Wells Fargo Bank

Operations Analyst With a Focus on Corporate Actions

Posted on: 5 Apr 2021

Boston, MA

Job Description

Job Description
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At Wells Fargo, we are looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. We are seeking candidates who embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in a workplace where everyone feels valued and inspired.

Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.

Wealth & Investment Management, or WIM, is one of the United States leading providers of financial and investment services. WIM provides a full range of personalized wealth management, investment, and retirement products and services to meet clients unique needs and help them achieve financial goals. Our mission is to help clients pursue their financial goals with confidence. We accomplish this by:

* Building enduring client relationships through sound, thoughtful, and objective advice
* Developing individualized plans for clients to help meet their financial objectives
* Helping clients build, manage, preserve, and transition their financial resources and wealth

WIM serves clients through the following businesses:

* Wells Fargo Private Bank serves high-net-worth individuals and families.
* Abbot Downing serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families.
* Wells Fargo Advisors provides investment advice and guidance to clients through more than 13,200 full-service financial advisors and referrals from more than 5,450 licensed bankers.
* Wells Fargo Asset Management brings together a strategic balance of investment capabilities to serve the investment needs of institutions, financial advisors, and individuals worldwide.

Through Wells Fargo Private Bank and Abbot Downing, WIM is also a leading provider of trust, investment, and fiduciary services, including personal trust services and a number of specialized wealth services designed to meet the diverse needs of high-net-worth clients.

Wells Fargo Asset Management, a division of Wells Fargo Wealth and Investment Management, strives to help clients achieve their financial goals through top-tier investment options managed by specialized investment teams that are supported by independent risk management and backed by superior, collaborative service. With more than $600 billion in assets under management as of January 1, 2021, Wells Fargo Asset Management has 29 autonomous investment teams with specialized expertise and proven processes, more than 500 investment professionals, and a global reach with offices and clients around the world.

This position is within Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM), as a registered investment advisory firm, we focus on managing equity, fixed income and blended portfolios for a variety of institutional clients both in the US and abroad.
This position will require working in a team to manage daily processing of mandatory and voluntary corporate actions for all holdings across the various internal systems. This position will also work closely with accounting, IT and portfolio management teams as part of projects as well as day-to-day responsibilities.

In addition, this person will have the opportunity to cross-train and support other functions across the entire Portfolio Operations team such as security master and proxy functions, and possibly contribute to strategic and tactical recommendations with business managers. This position requires the ability to work well within a team as well as independently. The ability to prioritize tasks and stay focused as well as a high attention to detail in a fast paced environment is a must.

Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:
Working independently with considerable latitude, compiles, analyzes and interprets data to make strategic and tactical recommendations to business managers. Using statistical analysis, solves complex operational, systems-related and/or customer issues with possible financial risk. Creates and maintains databases using data from multiple sources. Applies complex statistical data to business strategies and presents recommendations to senior management in a meaningful format. May manage complex production efforts and large projects requiring the coordination of resources, budgets and deadlines. May partner with technology group to define business requirements, perform user acceptance testing and implement complex changes. Facilitates communication to resolve problems and advance strategies.

Additional responsibilities include:

* Daily workflow of the proxy and security master processes
* Participating in ad-hoc projects and process improvements and working with business and technology groups to define business requirements
* Identifying areas within processes that can be improved or streamlined

Required Qualifications
* 5+ years of operations analysis experience demonstrated through work or military experience

Desired Qualifications
* Ability to research, compile, and perform complex analysis on critical operational data
* Advanced knowledge and understanding of operations policies and procedures
* Ability to independently provide summaries and make strategic recommendations on operational data
* Ability to partner and coordinate with other functions on projects
* Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
* Outstanding technical and critical thinking skills
* Outstanding troubleshooting and resolution skills
* Advanced Microsoft Office skills
* Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
* Intermediate Microsoft Access skills
* Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
* Ability to gather, organize, and interpret data
* Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
* Ability to work effectively in virtual environment where key team members and partners are in various time zones and locations

Other Desired Qualifications
* Experience with corporate actions processing desired
* Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills
* Ability to effectively handle multiple, simultaneous responsibilities
* Ability to prioritize issues/problems as they arise
* Basic knowledge and understanding of operations policies and procedures

Street Address
CA-SF-Financial District: 525 Market St - San Francisco, CA
WI-Menomonee Falls: 100 Heritage Reserve - Menomonee Falls, WI
MA-Boston: 125 High Street - Boston, MA

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.

Benefits Summary
Benefits
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Wells Fargo Bank

San Francisco, CA

Wells Fargo & Company, a diversified financial services company, provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services to individuals, businesses, and institutions. It operates through three segments: Community Banking, Wholesale Banking, and Wealth and Investment Management.

The company also engages in the wholesale banking, mortgage banking, consumer finance, equipment leasing, agricultural finance, commercial finance, securities brokerage and investment banking, computer and data processing, trust, investment advisory, mortgage-backed securities, and venture capital investment services.

As of February 7, 2019, it operated through 7,800 locations, 13,000 ATMs, and the Internet and mobile banking, as well as has offices in 37 countries and territories. Wells Fargo & Company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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