Financial Controls Manager
Wells Fargo
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Irving • Minnesota, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $119,000 - $206,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage a team performing testing and issue monitoring activities covering internal controls over financial and regulatory reporting
- Partner with process owners, control owners, and technology to document significant in-scope processes according to Wells Fargo’s Financial Reporting Governance & Control Policy
- Assess the completeness and appropriateness of key risks and controls
- Provide guidance and participate in walkthroughs of significant processes
- Provide guidance and oversight of COSO testing of key controls, including design effectiveness assessments and operating effectiveness testing
- Review and challenge documentation of control deficiencies, including assessing root cause, unmitigated impact, and sustainability of corrective actions
- Analyze severity of control deficiencies and their impact to internal controls over financial and regulatory reporting
- Create and deliver reporting on status and internal control related topics to executive leadership
- Manage allocation of people and financial resources
- Mentor and guide the development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent
- Interface with external auditors, regulators, and other stakeholders on internal control matters
- Build relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders in the applicable line of business and IT functions
- Assist with facilitating group-wide training to interested and impacted stakeholders
- Sponsor or lead special projects related to department practices and/or emerging control matters
- Act as a change agent for continual improvement of the internal control environment
Requirements
- 4+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Reporting or Business and Technology Audit experience (or equivalent via work experience, training, military experience, education)
- 2+ years of leadership experience
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation (desired)
- 4+ years of Accounting, Audit, or Controls Testing experience (desired)
- Big four public accounting experience (desired)
- Experience assessing, testing, and documenting financial and/or regulatory risks and controls and leading teams that perform these assessments
- Executive relationship management skills; ability to negotiate difficult positions without harming relationships
- Experience integrating offshore and/or third-party resources into testing organization (desired)
- Knowledge of Accounting Operations, Corporate and Investment Banking, and/or Wealth and Investment Management (desired)
- Knowledge and understanding of regulatory agencies such as the Federal Reserve and OCC
- Ability to manage effectively in a matrixed organization
- Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
- Must be able to work onsite
- Required to work in the listed locations
- VISA sponsorship not available for this role.
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial reportinginternal controlsCOSO testingcontrols testingrisk assessmentdocumentationdata analysisreportingauditaccounting
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringrelationship managementnegotiationcollaborationcommunicationprioritizationtime managementproblem-solvingchange management
Certifications
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)