Senior Lead Control Management Officer

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Control Management Officer to join the WIM-wide governance and key compliance initiatives team in the Control Management organization.

In this role, you will:

Governance: engages, influences, and leads across WIM businesses and activities to ensure a control lens is applied consistently and holistically to current and emerging risks.

• Committee Support - Support secretarial functions for various Wealth & Investment Management (WIM) governance, risk, and other committees and councils by managing logistics and documentation.
• Governance Routine Management - Help establish and maintain governance routines including committee charters, meeting materials, minutes, escalation protocols, calendars, and approval workflows.
• Policy Adherence Oversight - Guide compliance with enterprise and line of business policies, procedures, and protocols to ensure consistent governance practices.
• Executive Guidance - Provide strategic support to business leaders, IRM, and control executives in setting agendas, preparing materials, and tracking follow-up actions for committee and council meetings.
• Risk Theme Coordination - Collaborate with control officers, risk, compliance, and legal teams to identify and ensure discussion of key risk themes and topics in relevant committees, escalating issues when necessary.
• Committee Liaison - Act as a primary contact for senior leaders, committee members, and content providers regarding presentation standards, committee processes, and governance requirements.
• Meeting Facilitation - Lead and participate in preparatory meetings with stakeholders and senior leaders to review agendas, materials, and address outstanding or ad-hoc requests.
• Post-Meeting Communication - Communicate follow-up actions, feedback on materials, and other relevant updates to all impacted committee participants and content contributors

Key Compliance Initiatives:

• Initiative Leadership - Partner with team leadership to drive enterprise and line of business initiatives that require significant risk and control input across Wealth & Investment Management (WIM).
• Compliance Alignment - Ensure compliance initiatives are effectively integrated with WIM's risk frameworks, operational practices, and strategic goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work closely with diverse functions-including operations, compliance, legal, audit, and control teams-across the enterprise and at varying levels of seniority to support governance and risk efforts

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Risk Management or Financial Services industry, or equivalent experience demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Governance Forum Experience - Demonstrated experience participating in or supporting governance forums, including committee operations and decision-making processes.
• Financial Services Knowledge - Strong understanding of the financial services industry, its products, and the regulatory landscape; experience in risk, compliance, or legal functions is a plus.
• Enterprise Risk Framework Familiarity - Working knowledge of enterprise risk frameworks such as Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), issue management, and risk metric tracking.
• Senior Leader Communication - Proven ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with senior leaders across business lines and control functions.
• Influential Leadership - Ability to influence key partners and leaders, lead meetings confidently, and contribute meaningfully to fast-paced and complex discussions.
• Strong Communication Skills - Excellent listening and writing skills, with the ability to distill complex topics into clear, understandable points in both written and verbal formats.
• Initiative Management - Capable of managing and occasionally leading initiatives, including detailed planning, process oversight, and documentation.
• Team-Oriented Mindset - A collaborative team player who promotes a "speak-up" culture, adapts well to change, and thrives in dynamic environments.

Job Expectations:

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

U.S. only - Pay Range:

$159,000 - $254,000

Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Locations:

550 S. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC

1525 W. WT Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC

2801 Market St. Saint louis, MO

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship

Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.
$159,000.00 - $254,000.00
Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:
17 Aug 2025
* Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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 unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

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a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

Client-provided location(s): St. Louis, MO

Job ID: WellsFargo-R-483094-2

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-15T18:08:48