Financial Crimes Manager - Payments Screening

Wells Fargo•Minneapolis, MN

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crimes Manager to join the Global Sanctions Alert Screening team within Financial Crimes Risk Management. The Financial Crimes Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the global sanctions alert screening processes for Wells Fargo customer accounts and relationships. This position will manage a team dedicated to evaluating alerts, conducting research to determine whether the alert involves a sanctioned party or otherwise violates sanction programs and documenting the results. In addition, the Manager will be responsible for liaising between lines of business and customers to ensure the information needed to evaluate results are appropriately requested and to assist client areas in addressing related customer concerns.

Requirements

5+ 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.
2+ years of Leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

4+ years of experience with BSA/AML/OFAC laws and regulations.
Experience with sanctions screening processes, OFAC regulations, investigations, workflows and programs.
Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams, ensuring proper staffing and expertise, and manage the establishment of major policies and relevant AML programs across major business divisions within a large and complex organization.
Experience with international and/or domestic products and services including wire transfers, foreign exchange, trade services and ACH.
Experience with GSMOS and or Firco Soft sanction screening tools.
In-depth knowledge and understanding of Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions programs.
4+ years of banking industry experience.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Experience with LexisNexis, World-Check, Hogan and SVP.
Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.
Ability to handle complex issues and make risk-based decisions.
WF AML/Sanctions Credential, ACAMS, CFE or CRCM designation.
Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities.
Proven critical thinking and analytical skills, including strong decision-making, problem-solving, and strong leadership skills.
Advanced level experience with Visio, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
Project management skills.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain 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.
Manage procedures, controls, analytics and trend analysis to ensure proactive identification, prevention, execution, detection, investigation, recovery and reporting of financial crime activity.
Ensure execution and ongoing management of a mid-size risk based financial crimes program across the enterprise or a risk based financial crimes program across large to mid-size businesses with moderate risk and complexity.
Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development.
Provide thoughtful independent credible challenge internally to supported lines of business, across other Corporate Risk programs, and across the enterprise.
Collaborate with peers, colleagues, and multiple level managers.
Manage communication and collaboration with business heads, Legal, 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.