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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Control Management Officer to support Governance Committees as part of Consumer Lending in the Control Management organization.

The group provides leadership, enhances communications, assists with problem identification and solutions, and shares best practices. In addition, the group provides an enterprise-wide view of risk, assists management in identifying and monitoring risks that may affect multiple lines of business, and takes appropriate action when business activities exceed the risk tolerance of the company.

In this role, you will:

• Serving as Committee secretary for the Consumer Lending (CL) line of business governance Risk Committees and CL Councils with Regulatory Councils.

• Create governance routines to maintain committee charters, materials, minutes, escalations, calendars, and approvals. Including adherence to procedure and protocol governance.

• Provide guidance to executive-level leaders and Control Leaders to assist in the preparation of materials for the committee and council meetings.

• Work with CL teams to identify relevant risk themes and key topics, then ensure those topics are covered within the committees and council meetings.

• Maintain a relationship with Corporate Risk (Chief Risk Officers) and BCMs (Business Control Managers) to ensure committee expectations are completed in accordance with company and alignment with required tools and templates.

• Serve as the point of contact for answering questions from senior leaders, committee participants and committee content providers regarding presentations, committee processes and requirements.

• Facilitate and participate in preparatory calls and meetings with committee stakeholders and senior leaders to discuss agenda items, review materials and address any ad-hoc or outstanding requests.

• Provide guidance and communicate all post-meeting action items, material feedback and relevant follow-ups to all impacted committee participants and committee content providers.

• Track and follow up on all key-takeaways and/or action items from either; i) pre-meeting discussions with directors or senior risk leaders ii) the relevant committee meeting , or iii) post-meeting discussion with directors or senior leaders

• Partner with executive and support liaisons and governance committee secretaries across CL as needed for additional follow-ups, action items, escalations, or agenda items.

• Contribute to and ensure adherence to all relevant policies, standards, manuals, tools and templates and/or procedural updates relating to Committees, including the Committees Policy.

Required Qualifications, US:

• 5+ years of Risk Management or Control Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working on a Risk Governance Committee and understanding requirements of formal committee.

• Ability to work and communicate with and challenge company senior management and company risk leaders within the committee context.

• Ability to influence key partners and key executives to accomplish desired results.

• Strong writing skills with the ability to take complicated topics and translate into an easily readable document.

• Experience reviewing and interpreting reports in support of committee action items.

• Experience supporting senior level leaders/executives

• Ability to manage initiatives including detailed planning, process management, and documentation.

• Ability to effectively partner and influence at the executive level

• Consumer Lending experience

• Financial Services industry experience

• Strong risk management leadership skills

• Ability to handle confidential material in a professional manner

• Ability to communicate effectively, in both written and verbal formats, with senior executive-level leaders

• Ability to prepare management level presentations

• Ability to facilitate meetings with senior executives

• Strong project management experience

Job Expectations:

Please Note: Candidate(s) will be required to work at one of the following Wells Fargo locations:

• Charlotte, NC; Des Moines, IA; Chandler, AZ; Phoenix, AZ; Minneapolis, MN; Dallas, TX; Irving, TX

• Must be able to meet hybrid in office expectations. Relocation assistance is not available for this role

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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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