Lead Control Management Officer

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Control Management Officer to join the COO (Non-Operations) Lines of Business. This role is a key member of the Front-Line Control organization, responsible for assessing and ensuring effective risk management and control across the business.

The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing guidance on risk and control issues, issue management and remediation, and regulatory interactions. This position requires a strong ability to foster collaboration and maintain timely communication between the front-line unit, independent risk management under Corporate Risk, and Wells Fargo Audit Services

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives designed to mitigate current and emerging risks with broad impact
• Act as key participant in monitoring, evaluating, and measuring the impact of decisions practiced in Control Management functional area
• Monitor moderately complex business specific programs, and provide risk management consulting to support the business in designing and implementing risk-mitigation strategies
• Monitor, measure, evaluate, and report on the impact of decisions and controls to the relevant business group or functional area
• Develop and implement risk monitoring and risk reporting processes and controls
• Collaborate with relevant business group to identify current and emerging risks associated with business activities and operations and provide guidance in developing and implementing risk-mitigating strategies.
• Lead Control Management project or virtual teams

• 5+ years of Risk Management or Control Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• 4+ years of experience supporting the Issue Management Lifecycle, including intake, monitor, classification, root cause analysis, corrective action planning, sustainability, and validation.
• 4+ years of experience identifying, assessing, evaluating, and documenting controls, control procedures and control gaps, to mitigate and support operational and compliance risk
• 4 + years of experience conducting comprehensive Risk and Control Self Assessments (RCSA), including risk identification, evaluating, and designing controls, performing impact assessments, identifying control gaps, and implementing effective risk remediation strategies
• 4 + years knowledge and understanding of Business Control Management (BCM) operating model experience
• Preferred experience in audit, regulatory compliance, operational risk, or risk management, or a combination, within the banking or financial services industry
• Ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal formats across all organizational levels, including senior executives
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Experience developing partnerships and collaborating with other business and functional areas
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy

• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time.
• Hybrid work schedule. Must be able to work from one of the approved job posting locations three (3) days in office & two (2) day remote.
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.