Senior Lead Financial Crimes Officer - CB Financial Crimes Advisory at Wells Fargo
West Des Moines, IA 50265, USA -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Nov, 25

Salary

279000.0

Posted On

16 Aug, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Operational Risk, Fraud, Decks, Due Diligence, Training, Communication Skills, Analytical Skills, Screening

Industry

Financial Services

Description

At Wells Fargo, we are looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.

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:

  • 7+ 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:

  • 5+ years of experience in Financial Crimes Risk Management, specifically in regulatory expectations, customer due diligence requirements, and controls.
  • 5+ years of experience in risk management (including compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, audit and legal).
  • 5+ years of experience in managing and accessing elevated financial crimes scenarios driven from customer due diligence, screening or investigations activities.
  • Experience with financial crimes requirements and due diligence execution involving Commercial Banking lines of businesses, products, and target customer bases.
  • In-Depth experience Identifying, mitigating, and consulting around financial crimes risks and client risk appetite.
  • Experience successfully influencing, leading, and negotiating with executives, senior business leaders and partners to gain commitment to accomplish business goals.
  • Strong understanding of policies, procedures, and programs to ensure appropriate and effective risk mitigation controls are in place.
  • Experience creating presentation decks for different audiences that can outline/highlight the topic in a clear and concise manner.
  • Analytical skills with the ability to grasp complex business issues quickly and be able to successfully explain to an independent third party.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently, prioritize, meet deadlines and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
Responsibilities

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Financial Crimes Officer to join Financial Crimes Risk Management’s (FCRM) Commercial Banking (CB) Business Advisory team. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com . 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 Senior Lead 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). Commercial Banking Business Advisory engages with relationship support functions covering CB, along with risk partners from FCRM peer teams, including Compliance, Control, Legal, and others regarding risk management. This position is a senior individual contributor and may lead efforts and mentor but does not manage other team members.

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:

  • 7+ 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:

  • 5+ years of experience in Financial Crimes Risk Management, specifically in regulatory expectations, customer due diligence requirements, and controls.
  • 5+ years of experience in risk management (including compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, audit and legal).
  • 5+ years of experience in managing and accessing elevated financial crimes scenarios driven from customer due diligence, screening or investigations activities.
  • Experience with financial crimes requirements and due diligence execution involving Commercial Banking lines of businesses, products, and target customer bases.
  • In-Depth experience Identifying, mitigating, and consulting around financial crimes risks and client risk appetite.
  • Experience successfully influencing, leading, and negotiating with executives, senior business leaders and partners to gain commitment to accomplish business goals.
  • Strong understanding of policies, procedures, and programs to ensure appropriate and effective risk mitigation controls are in place.
  • Experience creating presentation decks for different audiences that can outline/highlight the topic in a clear and concise manner.
  • Analytical skills with the ability to grasp complex business issues quickly and be able to successfully explain to an independent third party.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently, prioritize, meet deadlines and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment.

Job Expectations:

  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
  • Willingness to work onsite at stated location on the job posting.
  • This position is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.

Posting Locations:
401 S Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
401 Las Colinas Blvd W, Bldg B, Irving, TX
600 S 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN
800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA
114 N Beaumont Street, Saint Louis, MO
1150 W Washington Street, Tempe, AZ
100 N 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA
North Carolina - Charlotte Pay Range: $159,000.00 - 254,000.00 USD Annually
Texas - Irving Pay Range: $159,000.00 - 254,000.00 USD Annually
Minnesota - Minneapolis Pay Range: $175,000.00 - 279,000.00 USD Annually
Iowa - West Des Moines Pay Range: $159,000.00 - 254,000.00 USD Annually
Missouri - Saint Louis Pay Range: $159,000.00 - 254,000.00 USD Annually
Arizona - Tempe Pay Range: $159,000.00 - 254,000.00 USD Annually
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Pay Range: $175,000.00 - 279,000.00 USD Annually

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