Lead Control Management Officer - Issue Validation

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Control Management Officer to join our Issue Validation team within Control Management.

In this role, you will:

• Conduct verification testing of Issues at key points in the Issue Management lifecycle to identify observations on the success of mitigation efforts, and ultimately provide Issues rating. Conduct activities in coordination with LOB stakeholders, and in alignment with Issue Management frameworks and policies.
• Manage the intake of documentation requests and subsequent requests for additional documentation
• Execute pre-verification and planning activities (i.e., execute pre-verification checklist, develop verification plan)
• Perform verification activities leveraging issue verification framework and related policy and procedures
• Drive quality and consistency across the issue verification program
• Draft conclusions and/or findings based on the verification activities performed
• Maintain verification documentation (e.g., test plan, verification checklist, verification summary memo, etc.)
• Interfaces internally with the team.
• Dynamic Individual contributor role which requires the ability to manage multiple simultaneous workstreams at once.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of Risk Management or Control Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Audit and/or controls testing experience
• Experience in the development of testing plans and procedures
• Familiar with various quality assurance techniques
• Ability to drive quality and consistency across the issue verification program
• Experience evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, systems and internal controls; additional experience analyzing business and/or systems changes to determine impact
• Experience in assessing risk, reviewing risk ratings, and identifying control deficiencies.
• Ability to synthesize data from a variety of sources and deliver results quickly.
• Ability to communicate difficult messages substantiated by executed testing
• Familiarity with high priority/risk issues to include observations/issues identified by oversight agencies and the level of evidence needed to evidence the remediation of risk
• Ability to influence and consult internally
• Direct experience in risk management and general awareness of operational risk management in financial services industry

Job Expectations:

• Onsite presence is required 3 days a week at one of the posted locations.

Posting End Date:
13 Mar 2024
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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Employees 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.

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