PAY RANGE

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.
$68,000.00 - $114,000.00

APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES

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WELLS FARGO RECRUITMENT AND HIRING REQUIREMENTS:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• Understanding of audit, testing, risk, and control fundamentals.
• Ability to learn and apply new methodologies (like AI/CoPilot) to testing work.
• Full testing lifecycle experience that includes determining scope, designing test scripts, executing tests, identifying and escalating issues and risks, and documenting and reporting results.
• Foundational understanding of the COSO Framework and Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) programs.
• Ability to work well with minimal supervision and can accomplish targeted milestones by designated dates.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and interpreting datasets; ability to retrieve data from various information systems.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to research trends and analyze data.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability

Wells Fargo is seeking an Independent Testing Specialist in Independent Testing & Validation (IT&V) as part of Corporate Risk. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com .
The Independent Testing & Validation team is responsible for the development and design of methodologies and standards for review activities across the Enterprise in alignment with the Risk Management Framework and ensuring effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs, risks, and controls according to standards and other applicable policies.
Independent Testing Specialist is an individual contributor role and will be supporting the Enterprise Function Team. Key areas of involvement include participation in planning & scoping activities, execution of assigned testing activities, and an assessment of findings.

In this role, you will:

• Participate in engagements in a matrixed environment as an individual contributor under supervision primarily performing planning and scoping activities and executing testing.
• Understand Risk Management Framework, IT&V’s policy and procedural guidance, three lines of defense risk management structure, and key risk and control concepts.
• Develop functional Knowledge in risks, controls, compliance, testing, assessment of findings, escalation and reporting.
• Gain knowledge of risk profile of engagement review’s subject matter (i.e. Enterprise Function, Compliance program, etc.).
• Assess adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, systems, and control environment and understands market/business/regulatory changes to determine impact to engagement’s plan and scope.
• Complete assigned testing activities exercising effective quality review behaviors and seeks guidance for areas of ambiguity and/or uncertainty.
• Escalate potential findings to engagement management and follows through on reporting and resolution per procedural guidance.
• Collaborate internally with other IT&V team members in support of engagement’s overall review activities in addition to the individual areas of responsibility.
• Build constructive and effective relationships, exercising effective communication behaviors, and holds self-accountable for delivering on commitments.

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Independent Testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Understanding of audit, testing, risk, and control fundamentals.
• Ability to learn and apply new methodologies (like AI/CoPilot) to testing work.
• Full testing lifecycle experience that includes determining scope, designing test scripts, executing tests, identifying and escalating issues and risks, and documenting and reporting results.
• Foundational understanding of the COSO Framework and Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) programs.
• Ability to work well with minimal supervision and can accomplish targeted milestones by designated dates.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and interpreting datasets; ability to retrieve data from various information systems.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to research trends and analyze data.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability.

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
• Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening.

Posting Locations:

• 401 S Tryon Street - Charlotte, NC
• 600 S 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN
• 800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA
• 250 E John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, TX