In this role, you will:
- Participate in less complex development and design of methodologies and standards for review activities companywide in alignment with the risk management framework
- Ensure effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs, risks, and controls according to standards and other applicable policies within Independent Testing
- Support and implement less complex initiatives with low to moderate risk and exercise independent judgment to guide risk reporting, escalation, and resolution
- Present recommendations for resolving more complex situations and exercise independent judgment while developing expertise in risk management framework and the risk and control environment
- Collaborate and consult with colleagues, internal partners and management
Required Qualifications:
- 2+ years of Independent Testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
DesiredQualifications:
- University degree in Business or related discipline
- 2+ years of relevant experience in risk management (includes compliance, operational risk, issue identification and validation, internal audit, business process management), Technology Audit, Risk and Control Testing
- Knowledge and understanding of financial services industry: compliance, risk management, or audit operations
- Expert knowledge levels and understanding of Technology controls
- Good understanding of Technology domain and Infrastructure
- Experience in reviewing testing strategies and methodologies; evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, initiatives, products, and internal controls; and identifying issues resulting from internal and/or external compliance examinations
- Experience in testing policy, procedures, control, and business process testing
- Experience in creating, executing, and documenting compliance, control, and business process testing
- Intermediate Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
- Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability
- Minimum 2+ years at Big Four/super regional public accounting firm with experience in Technology testing, regulatory, and/or business process, advisory/consulting service.
- Experience supporting SOX/SOC, Regulatory Exams (Domestic and Int’l), Audits, or other technology control related assessments.
- Strong critical thinking skills with ability to credibly challenge status quo.
- Strong organization and prioritization skills.
- Strong relationship management skills: ability to negotiate difficult positions without harming relationships
- Strong team player and ability to work with minimum guidance
Job Expectations:
Responsibilities of the Specialist role include, but are not limited to:
- Completes review/testing activities on an accelerated schedule, raising schedule delays as needed while looking for opportunities to remediate schedule issues.
- Providing meaningful operational and compliance risks assessments of business processes.
- Strong analytical skills
- Supporting efforts to effectively challenge risks in processes and evaluate and/or test controls designed to mitigate those risks.
- Executing substantive and/or control testing with moderate supervision.
- Executing the test of design and operating effectiveness for RCSA (Risk & Compliance Self-Assessment) controls.
- Completes all testing and documentation under limited supervision and appropriately retains all work papers (testing schedule, templates, work-papers, deferrals, deviations, etc.).
- Providing consultation and subject matter expertise for process related matters including evaluating severity of control deficiencies and related remediation efforts.
- Documenting test results and any issues identified while also providing recommendations to management.
- Providing Credible Challenge to the First Line Units as needed.
- Acting as a change agent for continual improvement of the control environment
- Chartered Accountant
- Certified Management Accounting
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- MBA Finance/PGDBA
- Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM)
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Certified in Risk and Information System Control (CRISC)
- Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
- Data Management information
18 May 2025
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.