About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Crimes Due Diligence Consultant within the Corporate Politically Exposed Person (PEP) Team. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

In this role, you will:

• Making determinations on PEP status, assessing PEP risk levels, understanding complex PEP customers and networks, and documenting rationale related to PEP.

• Drive successful results and continual process improvement

• Review and analyze PEP processes or challenges that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternatives

• Exercise independent judgment to guide low to medium risk deliverables

• Present recommendations and exercise independent judgment while developing expertise in the PEP function, policies, procedures and compliance requirements.

• Own client onboarding process to mitigate risk through a due diligence process

• Participate in conducting less complex client due diligence processes, research and identify opportunities to mitigate risk

• Consult and provide support to interpret policies, guidelines and governance programs

• Support business in execution of due diligence reporting processes and controls

• Review and analyze client onboarding processes or challenges that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternatives

• Exercise independent judgment to guide medium risk deliverables

• Aggregate, evaluate and report results and escalate where necessary

• Present recommendations for resolving more complex situations and exercise independent judgment while developing expertise in the due diligence function, policies, procedures and compliance requirements

• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, managers and internal and external customers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Due Diligence experience, or equivalent (including risk management, client service, operations support, or business process management) demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years BSA/AML experience

• BS/BA degree or higher

• Experience supporting a Political Exposed Persons (PEP) program by making determinations on a Political Exposed Persons (PEP) status and assessing PEP risk

• Experience conducting Financial Crimes related research, analyzing the results of the research, and summarizing the results of the research and analysis in a clear and concise manner

• Experience with interpreting and analyzing PEP related World Check and World Compliance reports

• The candidate must demonstrate strong assessment and analytical capabilities, including the ability to critically evaluate information, identify patterns and trends, and make data-informed decisions

• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) 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 think strategically, implement, and deliver business objectives

• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities

• Operates independently with supervision support, and effectively manages work requests to meet performance expectations

• Ability to operate effectively at both a conceptual level and a detailed level

• Proven experience building partnerships, collaborating, and influencing key stakeholders

• Ability to collaborate with geographically dispersed teams

• Ability to navigate through ambiguity and maintain momentum driving for results and clarity in uncertain situations