About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crimes Associate Manager.
In this role, you will:
- Supervise entry to mid level roles in transactional or tactical less complex tasks and processes to ensure timely completion, quality and compliance
- Manage the implementation of procedures, controls, analytics and trend analysis to ensure identification, prevention execution, detection, investigation, recovery, government and internal reporting of financial crime activity
- Maintain awareness of financial crimes activity companywide and ensure all issues are proactively addressed, and escalated where necessary
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, and FACTA
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and risk control development in less complex functions
- Manage a risk based financial crimes program or functional area with low to moderate risk and complexity
- Lead implementation of multiple complex initiatives with low to moderate risk
- Make supervisory and tactical decisions and resolve issues related to team supervision, work allocation and daily operations under direction of functional area management
- Leverage interpretation of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers
- Ensure coordination with team, line of business, other business units, Audit, and regulators on risk related topics
- Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Financial Crimes
- Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years of Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 1+ years of Leadership experience
- Experience in Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, education
- Leadership experience
Desired Qualifications:
- Anti -Money Laundering (AML) / Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) experience including strong knowledge and understanding of transaction monitoring.
- Experience leading a team responsible for conducting Financial Crimes/ AML / KYC related research, analyzing the results of the research, and summarizing the results of the research and analysis in a clear and concise manner.
- Proven and demonstrated leadership skills including relationship building, partnering and collaboration skills.
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to identify, cross-reference, and articulate ambiguous information and act accordingly.
- Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities.
- Ability to think strategically, implement, and deliver business objectives.
- Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) skills
- ACAMS/ICA certification
Job Expectations:
Posting End Date:
16 May 2026
*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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