven ability to discern risk and influence risk management practices, formulate and implement effective strategies, and centrally manage risks in collaboration with lines of business/groups and support functions.
* Proficient at process, risk, and controls design and continuous improvement.
* Must possess a high degree of adaptability and tolerance for ambiguity.

Street Address
MN-Minneapolis: 600 S 4th St - Minneapolis, MN
AZ-PHX-Northwest Phoenix: 2202 W Rose Garden Ln - Phoenix, AZ
NC-Charlotte: 401 S Tryon St - Charlotte, NC
IA-Des Moines: 800 Walnut St - Des Moines, IA

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.