Enterprise Testing Senior Associate

Company: Wells Fargo Bank
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: February 16, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description

Important Note: During the application process, ensure your contact information (email and phone number) is up to date and upload your current resume when submitting your application for consideration. To participate in some selection activities you will need to respond to an invitation. The invitation can be sent by both email and text message.? In order to receive text message invitations, your profile must include a mobile phone number designated as ?Personal Cell? or ?Cellular? in the contact information of your application.

At Wells Fargo, we want to satisfy our customers? financial needs and help them succeed financially. We?re looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Join our diverse and inclusive team where you?ll feel valued and inspired to contribute your unique skills and experience.

Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.

Corporate Risk helps all Wells Fargo businesses identify and manage risk. The team focuses on several key risk types, including conduct, credit, financial crimes, information security, interest rate, liquidity, market, model, operational, regulatory compliance, reputation, strategic, and technology risk.
The group provides leadership, enhances communications, assists with problem identification and solutions, and shares best practices. In addition, the group provides an enterprise-wide view of risk, assists management and our Board of Directors in identifying and monitoring risks that may affect multiple lines of business, and takes appropriate action when business activities exceed the risk tolerance of the company.

Wells Fargo Compliance is the company?s compliance independent risk management function, providing company-wide leadership, standards, support, and independent oversight to ensure that all front-line business groups abide by applicable laws, rules, regulations and regulatory guidance (regulatory requirements), meet compliance responsibilities, and manage compliance risks.

Wells Fargo Compliance credibly challenges management decisions, business processes and activities, and evaluates and assesses adherence to applicable regulatory requirements. It provides appropriate analysis, reporting, and escalation to senior management and the Board of Directors, sets minimum standards for the company, and gives advice, guidance, and support for compliance risk management activities across the enterprise.

Within Wells Fargo Compliance, the Enterprise Testing 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.? Within Enterprise Testing, the Targeted Review team performs risk-based targeted reviews in areas determined by leadership.?

The Enterprise Testing Senior Associate will be a member of a team of responsible for:

--- Executing review activities in an effective manner. May lead moderate to high risk or complexity review activity engagements in a matrixed environment, and communicate emerging risks to management.
--- Completing review activities on schedule. Raises schedule delays to the review activity lead. Looks for opportunities to remediate schedule issues.
--- Escalating any potential issues discovered during the completion of review activities to a review lead. Identifies potential corrective actions, and follows through on reporting, escalation, and resolution.
--- Completing all documentation under limited supervision and appropriately retain all work papers (testing schedule, templates, work-papers, deferrals, deviations, etc.).
--- Consulting on and implementing initiatives with moderate to high risk, and being an internal interface with business regarding risk management.

Specific duties for this position include, but are not limited to:

--- Demonstrate an understanding of the Annual Plan, including an understanding of risks driving targeted reviews as necessary.? Provide all required updates throughout the year accurately and timely. Ensure any past due testing is escalated appropriately to managers with proposed resolution plans.
--- Execute testing in an effective manner, according to T&V Standards and other applicable policies.
--- Lead reviews to ensure testing activities (MR, BPT, Targeted, Issue Validation) are completed on schedule.
--- Ensure all documentation is completed and appropriately retained (testing schedule, templates, work-papers, deferrals, deviations, etc.).
--- Provide thoughtful credible challenge internally and to LOBs, cross-enterprise and across other corporate risk programs.
--- Assess, document, and communicate emerging risks and identified issues to management and risk partners in a timely manner.
--- Ensure swift testing related issue and corrective action identification, reporting, escalation, and resolution

As a Team Member Manager, you are expected to achieve success by leading yourself, your team, and the business. Specifically you will:

--- Lead your team with integrity and create an environment where your team members feel included, valued, and supported to do work that energizes them.
--- Accomplish management responsibilities which include sourcing and hiring talented team members, providing ongoing coaching and feedback, recognizing and developing team members, identifying and managing risks, and completing daily management tasks. ?

