Lead Independent Testing Officer

2 weeks ago


Bengaluru, Karnataka, India WELLS FARGO BANK Full time
About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a highly skilled Lead Independent Testing Officer to join our team.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading timely and high-quality validation activities, identifying issues, and recommending corrective actions. You will also be responsible for presenting results of validation reviews, interfacing with business partners, and writing reports.

The ideal candidate will possess strong risk acumen and functional knowledge of procedures, risks, controls, compliance, testing, assessment of findings, escalation, and reporting. They will also have experience in risk management, including control testing, compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, internal audit, and business process management.

The Lead Independent Testing Officer will lead multiple engagements with assigned testing resources in a matrixed environment as an individual contributor. They will validate highly complex remediations and possess strong knowledge of risk profiles of engagement reviews' subject matter.

The successful candidate will lead planning and scoping activities and assessment of adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, systems, and control environments. They will also ensure market/business/regulatory changes are incorporated and determine engagement's scope and approach for engagement management approval.

The Lead Independent Testing Officer will lead engagement execution activities, perform quality reviews, assess findings, and escalate to engagement management. They will also lead report preparation, review, and distribution activities, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with procedures.

The ideal candidate will have experience in collaborative team activities, supporting engagement's overall review activities. They will also manage stakeholders' relationships, exercising effective communication behaviors.

The Lead Independent Testing Officer will lead complex initiatives, executing moderate to high-risk or complex review activities and engagements in a matrixed environment. They will communicate emerging risks with broad impact and act as a key participant in large-scale planning for Independent Testing.

The successful candidate will develop and design methodologies and standards for review activities across the enterprise, in alignment with the risk management framework. They will also review and research complex development and design of methodologies and standards for review activities companywide, in alignment with the risk management framework.

The Lead Independent Testing Officer will ensure effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs, risks, and controls. They will make decisions in complex situations, requiring a solid understanding of risk management frameworks and the risk and control environment that influence and lead enterprise testing to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives.

The ideal candidate will collaborate and consult with Audit, Legal, external agencies, and regulatory bodies to resolve risk-related topics. They will also lead project teams and mentor individuals.

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of Independent Testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience in risk management (includes control testing, compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, internal audit, business process management)
  • Experience in Issue Management and Issue Validation
  • Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
  • Experience creating, executing, and documenting compliance, control, and business process testing
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Experience reviewing testing strategies and methodologies; evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, initiatives, products, and internal controls; and identifying issues
  • Minimum 4 years at Big Four or super regional public accounting firms or financial industry with experience in business process, regulatory, audit, and/or advisory/consulting services
  • Demonstrated success with influencing business units to identify, formulate, and implement processes/procedures to mitigate risk


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