Head of Financial Crimes Investigations Executive Executive-Director

Job Description

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crimes Director to lead a team responsible for the investigations of AML and fraud activity primarily for compliance within the United States jurisdiction. In this role, you will: Manage and develop specialized teams of experienced managers and professional individual contributors with focus on delivering moderate to high complexity and risk and product service Maintain an awareness of financial crimes activity across the enterprise and the industry and act a subject matter resource person within the industry Foster an environment that ensures communication and cooperation across the three lines of defense to facilitate transparency, balance and credible challenge Develop and implement procedures, controls, analytics and trend assessment to ensure proactive identification, prevention execution, detection, investigation, recovery and government and internal reporting of financial crimes activity Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, and FACTA Identify opportunities and strategies for process improvement and risk control development Interpret and develop range of policies and procedures for functions with moderate to higher complexity and risk Lead a team by making strategic decisions to resolve highly complex issues to meet higher risk deliverables Direct the development and implementation of procedures, controls, analytics and trend assessment to ensure proactive identification, prevention, execution, detection, investigation, recovery, government and internal reporting of financial crimes activity Manage programs or initiatives related to a line of business and a Company strategy with considerable impact across the Company and externally Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals including leadership Manage relationships and foster a team orientation with business heads, legal, audit and multiple US and non-US regulators Represent the businesses in the external community, including with regulators, law enforcement, elected officials and trade groups Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy Required Qualifications: 8+ 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 4+ years of management or leadership experience Desired Qualifications: Extensive Experience in Anti -Money Laundering (AML) / Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) experience. Experience leading large cross-functional teams responsible for conducting Financial Crimes related research, analysis and disposition. Proven and demonstrated leadership skills including relationship building, partnering and collaboration skills. Proven operational and capacity management skills leading teams across multiple locations. Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities. Job Expectations: Ability to work overlap hours with US time zones Work from Wells Fargo base location only