Senior Independent Testing Specialist

2 weeks ago


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India WELLS FARGO BANK Full time
About This Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Independent Testing Specialist to join our team at Wells Fargo Bank.

Main Responsibilities
  • Lead or participate in moderate to high-risk review activities in a matrixed environment, communicating emerging risks to management within Independent Testing.
  • Contribute to large-scale planning related to Independent Testing deliverables.
  • Review and research moderately complex potential corrective actions, and follow through on reporting, escalation, and resolution.
  • Ensure effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs and controls according to standards and other applicable policies.
  • Resolve moderately complex issues and lead the team to meet Independent Testing deliverables while leveraging a solid understanding of risk management framework and the risk and control environment.
  • Collaborate and consult with colleagues, internal partners, management, and lines of business regarding risk management.
Required Qualifications

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

Desired Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who can execute review activities in an effective manner, leading high-risk and/or complex operational process review in a matrixed environment, and communicate identified issues/findings to management and other interested parties.

  • Complete review activities on an accelerated schedule, raising schedule delays as needed while looking for opportunities to remediate schedule issues.
  • Lead and supports efforts to challenge risks in processes and evaluate and/or test controls designed to mitigate those risks, including evaluation of control design and operating effectiveness, if applicable.
  • Escalate any potential issues discovered during the completion of review activities. Identify potential corrective actions and follow through on reporting, escalation, and resolution.
  • Complete all testing and documentation under limited supervision and appropriately retain all work papers (testing schedule, templates, work-papers, deferrals, deviations, etc.).
  • Provide consultation and subject matter expertise, including evaluating severity of control deficiencies and related remediation efforts, if applicable.
  • Document test results and any issues identified while also providing recommendations to management, including identifying compensating controls and residual risk to issues identified.
  • Executing the testing of design and performance for RCSA-based controls.
  • Build relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders.
  • Proactively engaging business partners to kick-off testing and lead ongoing meetings with moderate supervision.
  • Proactively communicating issues to stakeholders.
  • Developing clear and concise reporting to be shared with IT&V management and Front-Line Units.
  • Providing credible challenge to the First Line Units as needed.
  • Building relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders in the applicable line of business.
  • Knowledge and understanding of financial services industry: compliance, risk management, or audit operations.
  • Specialized knowledge or prior control testing or review experience.
  • Experience reviewing testing strategies and methodologies; evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, initiatives, products, and internal controls; and identifying issues resulting from internal and/or external compliance examinations.
  • Experience testing policy, procedures, control, and business process testing.
  • Experience creating, executing, and documenting compliance, control, and business process testing.
  • Intermediate Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
  • Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability.
  • Ability to prepare reports and present to executives.
Job Expectations

University degree in Business or related discipline. 4+ years of relevant experience in risk management (includes control testing, issue identification and validation, compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, internal audit, business process management).

Shift timings: 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM.



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