Senior Lead - Data Platform Controls Governance
Wells Fargo
Job Description
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Data Management Analyst in Corporate and Investment Banking ('CIB') to join the Data Platforms team, a subunit of the CIB Data Management organization.
In this role, you will:
- Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence objectives, plans, specifications, resources, and long-term goals for highly complex business and technical needs
- Design and conduct highly complex analysis to identify and remediate data quality or integrity issues and to identify and remediate process or control gaps
- Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking
- Evaluate data quality metrics and data quality audits to benchmark the state of data quality
- Provide vision, direction, and expertise to senior leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
- Recommend remediation of process or control gaps that align to management strategy
- Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
- Represent client in cross-functional groups to develop companywide data governance strategies
- Partner with groups companywide to coordinate and drive collaboration on solution design and remediation execution
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of Data Management, Business Analysis, Analytics, or Project Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- Lead Controls and Governance function for Data Platforms group within CIB.
- Identify, assess, evaluate current inventory of business and shared service data quality controls.
- Lead compliance of Data platforms’ control procedures, governance and documentation with the RCSA and Enterprise policy and guidance.
- Liaise with Data Product owners, technology leads, data operations, business control and other functions to ensure remediation, and corrective actions are closed as per compliance.
- Execute and document work in accordance with Wells Fargo Data Governance and Adherence, and Business Controls and policy and guidance.
- Identify and develop compensating controls that mitigate findings from Audit/COSO/ITV/EBCE, and make recommendations to management
- Inform manager of situational issues that might compromise objectivity or independence
- Design and execute tests to verify control effectiveness
- Document work papers according to the standards of the RCSA, Enterprise policy and guidance
- Demonstrate professional skepticism while performing major components of control
- Develop effective test plans for engagements as assigned with limited guidance
- Adhere to data governance standards and procedures.
- Understand the business application development and change management roadmap in partnership with current business and technology application owners, providing insight into potential risks, compliance implications or control gaps.
- Identify new or emerging risks brought upon by business application enhancements, implementations, or sunsets.
- Participate in moderately complex programs and initiatives related to data quality, governance, and metadata activities.
- Influence, guide and lead less experienced staff within the group.
- Make decisions in complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of data governance standards and procedures.
- Lead data focused project teams and mentor less experienced staff members.
Job Expectations:
- University degree in Business or related discipline.
- 7+ years of Audit, Risk experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- Experience with applying and executing, reviewing controls or assurance with business processes
- 7+ years of financial services or financial services management consulting experience
- Experience working within Corporate and Investment Banking, ideally within the front office, business support, business control management, data management, governance or operations.
- Knowledge and understanding of Corporate and Investment Banking business functions, processes, and workflows.
- Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment; history of building effective partnerships with peers and colleagues.
- Ability to present complex material in an audience appropriate and consumable manner to various levels of the organization. Special emphasis on the interaction between product, technology, and business control teams.
- Deep knowledge and appreciation of controls, audit, or risk methodologies and supporting tools
- Well versed with business controls, procedures. governance requirements for platforms/applications to adhere with.
- Strong understanding of financial regulatory environment, it’s implication and impact on business controls, governance for platforms/applications.
- Experience handling Issue Validation, Remediation, and liaison directly or indirectly.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to summarize and recommend new strategies/solution.
- Experience in Business Controls, Audit, Compliance, Risk and testing.
- Experience presenting status in a manner that informs, and enhances understanding at all levels
- High Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong organizational, multi-tasking and prioritization skills.
- Certification in one or more of the following: CPA, CAMS, CRCM, CIA, CISA or Commissioned Bank Examiner designation (THIS COULD BE OPTIONAL)
Posting End Date:
10 May 2025*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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