Risk Analytics Consultant

Job Description
About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Risk Analytics Consultant. We are looking for a mid-level Data & Insights professional to build, operate, and continuously improve business-critical reporting and analytics. You will own Power BI datasets and dashboards end-to-end-spanning data ingestion, processing/cleansing, validation, and insight generation-while rigorously adhering to risk, control, and governance standards (e.g., change management, access, documentation, and release gating across Dev/UAT/Prod).
In this role, you will:

• Participate in less complex analysis and modeling initiatives, and identify opportunity for process production, data reconciliation, and model documentation improvements within Risk Management
• Review and analyze programing models to extract data, and manipulate databases to provide statistical and financial modeling, and exercise independent judgment to guide new and existing projects with medium risk deliverables
• Coordinate and consolidate the production of monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reports for more experienced management
• Present recommendations for resolving data reconciliation, production, and database issues
• Exercise independent judgment while developing expertise in policy governance, risk projects, and regulatory requests
• Collaborate and consult with peers, managers, experienced managers, compliance, including various lines of business

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Risk Analytics 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 BI/analytics or reporting in a corporate/risk environment; comfortable operating as a mid-level professional (P2).
• Strong hands-on Tableau, Power BI (DAX, Power Query M, model design), SQL, and Excel.
• Proven experience with data validation/reconciliation, test evidence, and UAT/release cycles.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into metrics, visuals, and insights; strong communication/storytelling.
• Working knowledge of JIRA (epics, stories, boards, sprint ceremonies).

• Experience running BI assets through Dev/UAT/Prod environments with version control and structured procedure docs / runbooks.
• Familiarity with data governance (lineage, glossary, RLS, certified datasets) and peer review practices.
• Exposure to risk and controls in financial services (e.g., KRIs/KPIs, reconciliation standards, release approvals).

Job Expectations:
Reporting:

• Design, develop, and maintain Tableau and Power BI datasets, semantic models, and reports (DAX, Power Query M), optimizing for performance, usability, and reliability.
• Implement row-level security, certified datasets, and dashboard usage monitoring to drive adoption and trust.
• Coordinate UAT, manage deployments, and perform post-release validation using a structured Dev → UAT → Prod workflow with version control.

Data Processing, Cleansing & Validation

• Build robust data preparation pipelines (Power Query/SQL) with standardized profiling, cleansing, and transformation rules.
• Establish data quality controls (reconciliation checks, threshold alerts, outlier detection) and maintain validation packs / evidence for audits and release approvals.

Insights & Decision Support

• Translate business questions into metrics, KPIs/KRIs, and analytical views; surface trends, exceptions, and root causes with crisp narratives.
• Partner with product/process owners to prioritize value, quantify impact, and recommend actions supported by data.

Risk, Controls & Governance

• Adhere to enterprise governance: change & release management, access management, documentation standards, and peer reviews.
• Maintain data lineage, glossary/definitions, and control inventories for reports and datasets; ensure timely periodic attestations and operational runbooks are current.
• Drive evidence-based compliance (tests, sign-offs, E2E traceability) for each release cycle.

Delivery Management (JIRA / Agile)

• Use JIRA to manage the backlog: write clear epics/stories, define acceptance criteria, track sprints, and reconcile story status with release notes.
• Provide transparent status, risks, and dependencies; engage stakeholders during planning, reviews, and retros.

Posting End Date:
5 Feb 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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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.
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