About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Institutional Investment Operations Specialist.
In this role, you will:
- Assist in lifecycle support for institutional trade flow.
- Manage client account onboarding, cash payments, customer service, funding operations, custodial operations, securities settlement services, structured loan operations, general ledger reconciliation, as well as, work to resolve confirmation and ISDA related issues
- Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables.
- Contribute to large scale planning related to process, procedures and efficiencies with internal and industry related initiatives.
- Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development.
- Provide leadership to bring groups together to resolve multi-faceted complex issues
- Serve as a leader on projects along with internal and industry related initiatives.
- Review and analyze complex functional and operational tasks that require in-depth evaluation.
- Exercise independent judgment and resolution to guide the deliverable.
- Resolve moderately complex issues.
- Lead team to meet functional area projects, and process deliverables.
- Leverage solid understanding of functions, policies, procedures and compliance requirements.
- Mentor and assist analysts.
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years of Institutional Investment Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in Capital Market operations/middle office operations into the trade life cycle of static data, confirmations, settlements, reconciliations and investigations.
- Good amount of working experience in the product classes like FX, equity, fixed income with the functional expertise of brokerage, broker dealer services.
Job Expectations:
- Understanding Capital Markets and the different product taxonomies within the business segments (FX, Derivatives, Brokerage).
- Knowing Risk function deliverables like Key Risks & Controls and the testing thereof
- Moderate experience in Operational risk, specifically identifying and assessing the Key risks, Key Controls, and key risk indicators.
- English language proficiency. Ability to work nights.
- Understanding of the process’s flows, process gaps and controls associated with a Capital Market operations/middle office operations.
- Knowledge of BCP and Risk Mgt.
- Be required to have Capital Markets experience
- Be responsible for executing the Process review and Enhancement (PRE) Self Inspection program (SIP),
- Responsible for weekly production of WFS Operations metric program.
- Assisting in delivering the periodic risk and control routines, where most of the interactions are with Senior leadership, Control, Compliance partners across US and India
- A thorough understanding in reference to CIB organizational policies and procedures is required to simplify and socialize with the teams for an improved adoption and adherence. Eg: Personal Investment Policy, Information Barrier Policy, Required Absence for Sensitive positions policy, FINRA rule 1420.
- Successful candidates will need to build and manage cross-functional, cross-organizational relationships through consistent collaboration.
- The individual will also work with technical and operational partners throughout WFS.
- Candidate is expected understand operational incidents/events(ICT) and should be capable to run through the root causes with business team’s assistance. Good Written skills are very much needed.
Posting End Date:
1 May 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
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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