About this role
Wells Fargo is seeking a Control Management Specialist.
In this role, you will
- Performs or validates Self-Assurance Activities for all Effective controls aligned to Processes.
- Support a governance framework to provide transparency, accountability, and escalation of risk management related matters
- Knows when to act independently and when to lead and involve others in decision making process
- Reviews own work product for completeness and accuracy against a set of criteria
- Provides the team guidance on policy and processes in support of management
- Provide subject matter expertise on regulatory expectations and industry best practice around risk and control frameworks
- Partner with Second and third line of defense to inform, educate, and collaborate
- Tests IT general controls (ITGC) including, but not limited to, change management, logical access and IT operations.
- Maintains open communication with management. Communicates assessment progress and findings by providing information in status meetings, highlights unresolved issues, reviews, working papers and prepares final assessments reports
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of experience in compliance, operational risk management (includes audit, legal, credit risk, market risk, or the management of a process or business with accountability for compliance or operational risk), or a combination of both or 4+ years of IT systems security, IT General Controls, IT Application Controls, business process management or financial services industry experience, of which 2+ years must include direct experience in compliance, operational risk management, or a combination of both.
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to interact with all levels of an organization
- Program management experience
- Experience communicating with business partners and project managers
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor, (CISA) Certification in Control Self-Assessment (CCSA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional, (CISSP) or other risk management discipline certification
- Experience communicating in both written and verbal formats with senior executive-level leaders
Job Expectations
- 4+ Years risk management experience with demonstrated team player skills and ability to mature risk management programs.
- IT audit/audit consulting experience.
- Advanced Enterprise Risk Management experience and perspective.
- Experience successfully navigating and influencing global financial institutions on risk management topics.
- Strong risk and control fundamentals, knowledge of frameworks and methodologies, common implementation challenges.
- Experience in evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures and controls.
- Experience in review and development of risk ratings.
- Experience in assessing risk, writing issues, and developing appropriate corrective actions.
- Demonstrated negotiation skills, especially with difficult topics when partnering with senior management. This includes the willingness and ability to question decisions, understand direction and escalate issues, where necessary.-Demonstrated experience with both strategic and tactical approaches to risk management.
- Ability to synthesize data from a variety of sources and deliver results quickly.
Posting End Date
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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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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