Department Overview:
About Audit CAO Function
The Chief Administrative Office (CAO) Audit team oversee business management and administration, strategy and planning, communications, emerging risk, reporting, and regulatory relations in support of the Chief Auditor
- Committee & External Reporting (CER) - Administers Audit’s Management and Board reporting, committee administration, reporting and committee schedules, Audit insights and trends, ad-hoc analysis, reporting capabilities and automation.
- Regulatory Relations (IARR) - Leads regulatory engagement for Audit, oversight of meetings, planning and coordination of regulatory exams, requests, responses, and documentation, regulatory trends.
- Control Office – Oversees IA’s front-line risk and control framework (including both execution and governance) culminating in the administration of IA’s Risk and Control Committee. Ensures IA’s ability to effectively self-govern to maintain our independence as the third line of defense for Wells Fargo.
- Finance & Operations – Centralizes IA’s finance and operations activities including third party management, managing IA’s real estate portfolio and the in-office experience for IA team members, and executing IA’s internal communications strategy.
- Strategy & Emerging Risk – Facilitates the execution of IA’s strategic plan to continuously improve, provide a fulfilling experience for IA teams, and deliver value to our stakeholders. Further evolves IA’s emerging risk capabilities, assess the need to incorporate coverage of risks into IA’s annual plan, and its reporting to the Board
Job Expectations:
- Support Internal Audit’s emerging riskidentification/monitoringby partnering with the IA innovation team andidentifying/implementingrequirements to build out data analytics capabilities foridentifying/monitoringemerging risks
- Support the Reporting team with recurring activities that feed monthly and quarterly executive and committee reporting, including reconciliation of month-end issue management data files against enterprise systems of record, validation of audit and issue listings in report appendices to data support files, and review of issue memos for failed validations to summarize root cause of failure.
- Support the broader Regulatory Engagement team, including attending regulator meetings, communicating with regulators, and coordinating regulatory responses in collaboration with US based peers
- Support budgeting processes, including tracking accruals for co-source budgeting
- Perform evaluation and testing of Audit front-line controls in accordance with defined controls testing schedule, as neededEngage with international partners to manage local Audit real estate portfolio relative to headcount, as needed
Required Qualifications:
- CA, MBA (Finance) or equivalent experience with 8+ years of Audit, Risk Management, or other relevant experience
Desired Qualifications and Capabilities:
- Experience at a financial institution or accounting firm
- Solid knowledge and understanding of audit or risk methodologies and supporting tools
- Certification in one or more of the following: CPA, CAMS, CRCM, CIA, CISA or Commissioned Bank Examiner designation
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong organizational, multitasking, problem solving, and prioritization skills
- Good analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
- Experience with risk identification and assessment and/or control evaluation and testing
- Experience engaging with financial regulators in EMEA and APAC
Job Expectations:
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.