Business Execution Associate

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Business Execution Associate. This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and executing business initiatives and programs, as well as serving as advocates for Wells Fargo's vision and business plans across business groups.
In this role, you will:

• Participate in planning and executing a variety of programs, services, and initiatives, and monitor key indicators to ensure effective performance and control management of assigned operations or business groups
• Review basic initiatives including policy or process changes, process improvements, technology enhancements, and conduct regular reviews to identify efficiencies and cost savings opportunities
• Receive direction from leaders and exercise independent judgement while developing an understanding of policies and procedures, best practices, and initiatives
• Collaborate and consult with mid-level managers or cross-functional business partners
• Provide work direction to less experienced Strategy and Execution staff

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ months of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in business execution, business support, governance, risk management, controls, operations, compliance, audit, or related functions.
• Basic understanding of operational risk, control frameworks, governance routines, and issues management practices.
• Experience supporting reporting, metric tracking, scorecards, dashboards, or management updates.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience maintaining procedures, documentation, inventories, or centralized repositories.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and reporting tools.
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and prepare meaningful insights for leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams.

Job Expectations:

• Deliver governance, control, and risk management activities accurately and on time.
• Maintain high-quality documentation, inventories, procedures, and evidence repositories.
• Ensure action items, audit commitments, and remediation activities are actively tracked through closure.
• Support leaders with reporting, governance routines, and risk management deliverables.
• Escalate risks, issues, missed milestones, and dependencies in a timely manner.
• Build effective partnerships with operations, risk, compliance, audit, and business support teams.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, strong ownership, and accountability for assigned deliverables.
• Identify and recommend process improvement opportunities that increase efficiency and strengthen controls.
• Support business initiatives, change management efforts, and ongoing operational excellence activities.
• Consistently operate in accordance with enterprise risk management standards, policies, and governance requirements.

Key Competencies:
Risk & Control Awareness
Governance & Reporting
Issues Management
Documentation Management
Analytical Thinking
Process Improvement
Project Coordination
Stakeholder Management
Communication & Influence
Accountability & Execution
Organization & Prioritization
Posting End Date:
11 Oct 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
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