Senior Financial Crimes Specialist

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Financial Crimes Specialist. We believe in the power of working together because great ideas can come from anyone. Through collaboration, any employee can have an impact and make a difference for the entire company. Explore opportunities with us for a career in a supportive environment where you can learn and grow.

In this role, you will:

• Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within functional area and contribute to large-scale planning related to functional area deliverables
• Investigate, research, examine, and report complex financial crimes transactions, policy violations and suspicious situations with high levels of risk
• Perform risk evaluation and modeling to provide input and recommendations for financial crimes strategies and models
• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes and internal controls
• Conduct data and onsite reviews, review findings, determine risk level and recommend resulting fraud prevention strategies
• Perform investigative research, root cause assessment and consulting regarding highly complex financial crimes transactions, policy violations and suspicious situations with moderate to high risk
• Perform detailed examination to detect transactional and relationship patterns, trends, anomalies and schemes across multiple businesses or products
• Act as an escalation point for more complex cases
• Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet deliverables
• Partner closely with leadership to develop strategies to minimize financial crime portfolio risk through innovative methods with the ultimate goal of maximizing profits
• Provide leadership within the team
• Serve as a liaison and represent the organization in handling court appearances, depositions, mediations, and arbitrations
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and mid-level managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Lead projects, teams or serve as a mentor for less experienced staff
• Develop and deliver a wide range of training for individuals involved in issue detection
• Interact internally and externally to conduct investigations or to address risk management

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ 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

Desired Qualification:

• Anti -Money Laundering (AML) / Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) experience.
• Experience in conducting Financial Crimes related research, analyzing the results of the research, and summarizing the results of the research and analysis in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to identify, cross-reference, and articulate ambiguous information and act accordingly.
• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities.
• Ability to think strategically, implement, and deliver business objectives.
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) skills.