About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crimes Associate Manager.

As a part of Wells Fargo's second line of defense and Independent Risk Management team, Financial Crimes Risk Management covers jobs responsible for implementing and maintaining an effective financial crimes program for the company that complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations including Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorist Financing, and Global Sanctions.

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crimes Associate Manager who will be responsible for managing and providing oversight of the Financial Crimes Investigations or Transaction Monitoring function under the AML Program. Responsibilities include but are not limited to providing day to day guidance and direction to employees performing daily functions.

• Supervise entry to mid level roles in transactional or tactical less complex tasks and processes to ensure timely completion, quality and compliance
• Manage the implementation of procedures, controls, analytics and trend analysis to ensure identification, prevention execution, detection, investigation, recovery, government and internal reporting of financial crime activity
• Maintain awareness of financial crimes activity companywide and ensure all issues are proactively addressed, and escalated where necessary
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, and FACTA
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and risk control development in less complex functions
• Manage a risk based financial crimes program or functional area with low to moderate risk and complexity
• Lead implementation of multiple complex initiatives with low to moderate risk
• Make supervisory and tactical decisions and resolve issues related to team supervision, work allocation and daily operations under direction of functional area management
• Leverage interpretation of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers
• Ensure coordination with team, line of business, other business units, Audit, and regulators on risk related topics
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Financial Crimes
• Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent

• 2+ years of Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 1+ years of Leadership experience

• Anti -Money Laundering (AML) / Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) experience including strong knowledge and understanding of transaction monitoring.
• Experience leading a team responsible for conducting Financial Crimes/ AML / KYC related research, analyzing the results of the research, and summarizing the results of the research and analysis in a clear and concise manner.
• Proven and demonstrated leadership skills including relationship building, partnering and collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to identify, cross-reference, and articulate ambiguous information and act accordingly.
• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities.
• Ability to think strategically, implement, and deliver business objectives.
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) skills