Capital Markets Middle Office Specialist - Portfolio Recon & Valuations

Wells Fargo & Company • Charlotte, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Capital Markets Middle Office Specialist within the Collateral Management team as a part of Corporate Investment Banking Operations. This resource will support the Collateral Management regulatory obligations and trade‑level control functions. Ensuring compliance with EMIR, CFTC, and SEC regulations through active monitoring, remediation, and reporting of trade discrepancies. Supporting daily control operations, lead root cause analysis, streamline processes, and serve as a subject‑matter expert on portfolio reconciliation and data control activities.

Requirements

• 2+ years of Capital Markets industry experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Nice To Haves

• Experience in portfolio reconciliation, valuations, trade lifecycle, or collateral management
• Demonstrated expertise in root cause analysis, case management, and escalation protocols
• Familiarity with EMIR, CFTC, or SEC regulatory requirements preferred
• Ability to analyze complex derivatives issues and communicate findings clearly
• Strong organizational skills with ability to track reporting, deadlines, and control evidence
• Proven ability to partner across Middle Office, Technology, and Front Office teams

Responsibilities

• Create efficiencies and automation of manual workflow activities
• Monitor, analyze, and remediate trade‑level differences across regulatory regimes (EMIR, CFTC, SEC)
• Perform root cause analysis on valuation or matching discrepancies and provide daily reporting
• Manage case workflow across TriOptima and Derivatives Access (Millie)
• Escalate material discrepancies (e.g., >10% differences) to margin teams and trading desks
• Conduct trade matching and support remediation activities
• Identify stale pricing, unusual valuation swings, and large‑value new trades
• Escalate issues to technology, management, or the applicable trading desk
• Manage annual and quarterly Port Rec notifications and track completion
• Deliver daily reporting (10% reports, case aging, root cause summaries, notification tracking, KYC methodology metrics)
• Support audit walkthroughs and provide control evidence
• Lead or support corrective action design, testing, and status tracking
• Serve as SME on the control framework; identify gaps and propose improvements
• Partner with Technology to streamline and automate manual tasks
• Enhance reporting capabilities, expand data visibility, and optimize metrics
• Learn Data Control Team (DCT) functions to support continuity needs

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed