Wells Fargo Finance Associate Manager 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

879547920

In this role, you will:

• Partner with key oversight partners (Business Control Executive, COSO, CMoR, Finance Governance, Audit) team to design an optimized control environment and appropriate risk assessment ratings around all EAA processes
• Partner with Finance Operational Excellence Lead, business teams and managers to drive tasks on RCSA
• Leverage enterprise RCSA methodology to establish and sustain governance processes and controls as well as maintain and update the repository of RCSA
• Provide regular updates in forums/program meetings to senior leaders detailing progress on RCSA deliverables
• Seek and share industry standards / domain practices for honing professional skills and value add
• Identify and recognize best practices in Risk and Controls that can be replicated across business functions
• Execute on financial control framework across all Corp & Strategic processes
• Continually assess the overall risk framework and identify additional needed controls or enhancements to existing controls to mitigate those risks
• Maintain appropriate risk and control processes documentation
• Understand and comply with Records Retention Policy including, but not limited to, participation and compliance with the electronic records retention program for network file share drives and SharePoint sites (includes executing on Mandatory Network File Share Initiative)
• Create reporting and review cadence of Issues identifying due dates and progress towards completion. Escalate any at risk items timely
• Provide support to the business with various issue management related tasks or activities
• Provide on-going oversight and guidance on implementation of key elements of the issue management policies
• Requires an understanding of COSO Framework and implementation of the same in the processes
• Partner with Business Control Leaders to ensure issues are appropriately identified
• Review and perform QA for all issues and corrective action materials
• Advice, counsel, training and awareness on policy and procedure requirements
• Perform timely and accurate issue management system of record entry for sources, issues, corrective actions, and milestones into the system of record – Shared Risk Platform (SHRP) / Veritas
• Work with the issues owners / contacts to ensure status updates that reflect progress details and the likelihood of meeting the target due date within required timeframes are captured as per policy requirement
• Ensures the necessary management and structure in place to measure, monitor, and control activities associated with a given issue, throughout the issue management lifecycle.
• Perform timely and accurate issue management system of record entry for sources, issues, corrective actions, and milestones
• Updating monthly status on SHRP that reflect progress details and the likelihood of meeting the target due date within required timeframes

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Finance or Accounting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 1+ years of leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Finance / Business Administration / qualified Chartered Accountant / ICWA
• Experience of working across one or more geographic territories or regions in Finance /Risk function in banking /consulting domain
• Proficiency in process modelling tools (iGrafx, Visio etc.) and workflows (JIRA etc.)
• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to cultivate strong and collaborative working relationships with business teams, managers and senior leaders
• Proficiency in interpersonal, influencing, project coordination and communication skills

Job Expectations:

• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) concepts and policies across risk types (regulatory, financial crimes, credit, operational, etc.) and quantify risk (financial impact to organization, risk exposure levels).
• Ability to identify risk and controls, to create remediation plans, remediation success criteria and control documentation.
• Understanding of audit lifecycle and methodology.
• Ability to find data, analyze, organize, and identify themes in large amounts of data. Also, to create action based on data analysis and KPI/KRI metrics and build presentations.
• Ability to lead project execution by creating project plans, tracking action items and deliverables, and reporting to showcase progress, risks and issues.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and interpersonal); ability to concisely articulate complex concepts in a clear manner. Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to translate technical language into plain business language, and to translate business requirements into technology initiatives.
• Demonstrated capability to confidently raise issues, escalate early, and engage in constructive credible challenge independently.
• Technical understanding of specific business operations, processes, products, and customer interactions where they manifest risk.
• Demonstrated capacity to pro-actively and independently analyze and solve problems and address risks. Take accountability of timely submission of deliverables and critical thinking.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

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