Senior Lead Regulatory Relations Specialist

at  Wells Fargo

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Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Regulatory Relations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, educatio

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience managing response process for federal regulatory examinations across a broad range of regulatory subject matters, stakeholders and risk types
• Ability to synthesize trends in examinations across regulatory bodies, throughout the organization, and among peer institutions to provide holistic advice to leadership regarding business risks
• Ability to communicate understanding across key stakeholders to drive efficient and concise execution of regulatory engagements
• Knowledge and understanding of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)
• Develop and maintain data, reporting and dashboards regarding status of regulatory matters
• Experience establishing, maintaining, and executing reporting to senior management
• Honed verbal and written communication skills with exceptional ability to negotiate and facilitate collaboration at all levels of the organizatio

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Regulatory Relations (RR) Specialist in the Corporate Risk Regulatory Relations Team to support Corporate Risk. The Corporate Risk Regulatory Relations Team is responsible for leading end-to-end regulatory engagements impacting Corporate Risk, including, but not limited to, regulatory examinations, supervisory meetings, information requests, and responses to regulatory findings.
The Senior Lead Regulatory Relations Specialist will function as primary contact for regulators for information requests and coordinate updates to regulators on remediation activities, as well as provide regulatory interaction support including meeting preparation, meeting facilitation and notes, and follow up actions for Corporate Risk.
Experienced staff for this role may lead implementation of strategic initiatives with moderate to high risk and complexity, for COO and their relevant partners in the lines of defense. This role will require routine interaction with key business partners, including senior leaders, operations, control, risk and functional leaders, members of governance committees and the Regulatory Relations team.
Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com

In this role, you will:

• Act as an advisor to senior leadership to develop or influence regulatory relations objectives, plans, specifications, resources, and long-term goals for highly complex regulatory commitments, engagements, and interactions across multiple groups, functions, and regulatory agencies
• Lead the strategy and resolution of complex and unique regulatory relations challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or companywide, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking, and coordination of highly complex activities and guidance to others, ensuring appropriate accountability and interaction with regulators
• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers companywide and serve as an expert advisor to leadership, ensuring integrated approach for matters which cross functions or regulatory agencies
• Lead projects, virtual teams, and serve as a peer mentor to ensure appropriate preparation, accountability, and consistent delivery on regulatory commitments, execution of regulatory relations policy and procedures, or other initiatives
• Represent regulatory relations, in concert with business partners, before regulatory agencies on policy matters, responses, commitments, needs, and approach in adherence to policy and procedure
• Research and assess internal and external regulatory environment to identify and report on themes, emerging trends, and risks, sharing insights with team and leadership to resolve concerns
• Collaborate with partners to aggregate and report on regulatory actions for key stakeholders including executive leadership, the board of directors, and regulators to ensure consistency with strategy and approach

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Regulatory Relations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience managing response process for federal regulatory examinations across a broad range of regulatory subject matters, stakeholders and risk types
• Ability to synthesize trends in examinations across regulatory bodies, throughout the organization, and among peer institutions to provide holistic advice to leadership regarding business risks
• Ability to communicate understanding across key stakeholders to drive efficient and concise execution of regulatory engagements
• Knowledge and understanding of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)
• Develop and maintain data, reporting and dashboards regarding status of regulatory matters
• Experience establishing, maintaining, and executing reporting to senior management
• Honed verbal and written communication skills with exceptional ability to negotiate and facilitate collaboration at all levels of the organization