Financial Crimes Associate Manager - Quality Assurance

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crime Associate Manager.

In this role, you will:

• Supervise entry to mid level roles in transactional or tactical less complex tasks and processes to ensure timely completion, quality and compliance
• Manage the implementation of procedures, controls, analytics and trend analysis to ensure identification, prevention execution, detection, investigation, recovery, government and internal reporting of financial crime activity
• Maintain awareness of financial crimes activity companywide and ensure all issues are proactively addressed, and escalated where necessary
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, and FACTA
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and risk control development in less complex functions
• Manage a risk based financial crimes program or functional area with low to moderate risk and complexity
• Lead implementation of multiple complex initiatives with low to moderate risk
• Make supervisory and tactical decisions and resolve issues related to team supervision, work allocation and daily operations under direction of functional area management
• Leverage interpretation of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers
• Ensure coordination with team, line of business, other business units, Audit, and regulators on risk related topics
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Financial Crimes
• Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption 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:

• - Must possess strong leadership acumen- Must be detail - oriented, flexible, and open minded and creative in problem solving approach. - Able to articulate a complex problem, design, build and implement a solution and communicate in clear business terms the benefits of the proposed risk management approach.- Must possess exceptional communication skills. - Ability to learn, grasp, and understand intricate details of the Global Sanctions Screening & Reporting process, Credit Investigations, and the Enhanced Due Diligence
• Risk and regulatory compliance experienceBSA/AML experienceExperience with BSA/AML/OFAC laws and regulationsExperience working with laws, rules and regulations within regulatory guidelines or policiesAdvanced Microsoft Office skillsStrong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracyExcellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skillsTraining delivery and facilitation experienceAbility to achieve high production and quality standardsStrong public speaking skillsProject management experienceCertified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)

Job Expectations:

• In this role, you will: Manage and develop a team of individual contributor roles performing quality assurance (QA) reviews Engage stakeholders and internal partners Implement and maintain an effective financial crimes program for the company that complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations including Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Terrorist Financing, and Global Sanctions Manage procedures, controls, analytics and trend analysis to ensure proactive identification, prevention, execution, detection, investigation, recovery and reporting of financial crime activity
• Ensure execution and ongoing management of a mid-size risk based financial crimes program across the enterprise or a risk based financial crimes program across large to mid-size businesses with moderate risk and complexity Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development.
• Provide thoughtful independent credible challenge internally to supported lines of business, across other Corporate Risk programs, and across the enterprise
• Collaborate with peers, colleagues, and multiple level managers Manage communication and collaboration with business heads, Legal, Audit, and regulators on risk related topics
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Financial Crimes QA Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent.

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