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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Financial Crimes Officer to join to join the Sanctions program apart of Financial Crimes Risk Management. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/career-areas/) . The Senior Lead Financial Crimes Officer will be responsible for helping lead the bank’s global OFAC sanctions program execution and ensuring it aligns with both global regulations and internal policies. Additionally, the Senior Lead Financial Crimes Officer will assist in overseeing the execution of high-priority sanctions remediation projects, ensuring that projects are designed and executed in compliance with Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions and other relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

In this role, you will:

+ Act as an Economic Sanctions Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for helping oversee and govern Wells Fargo’s OFAC sanctions program and providing accurate and thoughtful regulatory guidance to business units. This includes serving as a SME for sanctions remediation projects across the organization.

+ Advise global cross-functional teams, provide governance and oversight, and ensure that projects are designed and executed in compliance with OFAC sanctions and other relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

+ Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence objectives, plans, specifications, resources, and long-term goals for highly complex business and technical needs across groups and functions.

+ Implement and maintain an effective financial crimes program that complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations including Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorist Financing, and Global Sanctions.

+ Evaluate long-term implications and consequences of strategic business decisions and recommend appropriate alternatives for risk management.

+ Lead investigative research, root cause examination and consulting on transactions, suspicious situations, policy violations, referrals, customers, and related parties that present high risk, complexity and visibility.

+ Provide specialized financial crime and fraud reviews, research, investigative research, interviews, industry conferrals and law enforcement outreach.

+ Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the company.

+ Deliver solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical thinking, and coordination of highly complex activities and guidance to others.

+ Lead implementation of complex initiatives with high risk, generally spanning multiple business lines.

+ Provide vision, direction and full knowledge to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions that are large scale companywide strategies

+ Serve as an excellent advisor to leadership.

+ Lead risk evaluation and independently challenge existing fundamentals or assumptions while developing alternative approaches, models and solutions to schemes and trend

+ Influence and negotiate with executive management, business heads, and high-level stakeholders.

+ Lead initiatives and virtual teams across the organization to deliver companywide business transformations.

+ Engage strategically with all levels of professionals and managers across the company

+ Liaise with Legal and law enforcement agencies.

Required Qualifications:

+ 7+ years of Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

+ Expert level knowledge and expertise in OFAC Sanctions regulations, risks, and typologies.

+ Experience working at OFAC and, or the Department of the Treasury.

+ Experience in managing regulatory exams and relationships with examiners, auditors, etc.

+ Awareness of U.S. and international sanctions regulatory requirements including industry standards.

+ Experience leading complex initiatives, including interacting and problem solving with business leaders, legal counsel, and industry groups.

+ Master’s degree in a relevant field or Juris Doctor (JD) strongly preferred.

Job Expectations:

+ This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

+ Willingness to work onsite at stated location on the job posting.

+ This position is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.

Posting Locations:

1753 Pinnacle Dr, Mclean, VA

401 S Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC

600 S 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN

North Carolina – Charlotte Pay Range: $144,400.00 - 300,000.00 USD Annually

Virginia– McLean Pay Range: $144,400.00 - 300,000.00 USD Annually

Minnesota – Minneapolis Pay Range: $144,400.00 - 300,000.00 USD Annually

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$144,400.00 - $300,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/life-at-wells-fargo/benefits) for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

+ Health benefits

+ 401(k) Plan

+ Paid time off

+ Disability benefits

+ Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance

+ Parental leave

+ Critical caregiving leave

+ Discounts and savings

+ Commuter benefits

+ Tuition reimbursement

+ Scholarships for dependent children

+ Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

6 Jun 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.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/diversity/disability-inclusion/) .

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/wells-fargo-drug-and-alcohol-policy) to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

**Req Number:** R-446862