Senior Lead Independent Testing Officer

1 week ago

Minneapolis, United States WELLS FARGO BANK Full time
About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Independent Testing Officer in Independent Testing & Validation (IT&V) as part of Corporate Risk. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com .

The Independent Testing & Validation team is responsible for the development and design of methodologies and standards for review activities across the Enterprise in alignment with the Risk Management Framework and ensuring effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs, risks, and controls according to standards and other applicable policies.

Senior Lead Independent Testing Officer to support the testing and validation team for Data Management and Insights; Strategy Digital and Innovation; and Technology. This individual will provide strategic support for testers by gathering requirements and delivering data needs and detailed analysis for their organization. Responsible for oversight Data Management and Insights testing. Individual will oversee independent testing and validation within required timeframes and in accordance with established processes and procedures. Professional will facilitate an efficient and valued testing and validation review process and escalate at-risk engagements and issue validations to CTSD&I TechDMISDI Leadership.

In this role, you will:
  • Foster strong relationships with team and collaborate across other all Corp Risk, LOB, and IT&V teams effectively.
  • Plan and oversee annual and RCSA-based testing within required timeframes and in accordance with established processes and procedures included in the Independent Monitoring, Testing and Validation Policy.
  • Provide subject-matter expertise for Data Management & Insights to testing teams.
  • Effectively communicate the testing and validation process, status, and results to business and risk partners.
  • Provide credible challenge and recommendations resulting from testing and validation work to risk and business partners.
  • Facilitate an efficient and valued testing and validation review process.
  • Track, maintain, and provide testing and issue validation schedule to management and stakeholders.
  • Perform Risk & Control Self-Assessments (RCSA)- based testing and provide credible challenge to front-line on risk assessments and Evidence Based Control Evaluations (EBCEs) performed.
  • Maintain authoritative knowledge and understanding of laws and regulations, regulatory guidance, policy and procedure concerning all operational risk functions reviewed.
  • Ensure appropriate resource allocation for testing and validation within testing team.
  • Identify learning & development opportunities to enhance subject-matter expertise across the team.
  • Escalates any potential issues discovered during the completion of review activities to the review lead. Identifies potential corrective actions, and follows through on reporting, escalation, and resolution. Provides thoughtful independent credible challenge internally and to supported lines of business.
  • Ensure all Testing and Validation documentation is completed per standards and appropriately retains all work papers (testing schedule, templates, work-papers, deferrals, deviations, etc.). Assesses, documents and communicates trends on emerging risks, themes, and identified issues.
  • Proactively raises schedule delays to Testing Director with proposed resolution plans. Creates forecasts for testing and validations and consults on scheduling and capacity planning across the team.
  • Ensure effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs, risks, and controls according to standards and other applicable policies.
  • Lead implementation of complex initiatives with high risk, generally spanning multiple business lines.
  • Lead high risk or complex review activity engagements in a matrixed environment, and communicate emerging risks to management.
  • Create schedules for control reviews and consults on scheduling and capacity planning across the team.
  • Assess, document, and communicate trends on emerging risks, themes, and identified issues.
  • Partner with internal business and other business units, audit, legal, regulators, and industry partners on risk related topics.
  • Lead project or virtual teams.
Required Qualifications:
  • 7+ years of Independent Testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
Desired Qualifications:
  • 7+ years of experience in risk management (Includes compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, audit, legal, credit risk, market risk, IT systems security, business process management) or 7+ years of financial services industry experience, of which 7+ years must include direct experience in risk management.
  • Knowledge and understanding of audit, regulatory compliance, or risk management.
  • Experience with RCSA-based testing and subject-matter expertise in Chief Operating Office and Data Management & Insights lines of business.
  • Ability to negotiate, influence, and collaborate to build successful relationship.
  • Ability to exercise independent judgement to identify and resolve problems.
  • Experience within with Shared Risk Platform (SHRP).
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to articulate complex concepts in a clear manner.
  • Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment.
  • Considers a broad range of issues in making decisions and holds oneself accountable for delivering on commitments and renegotiating when needed.
  • Proficiently balances tasks and concerns for people's needs.
  • Expertly builds constructive and effective relationships.
  • Can expertly evaluate both the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, systems and internal controls, while analyzing business and/or systems changes to determine impact.
Job Expectations:
  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
  • Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening.
Posting Locations:
  • 401 S Tryon Street - Charlotte, NC
  • 600 S 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN
  • 1N Jefferson Avenue - St Louis, MO
  • 800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA
  • 1150 W Washington Street, Tempe, AZ
  • 250 E John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, TX
Posting End Date:
11 Sep 2024
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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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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