Wells Fargo is seeking a Sr. Compliance Specialist
In this role, you will:
- Establish, implement and maintain risk standards and programs to drive compliance with federal, state, agency, legal and regulatory and Corporate Policy requirements
- Oversee the Front Line's execution and challenges appropriately on compliance related decisions
- Provide oversight and monitoring of risk-based compliance programs
- Develop and oversee standards
- Provide subject matter expertise with comprehensive knowledge of business and functional area
- Provide compliance risk expertise and consulting for projects and initiatives with moderate risk for a business line or functional area
- Monitor reporting, escalation, and timely remediation of issues, deficiencies or regulatory matters regarding compliance risk management
- Provide direction to the business on developing corrective action plans and effectively managing regulatory change
- Provide compliance risk expertise
- Consult for projects and initiatives with moderate risk for a business line
- Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development
- Provide direction to the business on developing corrective action plans and effectively managing regulatory change
- Report findings and make recommendations to management appropriate committees
- Interpret policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
- Work with complex business units, rules and regulations on moderate risk compliance matters
- Receive direction from leaders and exercise independent judgment while developing the knowledge to understand function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
- 4+ years of Compliance experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 4+ years of experience in QA, UAT, SDLC, and test automation, preferably in compliance or regulated domains.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Playwright automation (TypeScript or Python) and Selenium, including framework development and regression suite automation.
- Advanced proficiency in Power Apps and Power Automate for process automation and workflow optimization.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor small teams (2-3 members), driving delivery excellence.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and SDLC best practices.
- Hands-on experience applying Gen AI solutions in UAT/QA or SDLC lifecycle (e.g., AI-driven test scenario generation, automation, or analytics).
- Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Lead and mentor a team of 2-3 UAT/QA specialists, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Develop, maintain, and optimize automation frameworks and smoke/regression suites for 20+ applications.
- Design and execute UAT plans, test strategies, and signoffs for compliance technology implementations.
- Partner with business and testing teams to ensure test scripts accurately reflect business processes.
- Drive automation using Playwright, Selenium, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Gen AI tools.
- Track and triage application defects, ensuring timely resolution and communication with stakeholders.
- Author complex test scenarios, cases, and scripts; support training and documentation updates.
- Continuously research and adopt new automation tools, techniques, and best practices.
- Communicate test results, risks, and status to stakeholders in a clear, concise manner.
- Experience in Banking or Financial Services domain (2-3 years preferred).
- Deep knowledge of test automation (Playwright)methodologies, frameworks, and enterprise quality engineering transformation.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD, code reviews, secure coding, and code coverage practices.
- Familiarity with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and hybrid functional/automation testing.
- Ability to quickly understand business processes and map application functions.
- Experience in building automation workflows using Power Automate
- Proficient level understanding and working experience on Power Platform
- Proficient Level experience in design and develop custom business apps (Canvas Apps, SharePoint Form Apps, Model Driven Apps
2 Dec 2025
*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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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $2.0 trillion in assets. We provide a diversified set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth & Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 33 on Fortune’s 2025 rankings of America’s largest corporations.
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