Senior Security Operation Specialist

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Securities Operations Specialist to enhance and support trade lifecycle operations within Securities Operations. This is a high-impact role that combines oversight, risk management, and process improvements.

In this role, you will:

• Lead or participate in moderately complex lifecycle initiatives and support tasks and act as a participant in large-scale planning and deliverables; identify opportunity for process improvements within Securities Operations
• Review and analyze moderately complex operational tasks or challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Independently resolve moderately complex issues on a full process within a trade environment while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements; may lead team to meet deliverables
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and mid-level managers to resolve issues and achieve goals; may lead projects, teams or serve as a mentor for lower level staff
• Manage expertise in the following operational processes including client account onboarding, cash payments, customer service, funding operations, custodial operations, securities settlement services, structured loan operations, and general ledger reconciliation
• Resolve moderately complex escalated issues within the scope of responsibility in Security Operations
• Research moderately complex business risks, influence policies, enhance customer satisfaction, and review time sensitive documents and transaction requests
• Exercise independent judgment in understanding trade settlement workflow controls to minimalize the effects of operational breakdowns
• Contribute to overall effectiveness of the team according to plans; monitor daily securities and cash related production work
• Lead or contribute to implementation of projects and new or revised processes and procedures that require coordination among operation teams and perform analysis for initiatives that support business strategies making decisions on matters with financial impact and risk

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Securities Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualification:

• Strong Product Knowledge: Equity, Fixed Income (FI), and Mutual Funds (MF)
• Experience:
  • Managed UAT (User Acceptance Testing)
  • Participation in process enhancement initiatives.

• Strong communication skills to collaborate with Product Owners and third-party vendors
• Proficiency in Microsoft tools, Alteryx, and other project management tools

Shift Timing:

5:30 PM IST 2:30 AM IST, with flexibility based on process requirements

WFH Hybrid (3 days in office)

Job Expectations:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities.
• Effective communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage teams, mentor colleagues, and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Maintenance of high ethical standards, confidentiality, and integrity.
• Coordinate remediation efforts, collaborating with OPS and application team
• Maintain, procedure and documentation.