Senior Business Accountability Specialist-Transactional Risk & Intelligence

About the position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Business Accountability Specialist (SBAS) in Financial Crimes Operations as part of Enterprise Functions. The Transactional Risk & Intelligence Group (TRIG) is a centralized function within Financial Crimes Operations that delivers actionable transactional analysis and intelligence reporting. TRIG is seeking a SBAS to perform transaction-based portfolio reviews on higher risk customers and account types with elevated and complex risk profiles.

Responsibilities
? Conduct deep due diligence research on high-risk customers and analyze customer transactions and demographic data points to identify new or emerging customer financial crimes risks.
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? Evaluate high complexity portfolio reviews to determine appropriate level of escalation and ultimate recommendation, in consultation with manager/team lead/reviewer.
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? Work with 1,000s of rows and cells of data in Microsoft Excel to perform the analysis on datapoints ranging from geography to transactional values and volumes to relational data.
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? Work with the group's data partners, mid-level managers, and cross-functional business partners to develop strategies, techniques, and tools to facilitate the advancement of reviews.
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? Write and publish portfolio review reports with bolstered observations and risk dispositions that help business partners better understand customer's behavior and manage the risk.
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? Communicate findings and provide appropriate direction to manager/team lead/reviewer and business partners.
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? Participate in moderately to high complexity project initiatives.
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? File unusual activity reports in a timely manner.
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? Maintain organized and detailed documentation of review results or recommendations by following all established procedures/processes.
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? Help draft/author new or existing procedures or process modifications that impact the execution of the reviews.
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? Serve as an anti-money laundering/counter threat finance subject matter expert, and reviewer of reports for more junior members on the team.
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? Proactively provide enhancements to existing money laundering/terrorist financing typologies based upon observations from daily work.

Requirements
? 4+ years of risk management, business controls, quality assurance, business operations, compliance, or process experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Nice-to-haves
? Strong understanding of financial crimes risks.
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? Proficient knowledge of transactional products (wires, ACH, check, cash vault, etc.).
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? Advanced knowledge of BSA/AML programs including KYC, CDD, EDD, CIP and/or other related risk and regulatory disciplines.
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? Strong understanding of Wells Fargo AML policy/procedures, higher risk customers, and complex business models.
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? Experience with customer types such as financial institutions, funds, professional service providers, and/or trust services.
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? Demonstrated ability to evaluate financial crimes risks and to communicate relevant risk in a simple, decisive, timely and market-appropriate manner.
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? Ability to identify financial crimes and formulate actionable conclusions/ recommendations.
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? Advanced MS Excel including the ability to manage extremely large and complex sets of transactional data.
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? Knowledge of Wells Fargo systems (WCIS, Cornerstone, Hogan, OIB, IIS, UAR Portal, etc.).
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? Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, National Security & Intelligence Studies or other relevant fields.
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? Ability to think with a risk control mindset.
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? Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
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? Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships across business units.
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? Strong attention to detail.
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? Proactive approach to solving problems.
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? Strong decision-making, organizational and planning skills.
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? Industry certifications (e.g. CAMS certified and/or Wells Fargo AML/Sanctions Credential Program, etc.).

Benefits
? This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
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? Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening.

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