Senior Lead Control Management Officer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Control Management Officer to join the Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) Control Management Team. This is a highly visible strategic leadership role with an opportunity to lead and develop key risk priorities to support the WIM businesses, involving collaboration with the front-line data management teams in region and in the United States, coverage teams within WIM Control

In this role, you will:

• Act as an advisor to more experienced leaders in developing risk mitigation strategies for complex and highly integrated business specific risk across different business lines
• Monitor, measure, evaluate, and report impact of decisions and business controls to the relevant business group and enterprise function
• Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex current and emerging risks requiring in depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, as well as good understanding of data management and other operational risks
• Provide vision, direction, and expertise to more experienced leaders on implementing innovative and significant business solutions for highly complex risks associated with business operations
• Lead and mentor Control Management project or virtual teams
• Engage with all levels of roles across the business group, and serve as an experienced advisor in designing and implementing risk mitigation strategies, business processes, and controls that mitigate risks and address regulatory requirements

• 7+ years of Risk Management or Financial Services Industry experience, or equivalent experience demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• 12+ 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.
• Knowledge and understanding of operational risk management in the financial services industry
• Understanding of Data Management policies and program requirements
• Experience with Data Management applications, processes, and controls
• Proven leadership and project management skills to drive alignment across stakeholder groups to develop and deliver repeatable end-to-end risk management solutions and controls aligned with group's processes
• Ability to evaluate changes to laws, processes, etc. to assess impacts and to develop implementation plan to close gaps
• Familiar with various quality assurance techniques, issue verification frameworks and role of issue oversight, Audit, or internal controls assessment experience
• Knowledge and understanding of financial services: regulations, compliance, policies, process, and procedures
• Ability to consult, build, and maintain solid working relationships in and outside of immediate department
• Experience working in a matrixed environment and the ability to effectively manage and build relationships
• Ethical integrity and demonstrated ability to identify risks and confidently raise issues, escalate early and engage in constructive challenge, doing so independently
• Holistic background in supporting RCSA, Issue Management and other Risk and Control Programs
• Ability to manage initiatives involving process and control improvements
• Ability to influence, partner, and negotiate with senior business leaders to gain commitment to accomplish business goals
• Ability to prepare management level presentations

• Identify and recommend business control opportunities for process improvement and risk control development by managing and directing teams on strategy and execution of activities
• Determine appropriate strategies and actions of Business Controls functional area to meet moderate to high risk deliverables by ensuring that all business risk issues are proactively identified and addressed appropriately
• Lead/support complex initiatives designed to mitigate current and emerging risks with broad impact specific to programs and processes implanted in response to the consent orders and regulatory matters requiring attention
• Interpret and develop policies and procedures for functions with moderate complexity within defined scope of responsibility to analyze business adherence and influence decisions
• Collaborate with and influence key stakeholders including managers, directors, and executives
• Interact directly with relevant business groups and their respective control teams
• Monitor moderately complex business specific programs, and provide risk management consulting to support the business in designing and implementing risk-mitigation strategies via developing and maintaining these measures.
• Monitor, measure, evaluate, and report on the impact of decisions and controls to the relevant business group or functional area.
• Develop and guide a culture of Business Controls talent development to meet business objectives and strategies
• Support functionally to meet the BCM goals and control coverage requirements. The job involves interacting with the business group managers, onshore/offshore partners to understand and analyze the processes, identify risks and controls in the processes, evaluate the controls, End to End Issue Management support Business and publish various reports to stakeholders.
• Timely updates, reporting and escalation of issues. Closely work with GDAs to identify, assess and mitigate deficient controls / control gaps or risks identified in the processes
• Partner with BG/EF to facilitate issues partners throughout the issue lifecycle including Root cause identification, Corrective action development and RCSA alignment.
• Assist for control forums and provide necessary reporting for the assigned business group which includes report & escalate issues, key risks, control gaps, corrective actions, OREs and align them to the respective onshore Risk and Control Committees.
• Mid Shift (typically 5pm MLA start of shift)
• Weekends Off
• Follows PH Holidays
• Currently on Hybrid Work set up (3/week onsite)