Financial Crime Specialist

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crime Specialist In this role, you will: Participate in complex initiatives and identify opportunity for process improvements within scope of responsibilities Perform risk assessment and modeling to provide input and recommendations for financial crimes strategies and models Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes and internal controls Conduct data and onsite reviews, review findings, determine risk level and recommend fraud prevention strategies Review and assess business, operational, or technical assignments or challenges that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternatives, and exercise independent judgment to guide medium risk deliverables Perform investigative research, root cause evaluation and consulting regarding complex financial crimes transactions, policy violations and suspicious situations with moderate to high risk Perform detailed examination to detect transactional and relationship patterns, trends, anomalies and schemes across multiple businesses or products Act as an escalation point for more complex cases Present recommendations for resolving more complex situations and exercise independent judgment while developing full knowledge proficiency in the function, policies, procedures and compliance requirements Take action on control failures in bank processes and procedures Represent organization in handling court appearances, depositions, mediations, and arbitrations Collaborate and consult with associates on all levels Lead, participate in and provide support for projects and initiatives Provide input to development and delivery of a wide range of individual education for financial crimes awareness Prepare documentation and refer cases for Suspicious Activity, Identity Theft Operations and Suspected Financial Abuse, reports to government agencies and makes recommendations to management

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.