Wells Fargo CSBB Financial Crimes Senior Lead Business Accountability Specialist 

United States, North Carolina, Charlotte 

504921600

In this role, you will:

• Evaluate new and existing products and payment services for financial crime risks, ensuring compliance with BSA/AML, OFAC, USA Patriot Act, and other relevant regulations (i.e., Travel Rule)

• Collaborate with technology and product teams to integrate compliance requirements into product design and ongoing operations, ensuring effective controls are embedded from launch through scale

• Regularly review and update risk assessments for products and payments, adapting controls to address emerging threats and regulatory changes

• Manage oversight of financial crimes related issues and corrective actions to ensure control deficiencies are effectively resolved

• Work cross-functionally with Financial Crimes partners to identify issues, propose solutions, and drive strategic objectives. Assists in developing corrective actions to mitigate risks

• Provide Financial Crimes expertise and guidance for CSBB related activities and projects

• Support regulatory exams, internal audits, or Independent Risk Management reviews

• Evaluate the applicability of policies for assigned business units, determines the adequacy and effectiveness of procedures and designs/develops new procedures for complex policies

• Contribute to the development and enhancement of the business control environment to mitigate Financial Crimes risk

• Consult with the business stakeholders on Financial Crimes related projects to identify and mitigate operational risks for end-to-end processes that span CSBB functions

• Identify risk exposure based on emerging risks and changes in business processes

• Assist with aggregating risk information and communicating the financial crimes risk profile for assigned business units

• Understand applicable regulations to develop controls to ensure compliance

• Identify and escalate financial crimes risk matters to management, as appropriate

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of risk management, business controls, quality assurance, business operations, compliance, or process experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 6+ years of financial crimes experience with deep knowledge of regulations and requirements

• Issue Management experience, including root cause analysis and corrective action planning and monitoring ensuring on-time resolution of risk

• Experience with implementing Financial Crimes requirements within Consumer & Small Business Banking lines of business

• Experience Identifying, mitigating and consulting around risk and regulations

• Experience successfully influencing, leading, and negotiating with executives, senior business leaders and partners to gain commitment to accomplish business goals

• Experience in understanding and documenting unfamiliar processes to identify key risks, identify and evaluate controls and provide consulting to remediate control deficiencies preferably within financial services

• Experience creating presentation decks for different audiences that can outline/highlight the topic in a clear and concise manner.

• Strong understanding of policies, procedures, and programs to ensure appropriate and effective risk mitigation controls are in place

• Experience developing partnerships and collaborating with various levels of business partners including Senior leaders and executive management

• Experience in control, compliance, fraud, risk management, audit, or a related job function/role

• Process risk and control assessmentexperience

• Analytical skills with the ability to grasp complex business issues quickly and be able to successfully explain to an independent third party

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment

• Ability to work independently in a virtual team environment where other team members, team management, and business partners are not local

• Knowledge of Wells Fargo Operational Risk tools

• Applicable Financial Crimes and risk related industry certifications, such as Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), etc.

Job Expectations:

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

Please note: Based on the volume of applications received, this job posting may be removed prior to the indicated close date.

This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

Posting Locations:

• 401 S Tryon - Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

• 800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy. – West Des Moines, Iowa 50266

• 11601 N Black Canyon Hwy – Phoenix, Arizona 85029

• 2700 S Price Road - Chandler, Arizona 85286

• 250 E John Carpenter Frwy - Irving, Texas 75062

• 550 S 4th St - Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

• 2200 Concord Pike – Wilmington, Delaware 19803

• 1445 Ross Ave. – Dallas, Texas 75202

Required locations listed.

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$144,400.00 - $300,000.00

18 Jul 2025

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

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