Job Description:
About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Due Diligence Manager In this role, you will: Supervise and lead a team responsible for executing end-to-end due diligence reviews of bank customers and transactional activity, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and regulatory compliance. Oversee work involving a moderate to high degree of complexity and risk, exercising sound judgment to assess appropriateness of processes, controls, and outcomes. Own and manage the client onboarding due diligence process, engaging effectively with clients, relationship teams, and relevant third parties. Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risk through robust due diligence frameworks and investigative rigor. Identify opportunities to enhance operational efficiency, strengthen risk controls, and recommend process improvements aligned with regulatory expectations and business objectives. Ensure consistent execution of due diligence programs, processes, and controls to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime, regulatory, and reputational risks. Manage communication and collaboration with key stakeholders including Business Heads, Legal, Audit, Compliance, and Regulators on business-specific risk programs. Make sound decisions and resolve escalated issues within the due diligence functional area to support timely risk mitigation and achievement of business objectives. Interpret, implement, and enhance policies, standards, and procedures for functions of low to moderate complexity within the assigned scope. Oversee the implementation and ongoing optimization of procedures, controls, analytics, and trend analysis to support comprehensive research and background investigations. Leverage subject matter expertise in data collection, sourcing, and analysis across internal and external information sources. Collaborate with and influence professionals at all levels, including senior leadership, to drive risk-based decision making. Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team to consistently meet performance, quality, and risk management objectives. Manage allocation of people, budgets, and other resources for the Due Diligence group in alignment with business priorities. Mentor and guide direct reports, support succession planning, and actively participate in hiring and talent development initiatives.
