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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.

Wells Fargo is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual to fill a Lead Business Accountability Specialist role in the Digital Technology & Innovation Office of the CIO (OCIO) within the Technology Governance and Control (TGC) group. TGC is responsible for ensuring our applications, systems, middle-ware components, and development environments meet Wells Fargo technology risk controls and policies.

• Lead complex initiatives with broad impact which are designed to mitigate current and emerging business risk issues and concerns; act as key participant in cross-functional planning for the business.
• Build effective risk oversight routines, including effective status reporting for operational risk for the organization.
• Assess, analyze, and design complex and multi-faceted controls, protocols, and approaches with respect to risk mitigation and the control environment, including ensuring effective planning for sustainability, ongoing control adherence, reporting, measurement, technology impacts, and monitoring
• Strategically collaborate and consult with the program lead, peers, engineering teams, business control partners, senior management and enterprise functions to address current and emerging risks associated with business activities and operations, and provide guidance or support in interpreting, developing, and implementing risk-mitigating strategies
• Negotiate timelines and implementation expectations within DTI, risk management and in some cases, vendor environments for dynamic, high availability applications and services comprised of complex configurations
• Plan and hold meetings, prepare and present updates to DTI senior management, and interact with all areas and roles within DTI and its' enterprise partners to review progress towards goals and meet deliverable timelines
• Improve efficiency of governance processes using creative approaches though fact finding and data analysis
• Identify opportunities and implement changes which result in process improvements and risk control development
• Make decisions in complex and multifaceted situations requiring solid understanding of Policies, enterprise processes, technical operations, and regulatory environment; facilitate decision-making and issue resolution, and support implementation of developed solutions and plans; influence and lead key partners to meet deliverables
• Strategically collaborate and consult with peers, partners, and mid- to senior-level managers to identify current and emerging risks associated with business activities and operations, and provide guidance in interpreting, developing, and implementing risk-mitigating strategies
• Stay informed and evaluate the implications of changing regulations and firm policies
• May lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

• 5+ years of risk management, business controls, quality assurance, business operations, compliance, or process experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 3+ years of Information Technology or Technology Program Management experience with an emphasis on Risk mitigation and remediation

• 2+ years of experience with Technology Application Development; preferably on an Agile Scrum team
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Technology governance risk and compliance processes such as policies, control standards, risk management concepts, and information security
• Advanced Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint) skills
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Application Lifecycle Management
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to support many high priority, high complexity, and high-risk efforts with quick timelines simultaneously
• Ability to consult, build, and maintain solid working relationships within team and across DTI engineering teams
• Ability to articulate issues, risks, and proposed solutions to various levels of staff and management
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• JIRA expertise preferred

• 300 S. Brevard St., Charlotte, NC
• 2600 S Price Rd., Chandler, AZ

• Ability to work onsite in one of the listed location at least three times per week in a hybrid model.
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

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