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Financial Crimes Director – Commercial Banking Advisory

Financial Crimes Director – Commercial Banking Advisory

CompanyWells Fargo
LocationWest Des Moines, IA, USA, Tempe, AZ, USA, Charlotte, NC, USA, St. Louis, MO, USA, New York, NY, USA, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Irving, TX, USA
Salary$173300 – $359900
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • 8+ 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.
  • 4+ years of management or leadership experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team of experts and engage in large scale projects such as ISO conversion and other payment technology initiatives.
  • Oversee the execution and enhancement of payments and product compliance risk programs, driving operational excellence and risk transformation initiatives.
  • Partner with Payments Product, Trade Finance, Operational and technical partners across multiple business units.
  • Act as a thought leader, identify risks, and proactively develop solutions to strengthen compliance oversight.
  • Work cross-functionally with partners to identify issues, propose solutions, and drive resolution.
  • Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy.
  • Assist with creating and communicating the financial crimes risk in the ISO and greater Payment’s space.
  • Collaborate and influence functional management to obtain resources, influence outcomes, address conflict, and ensure alignment with Wells Fargo strategies or policies and business line objectives.
  • Identify and escalate financial crimes risk matters to management, as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience with payments, in a correspondent banking or corporate/commercial banking settings.
  • 8+ years of experience in risk management (includes compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, audit and legal).
  • Experience successfully influencing, leading, and negotiating with executives, senior business leaders and partners to gain commitment to accomplish business goals.
  • In-Depth experience identifying, mitigating and consulting on multiple products (Payments or Trade) from an end-to-end risk perspective.
  • Strong understanding of policies, procedures, and programs to ensure appropriate and effective risk mitigation controls are in place.
  • Experience operating at an Executive Director level, managing a team and leading with impact.
  • Analytical skills with the ability to grasp complex business issues quickly and be able to successfully explain to an independent third party.
  • Proven knowledge of SWIFT usage standards, payment network rules, and both domestic and international payment settlement systems.