Senior Business Accountability Specialist

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Business Accountability Specialist
In this role, you will:
Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within business and contribute to large-scale, cross-functional planning related to mitigation of current and emerging business risk issues and concerns
Assess, analyze, and design moderately complex controls, protocols, and approaches with respect to risk mitigation and the control environment, including ensuring effective planning for sustainability, ongoing control adherence, reporting, measurement, technology impacts, and monitoring
Independently make decisions and resolve moderately complex issues while leveraging solid understanding of the business’s functional area or products, operations, and regulatory environment; facilitate decision-making and issue resolution, and support implementation of developed solutions and plans; lead peers and key business partners to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to address current and emerging risks associated with business activities and operations, and provide guidance or support in interpreting, developing, and implementing risk-mitigating strategies
Partner with peers and the business in interactions with external parties to support appropriateness and timeliness of response, and effectiveness of communications and materials
May serve as a mentor for lower-level staff
Required Qualifications:
4+ years of risk management, business controls, quality assurance, business operations, compliance, or process experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following work experience, training, military experience, education
Required Qualifications for Europe, Middle East & Africa only:
Experience in risk management, business controls, quality assurance, business operations, compliance, or process, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following work experience, training, education
Desired Qualifications:
Payment Operations experience within ACH, ECS, and/or Instant Payments
Knowledge and understanding of the Nacha and/or Real Time Payments (RTP) operating rules & guidelines with ability for practical application of requirements in real life situations
Experience with audit support and/or issue management
Critical thinking and analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to evaluate risks and the impact of decisions on the business and the organization
Ability to solve compliance and risk related issues in a deadline driven environment
Ability to draft and present documentation to support findings
Ability to schedule, facilitate, and lead discussion meetings with peers and partners
Ability to multi-task and pull resources needed to make decisions in a dynamic and complex environment
Knowledge and understanding of business requirement gathering and analysis
Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint) skills
Advanced verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to work on-site at the work location
Posting End Date:
4 Oct 2026
*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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