Senior Lead Business Accountability Specialist

Wells Fargo•St. Louis, MO

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) Financial Crimes Governance and Oversight organization is seeking a proven leader to manage various enterprise and business strategic initiatives and deliverables. The person in this role must be an effective leader and communicator with highly effective organizational, time management, process and project management skills, technology systems knowledge and must have the ability to consistently drive timely results across a broad group of stakeholders in a timely manner.

Requirements

7+ 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

Nice To Haves

7+ years of risk management experience in the financial services industry
Strong technical ability and knowledge of WIM systems and applications
Experience leading and delivering complex initiatives across operations, control, compliance, technology, and product groups to ensure Regulatory and compliance obligations are met
Business-specific knowledge related to AML business, operational and technology processes
Strong knowledge of global sanctions and higher risk customer types (e.g. politically exposed)
Ability to develop, articulate and execute against strategic objectives in a rapidly changing environment
Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment, take initiative and assume accountability
Ability to consult with leaders across various operational, functional and technical disciplines
Exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills
Exceptional leadership, communication and relationship building skills
Project and process management skills
Ability to successfully manage competing priorities in a high-pressure deadline driven environment and must be able to effectively navigate a highly matrixed organizational structure to identify, build and maintain key relationships

Responsibilities

Serve as an advisor to senior leadership across product, technology and operations and coordinate, influence and lead resolution of highly complex current and emerging risks
Lead complex initiatives with broad impact which are designed to mitigate current and emerging business risk issues and concerns; function as key participant in large-scale, cross-functional planning for the business
Lead team by making strategic decisions to resolve highly complex issues related to higher risk deliverables; develop range of a technology capabilities to support evolving business processes and functions with moderate to high complexity and risk
Make decisions in complex and multifaceted situations requiring solid understanding of business’s functional area and products, operations, and regulatory environment; facilitate decision-making and issue resolution, and support implementation of developed solutions and plans; influence and lead key business partners to meet deliverables
Works with leaders, stakeholders, subject matter experts, scrum masters and internal and external service providers and solution delivery teams to understand desired changes (business outcomes that need to be different) and impacted business use cases. Refines desired outcomes into Epics and or Features that summarize desired impacts related to associated systems.
Engage and influence business leaders, control management, risk, legal, and audit partners to successfully ensure appropriate management of business risk
Ensures cross-functional dependencies are articulated, managed, and addressed by all constituents.
Work across different Technology teams to ensure key business updates and risks are captured timely and discussed with relevant stakeholders and committees