Financial Crimes Senior Manager

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crimes Senior Manager to join the Financial Crimes Investigations (FCI) team within Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM), which is the second line independent risk management function accountable for oversight and management of the global financial crimes program. The Financial Crimes Investigations (FCI) team is seeking to hire a Financial Crimes Senior Manager that is an experienced Financial Crimes leader for an investigations management role. This leader will report to the Director of AML and Fraud Investigations and will lead a group of managers and investigators in conducting both AML and fraud investigations and regulatory reporting of suspicious activity.

In this role, you will:

• Manage and develop teams of individual contributors and managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk responsible for implementing and maintaining an effective financial crimes program for the company.

• Engage and influence stakeholders, internal partners, and peers.

• Ensure execution and ongoing management of a risk based financial crimes program across the enterprise or large to mid-size businesses with significant risk.

• Manage the development and implementation of procedures, controls, analytics, and trend evaluation to ensure proactive identification, prevention execution, detection, investigation, recovery, and government reporting of financial crime activity.

• Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development.

• Lead initiatives that cross multiple lines of business in scope with significant risk impact.

• Provide thoughtful independent credible challenge internally, to supported lines of business, across other Corporate Risk programs.

• Determine appropriate strategy and actions of functional area team to meet moderate to high-risk deliverables.

• Interpret and develop policies and procedures for functions with moderate complexity within scope of responsibility.

• Maintain an awareness of financial crimes activity across the enterprise and provide subject matter knowledge to business projects and initiatives.

• Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals, including more experienced managers.

• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives.

• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy.

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

• 3+ years of management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• 6+ years of BSA/AML and Fraud investigations experience.

• Experience in developing, coaching, and motivating team members through balanced leadership with a focus on team member engagement and performance management.

• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams, ensuring proper staffing and expertise, and manage the establishment of major policies and relevant AML programs across major business divisions within a large and complex organization.

• 3+ years of experience implementing or enhancing Financial Crimes Risk indicators and metrics.

• Active Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and/or Wells Fargo AML/Sanctions Credential.

• Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) skills.

• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, able to ask well-crafted questions and present ideas in a clear and compelling manner, while also being a good listener who engenders creative thinking and teamwork.

• Strong interpersonal, influencing, and communications skills with an ability to interact effectively with stakeholders as well as across various levels within the organization.

• Able to synthesize material from multiple sources to create logically structured content that clearly communicates the intended topic to a wide range of audiences.

• Ethical integrity and demonstrated ability to identify risks and confidently raise issues, escalate early, and engage in constructive challenge, doing so independently when necessary.

• Ability to work independently as well as be an engaged and contributing team member to manage multiple responsibilities, tasks, and complex projects while meeting deadlines and achieving goals.

• Strong organizational, time management, and prioritizing skills and proven success consistently meeting deadlines.

Job Expectations:

• Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening.

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

Posting Locations:

1525 W W T Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC

600 S 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN

1655 Grant St Concord, CA

North Carolina – Charlotte Pay Range: $159,000.00 - 254,000.00 USD Annually

Minnesota – Minneapolis Pay Range: $175,000.00 - 279,000.00 USD Annually

California – Concord Pay Range: $191,000.00 - 305,000.00 USD Annually

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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