Senior Independent Testing Specialist

Senior Independent Testing Specialist (Finance Risk Management Senior Specialist)

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Independent Testing Specialist (Finance Risk Management Senior Specialist) in Enterprise Finance as part of Independent Testing & Validation. The Senior Independent Testing Specialists (Finance Risk Management Senior Specialist) for Finance will contribute to a high-performing team of testing and validation professionals with subject matter expertise in a financial institution. Finance functions, including but not limited to: financial planning & analysis, cost allocations, stress testing, product control and pricing, international business/regional reporting, Treasury support activities, SEC and regulatory reporting, and internal control frameworks for financial reporting.

In this role, you will:

• Participate in development and maintenance of the Annual Test Plan, and ensure the Plan includes targeted reviews as necessary, based on risk.
• Provide all required updates throughout the year accurately and timely.
• Ensure teams execute testing and validation in an effective manner with high quality, according to IT&V standards and other applicable policies.
• Provide guidance on key scoping decisions including those tied to high-risk items or targeted reviews associated risk levels.
• Provide thoughtful credible challenge internally and to LOBs, cross-enterprise and across other corporate risk programs.
• Contribute to updates to key business stakeholders on the status of the program and potentially on specific reviews where warranted.
• Own relationship and maintain transparency and accuracy with internal audit as well as other internal risk stakeholders, as needed.
• Actively contribute to maintaining a strong risk culture that identifies and provides oversight and escalation of existing and emerging compliance and operational risk issues.
• Create a culture of excellence by proactively attracting, retaining and developing a team of talented and diverse professionals.
• Lead or participate in moderate to high risk or complex review activities in a matrixed environment and communicate emerging risks to management within Independent Testing.
• Contribute to large scale planning related to Independent Testing deliverables.
• Review and research moderately complex potential corrective actions, and follow through on reporting, escalation, and resolution.
• Ensure effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs and controls according to standards and other applicable policies.
• Resolve moderately complex issues and lead team to meet Independent Testing deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of risk management framework and the risk and control environment.
• Collaborate and consult with colleagues, internal partners, management and lines of business regarding risk management.

Required Qualifications, US: 4+ years of Independent Testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired

Qualifications:

Public accounting firm experience in business process, regulatory, or compliance audits and/or business process, regulatory, or advisory/consulting service. Demonstrated success with influencing business units to identify, formulate and implement processes/procedures to mitigate risk. Demonstrated negotiation skills, especially with difficult topics when partnering with lines of business.