Lead Financial Crimes Officer, Commercial Bank Advisory at Wells Fargo
Tempe, Arizona, USA -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Nov, 25

Salary

206000.0

Posted On

29 Aug, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Training, Operational Risk, Excel, Commercial Banking, Fraud

Industry

Financial Services

Description

BENEFITS

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement

APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .

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:

  • 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, educatio

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience and proficiency in transactional account analysis
  • Proficient in Excel
  • KYC experience preferred
  • Experience in commercial banking or business banking preferre
Responsibilities

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Financial Crimes Officer to join Financial Crimes Risk Management’s (FCRM) Commercial Banking (CB) Advisory team. This team sits in the second line of defense and is responsible for providing independent oversight, challenge, and advisory of the financial crimes programs applied across CB and its customer base. The qualified candidate will engage with frontline and other risk teams on the development, implementation, and oversight of customer due diligence program execution of complex business-specific activities involving Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC). CB Business Advisory engages with relationship support functions covering CB, along with risk partners from FCRM peer teams, Compliance, Control, Legal, and others regarding risk management. This position is an individual contributor and may lead efforts and mentor but does not manage other team members.
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In this role, you will:

  • Provide financial crimes expertise and guidance for CB related due diligence activities to ensure adherence to policy requirements and risk mitigation expectations.
  • Provide oversight to customer due diligence execution outcomes for CB clients and challenge business risk tolerance. This includes (but is not limited to):
  • Engage on escalations involving complex onboardings, negative news and screening alerts, transaction risks, and other heightened KYC activities.
  • Engage on elevated risk matters driven by product usage inclusive of credit, treasury management, and specific focus on CB-owned Trade Finance products.
  • Provide second-line engagement with enterprise AML/Sanctions program, policies and procedures. This includes (but is not limited to):
  • Provide guidance on heightened risk customer types such as payment intermediaries, gaming, PEP exposure, or virtual currency entities.
  • Execute second line’s own deliverables associated with AML/Sanctions enterprise high-priority matters.
  • Based on emerging AML/Sanctions typology risks, partner with financial crimes investigations and intelligence teams to dimension risk exposure and recommend mitigating actions.
  • Continuously monitor CB’s financial crimes risk environment, and identify and escalate financial crimes risk matters to management and risk forums as appropriate.
  • Work cross-functionally with both frontline risk teams, financial crimes operations teams, and second line teams on solutions, and strategic objectives.
  • Engage in-business risk and second line teams on net-new and ad hoc initiatives, deliverables, and risk matters as needed.

Required Qualifications:

  • 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

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience and proficiency in transactional account analysis
  • Proficient in Excel
  • KYC experience preferred
  • Experience in commercial banking or business banking preferred

Job Expectations:

  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicantsPay 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.
$119,000.00 - $206,000.00

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