Governance & Oversight: Lead Financial Controls Analyst

Wells Fargo Bank•Minneapolis, MN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong financial reporting governance and internal controls experience to join our Governance and Oversight team within the Corporate Controller group as a subject matter expert (SME). This role supports enterprise-wide governance over the financial and regulatory reporting control environment, including COSO-based policy expectations, control environment assessments, deficiency evaluation, and oversight of key reporting control maters. The team supports the company’s on-going objective of maintaining a strong financial and regulatory reporting control environment and is responsible for: Developing, maintaining, and providing oversight of COSO-based policies and governance expectations for financial and regulatory reporting controls. Assessing the effectiveness and maturity of the financial and regulatory reporting control environment. Providing subject matter expertise on control design, deficiency evaluation, remediation and emerging reporting control matters. Monitoring internal control and regulatory reporting developments and facilitating training or communication to impacted stakeholders. Supporting enterprise initiatives that strengthen governance, consistency, and continuous improvement across the reporting controls environment. In this role, you will: Consult with lines of business and enterprise functions on financial and regulatory reporting governance internal controls and oversight matters. Provide oversight and subject matter expertise for complex financial and regulatory reporting control assessments, including control environment trends, identified deficiencies, and remediation consolidations. Provide technical interpretation of financial and regulatory reporting control requirements and translate complex matters into practical guidance, governance expectations, and leading practices. Lead initiates to strengthen process design, identify key reporting risk points, evaluate control deficiencies, severity, and support consistent remediation oversight. Lead or support enterprise initiatives that modernize, simplify, and strengthen the financial and regulatory reporting control framework.

Requirements

5+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Reporting or Business and Technology Audit experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Nice To Haves

A Master of Business Administration or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
4+ years of Big Four public accounting experience
Financial services industry experience
Experience with internal controls over financial reporting, internal control over regulatory reporting, and COSO-based control expectations
Experience with banking regulatory reporting, a reporting governance, external reporting control environments, or Federal Reserve/OCO regulatory expectations
Audit, assurance, or controls advisory experience related to financial or regulatory reporting
Experience evaluating control deficiencies, issue management, remediation plans, or severity assessments
Executive-ready written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex control matters into clear guidance and influence senior stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, drive accountability, and collaborate effectively across organization levels in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

Developing, maintaining, and providing oversight of COSO-based policies and governance expectations for financial and regulatory reporting controls.
Assessing the effectiveness and maturity of the financial and regulatory reporting control environment.
Providing subject matter expertise on control design, deficiency evaluation, remediation and emerging reporting control matters.
Monitoring internal control and regulatory reporting developments and facilitating training or communication to impacted stakeholders.
Supporting enterprise initiatives that strengthen governance, consistency, and continuous improvement across the reporting controls environment.
Consult with lines of business and enterprise functions on financial and regulatory reporting governance internal controls and oversight matters.
Provide oversight and subject matter expertise for complex financial and regulatory reporting control assessments, including control environment trends, identified deficiencies, and remediation consolidations.
Provide technical interpretation of financial and regulatory reporting control requirements and translate complex matters into practical guidance, governance expectations, and leading practices.
Lead initiates to strengthen process design, identify key reporting risk points, evaluate control deficiencies, severity, and support consistent remediation oversight.
Lead or support enterprise initiatives that modernize, simplify, and strengthen the financial and regulatory reporting control framework.