Senior Financial Crimes Specialist, Financial Crimes Intelligence Team

Wells Fargo

. Utilize internal and external data to provide insights, develop analytical strategies, and provide analytical support regarding a wide array of business initiatives in the Financial Crimes space.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeCharlotte • Arizona, Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $87,000 - $168,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

OracleSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Utilize internal and external data to provide insights, develop analytical strategies, and provide analytical support regarding a wide array of business initiatives in the Financial Crimes space.
Partner with business and technical groups to design and implement analytic solutions; provide influence and leadership in the identification of new tools and methods to analyze data.
Perform detailed analysis to detect transactional and relationship risk insights, trends, anomalies and schemes across multiple businesses or products.
Lead exploratory transactional reviews to scope target populations, managing and coordinating partner feedback and reviewing risk presentations that require visibility from senior management and governance.
Lead and support interactions with internal and external partners to advance intelligence initiatives and information sharing involving AML, CFT, and Fraud typologies and relevant industry risks and trends.
Maintain awareness of and accountability to global financial crimes risks and trends and geopolitical events impacting Wells Fargo business operations.
Perform investigative research, root cause assessment and consulting regarding highly complex financial crimes transactions, policy violations and suspicious situations with moderate to high risk.
Partners with key stakeholders to develop strategies to identify and mitigate financial crimes risk at an enterprise level through innovative analysis.
Leads projects, teams or functions as a subject-matter expert to less experienced team members and partners.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
Corporate Risk Experience
SQL Query Writing, preferably in Teradata or Oracle environments
Understanding of BSA/AML/OFAC laws and regulations and experience with practical application in a financial crimes risk program
Experience with PowerBI, Tableau, or other business intelligence and analytics tools.
Previous intelligence experience in the private, military, or government sectors.
Experience with empirical research methods in quantitative fields such as statistics, finance, economics, or social sciences.
Strong understanding of Wells Fargo AML policy/procedures, higher risk customers, and complex business models.
Active Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and/or Certified Fraud Examiner
Experience successfully influencing, leading, and negotiating with executives, senior business leaders and partners to gain commitment to accomplish business goals
Ability to think strategically, implement, and deliver business objectives
Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand environment while balancing multiple priorities
Advanced MS Excel with the ability to manage extremely large and complex sets of transactional data.
Strong ability to develop partnerships and collaborate across groups.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health benefits
401(k) Plan
Paid time off
Disability benefits
Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
Parental leave
Critical caregiving leave
Discounts and savings
Commuter benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Scholarships for dependent children
Adoption reimbursement

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQL Query WritingTeradataOraclePowerBITableauempirical research methodsstatisticsfinanceeconomicsadvanced MS Excel

Soft Skills

influencingleadingnegotiatingstrategic thinkingimplementationdelivery of business objectivesexecuting in fast paced environmentsbalancing multiple prioritiesdeveloping partnershipscommunication skills

Certifications

Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)Certified Fraud Examiner