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Required Qualifications

--- 5+ years of experience in risk management (includes compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, audit, legal, credit risk, market risk, IT systems security, business process management) or 5+ years of financial services industry experience, of which 3+ years must include direct experience in risk management

Desired Qualifications

--- Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access) skills
--- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
--- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
--- Ability to articulate complex concepts in a clear manner
--- Knowledge and understanding of complex regulatory/compliance issues and potential solutions
--- Knowledge and understanding of audit methodologies and tools that support audit processes
--- Outstanding problem solving and decision making skills
--- Ability to identify and evaluate trends, isolate root cause, and provide swift/thorough resolution
--- Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
--- Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment

Other Desired Qualifications

--- Experience in Audit, Compliance, Risk and Testing
--- Strong presentation, documentation, and organizational skills
--- High initiative, proactive, and comfort with multi-tasking
--- Critical Thinking and Analytical skills
--- Ability to operate in a complex and matrixed environment.
--- Ability to discern risk and influence risk management practices
--- Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines despite competing priorities
--- Ability to build effective partnerships with multiple stakeholders at all levels within the organization
--- Demonstrated ability to work independently, self-starter and highly motivated to work in a fast paced and changing environment.
--- Detail and task oriented
--- Written, presentation and oral communication skills
--- Ability to motivate at all levels
--- Previous regulatory, audit, operational risk, compliance or legal experience in financial services
--- Experience with overseeing projects/work flow across a global institution
--- Bachelor?s, Master?s, or Law degree preferred
--- Experience with a global financial institution or Big- 4 accounting firm
--- Understanding of risk based control testing, including assessing the adequacy of design and testing the effectiveness of internal controls
--- Experience drafting issues and executive summary reports

For Testing and Validation Positions Only:

One or more of the following certifications is desired:

--- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
--- Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS)
--- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
--- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
--- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
--- Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM)
--- Certified Risk and Compliance Management Professional (CRCMP)
--- Certified Risk Professional Program (CRP) For Testing and Validation Positions Only

Street Address

NC-Charlotte: 550 S Tryon St - Charlotte, NC
GA-Atlanta: 3579 Atlanta Ave - Atlanta, GA
GA-Atlanta: 360 Interstate North Pkwy Se - Atlanta, GA
NC-Charlotte: 301 S College St - Charlotte, NC
NC-Charlotte: 301 S Tryon St - Charlotte, NC
NC-Charlotte: 401 S Tryon St - Charlotte, NC
NC-Charlotte: 1525 W Wt Harris Blvd - Charlotte, NC
SC-Fort Mill: 3480 State View Blvd - Fort Mill, SC
TX-DAL-North Dallas: 14241 Dallas Parkway - Dallas, TX
TX-Irving: 250 E John Carpenter Freeway - Irving, TX
CO-Denver: 1700 Lincoln St - Denver, CO
IA-Des Moines: 800 Walnut St - Des Moines, IA
IA-West Des Moines: 7001 Westown Pkwy - West Des Moines, IA
MN-Minneapolis: 600 S 4th St - Minneapolis, MN
AZ-PHX-Central Phoenix: 100 W Washington St - Phoenix, AZ
AZ-PHX-Northwest Phoenix: 11601 N Black Canyon Hwy - Phoenix, AZ
AZ-Chandler: 2600 S Price Rd - Chandler, AZ
AZ-Tempe: 1150 W Washington St - Tempe, AZ
OR-Portland: 1300 Sw 5th Ave - Portland, OR
NC-Raleigh: 1100 Corporate Center Dr - Raleigh, NC
UT-Salt Lake City: 1095 E 2100 S - Salt Lake City, UT
UT-Salt Lake City: 1255 E Brickyard Rd 1 Flr - Salt Lake City, UT
UT-Salt Lake City: 260 Charles Lindbergh Dr - Salt Lake City, UT
TX-San Antonio: 4101 Wiseman Blvd - San Antonio, TX
MO-Saint Louis: 1 N Jefferson Ave - Saint Louis, MO
PA-Philadelphia: 101 N Independence Mall E - Philadelphia, PA
SD-Sioux Falls: 4811 N 4th Ave - Sioux Falls, SD

Disclaimer

All offers for employment with Wells Fargo are contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed a criminal background check. Wells Fargo will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state and Federal law, including Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women.

Wells Fargo is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

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