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About Wells Fargo in India & Philippines
Wells Fargo in India & Philippines enables global talent capabilities for Wells Fargo Bank NA., by supporting business lines and staff functions across Technology, Operations, Risk, Audit, Process Excellence, Automation and Product, Analytics and Modeling. We are operating in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai & Manila locations.
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Control Director for Chief Control Executive organization, responsible for providing leadership for Central Control Program organization across India and the Philippines locations; mature and lead a team of professionals supporting central program verticals.
This individual must be capable of initiating action and managing change in a fast-paced environment. Strong relationship management, influencing, vision, and execution skills are required. A key differentiator will be the ability to understand and operate successfully in a complex, heavily matrixed corporate environment. The role requires a sense of urgency, passion for results, and personal accountability for achievement while having the ability to make timely and difficult decisions.
Successful candidate will have ability to distill complex concepts into simplified/ targeted solutions, communicate those concepts effectively and ensure that all deliverables are met. They will use both vision and analysis to identify business problems and build compelling fact-based recommendations. They will also have a demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong credible relationships with key stakeholder groups.
As a senior leader, the Control Director is expected to have deep understanding of Control Program activities along with good experience on the operational risk programs such as Risk & Controls Self-Assessment (RCSA), Evidence Based Controls Evaluation (EBCE), Operational Risk Events (ORE), Quality Assurance (QA) and Change Management activities. Individual should also have good hands-on knowledge in Executive Reporting, Stakeholder Management.
In this role, you will:
- Manage and develop a team of multiple levels of directors and managers with focus on delivering service of moderate to high complexity for cross functional stakeholders and internal partners associated with the function or affected by its outcomes
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and risk control development by overseeing strategy and execution of all activities
- Lead Business Controls team by making strategic decisions to resolve highly complex issues by ensuring all process weaknesses or gaps are identified and remediation plans are supported and acted upon
- Interpret and develop range of policies and procedures for business functions with moderate to high complexity and risk
- Collaborate with and influence corporate heads, business heads, legal, audit, regulators, industry partners, elected officials, and trade groups including more experienced leadership
- Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and aligned with strategic objectives in Business Controls functional area
- Develop and guide a culture of Business Controls talent development to meet business objectives and strategies
- Lead a credible team to support Central Control Program that includes key programs such as QA, RCSA, EBCE, ORE, ERIA, KRI, Issue Management and Change Management activities.
- Provide subject matter expertise on RCSA, EBCE, KRI, ORE, QA program to facilitate the identification and assessment of risks impacting a service within organization and the identification and rating of applicable controls mitigating aligned risks.
- Functionally own and drive the Quality Assurance activities across the key control program activities and provide strategic path to align to Central Control program objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Mature and establish routines to drive accountability and consistency across the risk programs within the Central Control Organization
- Provide strong engagement and leadership across various verticals of Central Control Program Organization. Identify opportunities to better align to support risk programs and drive consistency.
- Engage, lead and support Audit, 2nd Line, Regulatory engagements.
- Play pivotal role in enhancing control management platform capabilities in support of improved workflow queue, automation, prioritization reporting and Front line self service.
- Mature front line adherence/evaluation program, dashboards, and escalation routines (QA, QC, results)
- Drive consistency and accountability in Central Program execution through standardized requirements
- Engage and manage stakeholder relationships and provide cost effective solutions when needed.
- Enable Leaders to focus on Control strategic road map, driving maturity model, drive operational excellence and consistency across all Central Control program verticals.
- Identify common themes/opportunities and collaborate across global teams to ensure there is focused interventions.
- Develop and coordinate executive level updates to leadership, Committees and stakeholders on roadmap, Target Operating Model, delivery milestones and capability maturity progress.
- Manage, mentor and guide the Central Control teams across all required activities. Strong people Manager who can lead the team, set high standards and deliver high quality results.
- Strong relationship management and proven leadership skills, with solid conflict management, negotiation and organizational effectiveness techniques with senior business leaders to foster and manage ongoing relationships and gain commitment to accomplish business goals.
- Proactively and continuously promote engagement of all team members.
- 8+ years of Risk Management or Business Controls experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 4+ years of Management experience
- Strong expertise in control evaluation testing and/or QC/QA methodologies and techniques, including process and standards development, execution, and reporting.
- Good working experience on Control Programs such as RCSA, EBCE, ORE, KRI, QA, Issue Management with robust understanding of current operational risk trends.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, coupled with an ability to translate ambiguous ideas/issues into well-defined plans/solutions with a track-record for delivering results.
- Knowledge of operational risk & compliance framework, primarily in the banking industry and its related operations.
- Proficiency and understanding nuances of front-line control reporting.
- Demonstrate collaboration, strong negotiation, communication, presentation and influence skills; ability to build and lead a team across multiple geographies.
- Proven ability in exercising independent judgment and applying prudent risk mitigation principles
- Consulting experience with senior management teams. Ability to work well in teams.
- Self-directed, results driven, and comfortable with ambiguity; i.e.; comfortable taking a vague initiative and creating a definitive plan
- 18 + years of overall experience with a minimum of 10 years in Operational Risk Management & Compliance discipline, including experience in a captive unit of a MNC financial institution.
- Strong influencing skills within a complex, matrixed environment; able to gain support and cooperation and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members to achieve results without direct organizational control
- Executive presentation, communication experience at Operating Committee level.
28 Sep 2024
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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