Wholesale Lending Operations Control Management Director

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About this role:

We are seeking a Control Management Director within the Wholesale Operations Control organization which is the front line of risk and control management function that supports assessing and managing risks and controls in partnership with the business. The control team works to ensure internal controls processes and procedures are effective.

This team works directly with operations management to understand the risks exposures and trends that impact the business. The control team will also provide input and support on risk mitigating projects and initiatives. Wholesale Lending Operations Control is structured to support the lending lifecycle for both Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) Lending and Commercial Banking Operations (CBO).

This role will report to the head of Wholesale Lending Operations Control will be the lead coverage for the head of Commercial Banking Operations and also manage certain lending life cycle aligned coverage areas. Successful candidates will have demonstrated product/industry/regulatory knowledge leadership capability as well as understanding of enterprise operational risk frameworks tools and governance. Crucial to the role is a sense of urgency passion for lending products and personal accountability.

As a senior leader in the control organization the Control Director will work closely with other senior leaders across Control Operations Risk Compliance and partners from elsewhere in the company in the development and execution of risk management activities.

In this role you will:

• Primary responsibility to provide direct control and advisory support to the Head of Commercial Banking Operations

• Work as part of the Wholesale Lending Operations team to manage risk and controls horizontally across the Lending Lifecycle

• Integrate with Front Office Control programs and routines to ensure end-to-end coverage and integration with group level routines for Commercial Banking Operations

• Manage a globally located coverage team for the support of front-line operational risk and compliance requirements including RCSA Issues management Loss Capture BEICFs Governance Audit and escalations

• Partner with the CB Lending Operations Accountable Executive RAU owners and BCMs to define controls standards and conduct reviews for process/risk/control opportunities

• Lead RCSA efforts including creation of new RAU as well as on-going optimization efforts

• Lead Move-the-Line assessment and monitoring efforts as well as business process-change governance routines

• Implement strategies to meet organizational measures of performance (ORKRI)

• Support the inventory of business processes internal testing audit regulatory engagements outputs and the integration with RCSA EBCE Trigger Events and other core control functions as applicable

• Assessing control weaknesses and operational risk incidents (OREs) using methods such as root cause analysis

• Review controls for deficiencies and associated remediation (e.g. procedures gaps rewriting control design and performance rationales to meet standards rewriting MCR rationales to standards

• Control Development: Control Documentation control evaluation control implementation and monitoring

• Partner with risk and compliance functions to ensure effective controls vs. applicable policy law rule regulation

Required Qualifications:

• 8 years of Risk Management or Business Controls experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training military experience education

• 4 years of Management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated understanding of Commercial Banking products industry regulation and Lending Operations

• Knowledge and understanding of internal controls and internal control policy

• Experience with RCSA risk/control identification and assessment and enterprise risk frameworks

• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills to effectively influence all organizational and leadership levels where flexibility collaboration and adaptability are a must

• Highly organized and proactive with demonstrated ability to assess exercise independent judgment apply prudent risk management principles prioritize work to meet deadlines and proactively escalate when necessary

• Ability to be flexible and adjust plans quickly to adapt to changing business needs

• Hands on style; proven ability to structure tasks or projects execute and achieve targeted results and develop and manage associated goals and plans

• Ethical integrity and demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment and apply prudent risk mitigation principles

Job Expectations:

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

• Ability to work at the posted location

Posting Locations:

• 550 S Tryon Charlotte NC

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit Market Financial Crimes Operational Regulatory Compliance) which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring governance risk identification and escalation as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business units risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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