Lead Independent Testing Officer - Vice President - Issue Validation and Control Testing

Lead Independent Testing Officer - Vice President - Issue Validation and Control Testing

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Independent Testing Officer - Vice President, Issue Validation and Control Testing

In this role, you will:

• Lead or participate in Issue Validation of 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
• Lead complex initiatives executing moderate to high risk or complex review activities and engagements in a matrixed environment
• Communicate emerging risks with broad impact and act as key participant in large scale planning for Independent Testing
• Develop and design methodologies and standards for review activities across the enterprise in alignment with the risk management framework
• Make decisions in complex situations requiring solid understanding of risk management framework and the risk and control environment that influence and lead enterprise testing to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Collaborate and consult with Audit, Legal, external agencies, and regulatory bodies to resolve risk related topics
• Lead project teams and mentor individuals

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Independent Testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• BBA, B.Com, BBM, M.Com, MBA or equivalent degree (Accounting, Information Systems, Business Management, Finance, Business Administration)
• Good Experience in Internal Audit, Compliance & Operational Risk Testing, Issue & Action Plan Validations.
• Experience with risk management tools.
• Ability to develop and foster partnerships and influence change.
• Adaptable to a dynamic work environment with multiple priorities and strict timelines and able to organize for responsiveness and efficiency.
• May serve in either a control script execution and/or review lead capacity, participating in review activity engagements in a matrixed environment, and communicating emerging risks to management. Completes review activities on schedule.
• Raises schedule delays to the review activity lead.
• Escalates any potential issues discovered during the completion of review activities to a review lead, and follows through on reporting, escalation, and resolution.
• Completes all documentation under supervision and appropriately retains all work papers, (testing schedule, templates, work-papers, deferrals, deviations, etc.).
• Supports and implements initiatives with low to moderate risk. Internal interaction with team to support risk oversight and monitoring. Limited to no external interaction.
• Works independently; does not manage other team members.
• Proven ability to work within a team environment as well as individual accountability.
• Experience working knowledge in large complex organizations
• Understanding of US banking regulatory requirements
• Tools/Systems needed: Microsoft Excel, Visio, and Word

Posting End Date: 

21 Aug 2024

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

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