Senior Financial Controls Analyst - Governance & Oversight
About the position
About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong understanding of financial and regulatory reporting governance and controls to join our Governance and Oversight team as a subject matter expert (SME). The Governance and Oversight team has enterprise-wide exposure to key stakeholders within the external financial and regulatory reporting infrastructure and is a component of the Enterprise Controls & Oversight group that reports to the Corporate Controller. The team supports the company’s on-going objective of maintaining an industry leading financial and regulatory reporting control environment and is responsible for the following directives: Providing meaningful assessments of the current financial and regulatory reporting control environment, including internal control over the Company’s financial and regulatory reporting environment Development, governance and oversight of Wells Fargo & Company’s COSO based policies for internal controls over financial and regulatory reporting. Strategic planning to maintain industry leading financial and regulatory reporting governance and control polices and proactive anticipation of internal control related matters Understand significant products and classes of transactions, including key risks and controls tested by COSO and sources of information (including Significant applications) which feed financial and regulatory reporting Monitoring new and emerging internal control and regulatory reporting related guidance and Providing consultation and subject matter expertise for process and control related matters, including evaluating severity of control deficiencies and related remediation efforts Providing process and control support and thought leadership for EC&O sponsored projects, including supporting evaluation of data quality impacting reporting and development, governance, and oversight of related data quality controls and testing Interfacing with regulators, Corporate Finance, Treasury and other stakeholders on control related matters Acting as a change agent for continual improvement of the control environment In this role, you will:
Responsibilities
• Consult with the line of business and enterprise functions on financial or regulatory reporting governance, controls, and oversight matters
• Participate in planning and execution strategy of large, complex testing and monitoring initiatives or provide oversight with respect to testing and monitoring involving most complex subject matter or control areas
• Provide technical interpretation on various matters in building and adopting best practices within the functional area
• Lead implementation of complex projects or initiatives with companywide impact
• Communicate and provide strategic consultation to more experienced leadership throughout the enterprise
• Provide technical interpretation of guidelines or report results of the most complex elements of the company’s policy, governance and oversight framework
• Lead initiatives around process design, identification of important risk points, evaluating severity of control deficiencies and monitoring of related remediation efforts
• Provide process and control support and leadership for governance and oversight related projects
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
Requirements
• 4+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Reporting or Business and Technology Audit experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Nice-to-haves
• A Master of Business Administration or designation as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is preferred
• 3+ years of Big Four public accounting experience
• Financial services industry experience
• Highly refined and professional verbal and written communications
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory agencies: Federal Reserve and OCC
• Audit or internal controls testing experience
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
• Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important
Benefits
• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement
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About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong understanding of financial and regulatory reporting governance and controls to join our Governance and Oversight team as a subject matter expert (SME). The Governance and Oversight team has enterprise-wide exposure to key stakeholders within the external financial and regulatory reporting infrastructure and is a component of the Enterprise Controls & Oversight group that reports to the Corporate Controller. The team supports the company’s on-going objective of maintaining an industry leading financial and regulatory reporting control environment and is responsible for the following directives: Providing meaningful assessments of the current financial and regulatory reporting control environment, including internal control over the Company’s financial and regulatory reporting environment Development, governance and oversight of Wells Fargo & Company’s COSO based policies for internal controls over financial and regulatory reporting. Strategic planning to maintain industry leading financial and regulatory reporting governance and control polices and proactive anticipation of internal control related matters Understand significant products and classes of transactions, including key risks and controls tested by COSO and sources of information (including Significant applications) which feed financial and regulatory reporting Monitoring new and emerging internal control and regulatory reporting related guidance and Providing consultation and subject matter expertise for process and control related matters, including evaluating severity of control deficiencies and related remediation efforts Providing process and control support and thought leadership for EC&O sponsored projects, including supporting evaluation of data quality impacting reporting and development, governance, and oversight of related data quality controls and testing Interfacing with regulators, Corporate Finance, Treasury and other stakeholders on control related matters Acting as a change agent for continual improvement of the control environment In this role, you will:
Responsibilities
• Consult with the line of business and enterprise functions on financial or regulatory reporting governance, controls, and oversight matters
• Participate in planning and execution strategy of large, complex testing and monitoring initiatives or provide oversight with respect to testing and monitoring involving most complex subject matter or control areas
• Provide technical interpretation on various matters in building and adopting best practices within the functional area
• Lead implementation of complex projects or initiatives with companywide impact
• Communicate and provide strategic consultation to more experienced leadership throughout the enterprise
• Provide technical interpretation of guidelines or report results of the most complex elements of the company’s policy, governance and oversight framework
• Lead initiatives around process design, identification of important risk points, evaluating severity of control deficiencies and monitoring of related remediation efforts
• Provide process and control support and leadership for governance and oversight related projects
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
Requirements
• 4+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Reporting or Business and Technology Audit experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Nice-to-haves
• A Master of Business Administration or designation as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is preferred
• 3+ years of Big Four public accounting experience
• Financial services industry experience
• Highly refined and professional verbal and written communications
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory agencies: Federal Reserve and OCC
• Audit or internal controls testing experience
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
• Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important
Benefits
• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement
Apply Now
Apply Now