Wells Fargo Lead Financial Crimes Officer OFAC Sanctions 

United States, North Carolina, Charlotte 

479582475

In this role, you will:

• Act as an Economic Sanctions Subject Matter Expert responsible for helping oversee and govern Wells Fargo’s OFAC sanctions program and providing accurate and thoughtful regulatory guidance to business units.
• Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence objectives, plans, specifications, resources, and long-term goals for highly complex business and technical needs across groups and functions
• Implement and maintain an effective financial crimes program that complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations including Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorist Financing, and Global Sanctions
• Evaluate long-term implications and consequences of strategic business decisions and recommend appropriate alternatives for risk management
• Lead investigative research, root cause examination and consulting on transactions, suspicious situations, policy violations, referrals, customers, and related parties that present high risk, complexity and visibility
• Provide specialized financial crime and fraud reviews, research, investigative research, interviews, industry conferrals and law enforcement outreach
• Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the company
• Deliver solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical thinking, and coordination of highly complex activities and guidance to others
• Lead implementation of complex initiatives with high risk, generally spanning multiple business lines
• Provide vision, direction and full knowledge to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions that are large scale companywide strategies
• Serve as an excellent advisor to leadership
• Lead risk evaluation and independently challenge existing fundamentals or assumptions while developing alternative approaches, models and solutions to schemes and trend
• Influence and negotiate with executive management, business heads, and high-level stakeholders
• Lead initiatives and virtual teams across the organization to deliver companywide business transformations
• Engage strategically with all levels of professionals and managers across the company
• Liaise with Legal and law enforcement agencies

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ 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:

• Extensive knowledge of and expertise in OFAC sanctions regulations, risks, and typologies
• Knowledge of investment banking, commercial banking, retail banking, or wealth management
• Knowledge of sanctions screening systems and applications
• Experience working at the Department of the Treasury, State, or Commerce or a large international financial institution
• Masters Degree in a relevant field or Juris Doctor (JD) strongly preferred
• Experience in managing regulatory exams and relationships with examiners, auditors, etc.
• Awareness of U.S. and international sanctions regulatory requirements including industry standards
• Experience leading complex initiatives, including interacting and problem solving with business leaders, legal counsel, and industry groups.
• Experience partnering across multiple groups and different levels of management and stakeholders

Job Expectations:

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• This position is subject to FINRA Background Screening Requirements, including successful completion and clearing of a background check. Internal transfers are subject to comply with 17 CRF 240.17f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA Bylaws, Article III, Section 3, which states that Associated Persons should not be subject to statutory disqualification. Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening and are required to report certain incidents

Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants

Pay Range

$111,100.00 - $217,200.00

12 Apr 2025

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.