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Senior Financial Crime Specialist

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Accounting & Finance
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Posted on Jan 7, 2025

About this role:
As a part of Wells Fargo's second line of defense and Independent Risk Management team, Financial Crimes Risk Management covers jobs responsible for implementing and maintaining an effective financial crimes program for the company that complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations including Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorist Financing, and Global Sanctions.

Wells Fargo is seeking a Sr. Financial Crimes Specialist.
In this role you will:

• Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within functional area and contribute to large-scale planning related to functional area deliverables

• Investigate, research, examine, and report complex financial crimes transactions, policy violations and suspicious situations with high levels of risk

• Perform analysis to detect patterns, trends, anomalies and schemes in transactions and relationships across multiple businesses or products

• Perform risk evaluation and provide input and recommendations for financial crimes strategies and models

• Perform investigative research, root cause assessment and consulting regarding highly 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

• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and mid-level managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

• Lead projects or serve as a mentor for less experienced staff

• Develop and deliver a wide range of training for individuals involved in Financial Crimes Investigations

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



Desired Qualifications:
Anti -Money Laundering (AML) / Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) experience including strong knowledge and understanding of transaction monitoring.
Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) skills

Posting End Date:

7 Jan 2025

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

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At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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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