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Wells Fargo is seeking an Audit Management Senior Manager (AMSM) on our Innovation Audit Team.

The AMSM will be responsible for supporting the strategic direction and implementation of analytics and reporting solutions for our Innovation audit team within the Strategy & Operations team. This position will lead a team of data analytics professionals focused on leading various innovation and analytics development projects across various Internal Audit line of business audit teams to build the most effective data analytics solutions for their risk management needs.

In this role, you will oversee approximately lead team members focused on delivering risk-based, high quality analytics solutions and audits. The ASM will be responsible for leading the strategy, design, and build of new analytics solutions supporting Internal Audit and provide guidance and oversight to ensure the projects are well planned, executed, and reported. The AMSM will be required to work across all Internal Audit teams and with senior level leaders within Internal Audit and our business lines building strong partnerships. He or she will also be expected to lead team members providing feedback, coaching, and development guidance.

Practices supports the entire audit department, providing the framework and methodology, control functions, and overall operational support for employees. Practices looks to continuously enhance processes and policies to ensure Audit is efficient and effective in reaching its goals.

The Innovation team includes analytics professionals focused on building advanced solutions for the department - such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, advanced analytics, and automation. This is accomplished through strong partnerships with the audit teams Practices supports.

Practices is broken out into the following teams:

• Universe and Technology Solutions - Audit Universe, AE Risk Assessments, Change Management Risk Management, AMS, SharePoint, Shared Drives, Data Management, and other technology

• Innovation - Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, Automation, Models, Audit Reporting, LOB Innovation, Operational Innovation

• Professional Practices - Plan & Issue Management, Practices, Audit Policy Library, oversight of Audit's issue management and remediation activities, Validation Review Committee

• Employee Operations - Employee Experience, and Resource Acquisition, Management, & Reporting

• Quality Assurance (QA) - Assess and drive continuous improvement in the quality of Audit execution, QA reviews, aggregation of QA issues, QA reporting, validation of corrective actions, credible challenge, continuous improvement

In this role, you will:

• Manage a team of audit staff responsible for a defined segment of the Audit Plan

• Be responsible for resource management and assisting broader team in overall audit plan completion

• Assess associated risks and controls and complete engagements within their segment of the audit plan

• Plan and organize work in an annual cycle, not just project cycle

• Ensure audit engagements are risk-based, and executed according to Internal Audit policies and guidance

• Build and maintain a proficient team of auditors

• Provide timely feedback, coaching and monitoring of development plans

• Develop and maintain excellent business relationships with leadership and other stakeholders, such as regulatory agencies

• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in Audit

• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of Audit, Risk experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• 3+ years of management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• A BS/BA degree or higher

• Solid knowledge and understanding of audit or risk methodologies and supporting tools

• Strong understanding of financial regulatory environment, Internal Auditing

• Certification in one or more of the following: CPA, CAMS, CRCM, CIA, CISA or

• Experience at a financial institution or accounting firm

• Experience leading and providing feedback to staff on audit projects or engagements

• Experience with Issue Validation and Remediation

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

• Proven experience supervising team members who perform data analytics development

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, drive analytics innovation, credibly challenge and proactively influence risk and control environments

• Experience driving division-wide strategic initiatives preferably within data analytics maturity model

• Experience executing or leading data analysis using SAS, SQL

• Experience driving the use of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

• Experience implementing continuous auditing and monitoring processes

• Ability to quickly evaluate emerging risks, understand impacts to the audit plan and

• implement appropriate adjustments to the audit plan

• Capability of building strong working relationships with peers, the line of business, risk

• management and external stakeholders

• Ability to attract, mentor and develop professionals, including mid-level managers

• Generative AI and Large Language Model experience

• Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members

• GitHub experience

• Experience with search engine libraries, such as, but not limited to Stanford NLP Library or Lucene search engine

• Good analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Job Expectations:

• Lead data and innovation teams and projects;

• Provide strong and innovative leadership in the area of data analytics and reporting;

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of analytics developers;

• Be results driven, detail-oriented, demonstrate strategic thinking and creativity;

• Have strong relationship management, influencing, organizational and execution skills;

• Communicate effectively and ensure that all deliverables are met;

• Be able to take large complex areas and, working with business partners, identify specific actionable analytic opportunities within those areas;

• Be a critical thinker with an innovative mindset, coupled with a track record for leading the development of solutions that are efficient, effective, and essential;

• Lead the development of data-driven analytic capabilities to identify anomalies, outliers, emerging trends and operational risks across the Enterprise;

• Sound decision making abilities and professional skepticism

• Ability to influence risk management practices

• Being flexible to add projects or shift priorities readily and efficiently

• Leading and enthusiastically sharing the benefits of change initiatives

• Ensuring team delivers quality work on projects requiring a high level of detail

• May be considered for a discretionary bonus, Restricted Share Rights, or other long-term incentive awards.

Posting End Date:

20 Feb 2025

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

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Req Number: R-436568