About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Market Risk Specialist . This role sits within the Credit and Municipal Market Risk Oversight team, supporting Credit Sales & Trading, Municipal Products Group, and Global Secured Trading businesses. The position focuses on risk governance, model oversight, stress testing, and data-driven risk analysis, partnering closely with Front Office, Risk Analytics, Finance, and Technology. The Market risk specialists are responsible for ensuring the completeness and accuracy of all market risk measurements, including risk factor sensitivities, Value-at-Risk (VaR) and stress scenarios.
In this role, you will:
Utilize market risk measures such as Value-at-Risk (VaR), stress scenarios and risk factor sensitivities to monitor, report and constrain market risk exposures originating from the market-making activities of the Credit Sales & Trading and Municipal Products Group business as well as the Global Secured Trading business.
Collaborate with CMRG management, Credit & Municipal Market Risk Oversight team members to maintain an effective and comprehensive market risk mandate.
Maintain and enhance market risk reporting routines to effectively communicate risk concentrations, market risk limit usage and sources of trading profit/loss.
Engage with Front Office team members and CIB business partners to ensure sufficient market risk support for new business initiatives.
Analyze complex models and products to ensure comprehensive market risk capture, consistent with the market risk mandate and higher-level risk management policies.
Participate in recurring regulatory and risk management engagements such as CCAR, stress scenario design and Volcker metric review.
Required Qualifications:
2+ years of market risk, Capital Markets, desk analyst, trading, interest rate risk or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
Desired Qualifications:
Experience working with a broad range of capital markets business partners including trading, quantitative partners, finance, operations, and technology to complete shared business objectives, with demonstrated ability to provide risk insights and challenge effectively.
Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced, and data-driven environment, including managing daily risk monitoring and reporting responsibilities.
Experience supporting risk governance and oversight activities, including monitoring risk exposures, desk limits, and limit utilization, and contributing to risk framework adherence and escalation processes.
Exposure to stress testing and scenario analysis, including designing or running stress scenarios and contributing to regulatory or enterprise risk exercises (e.g., CCAR).
Familiarity with model monitoring, model validation, or quantitative analysis, including reviewing model performance, understanding assumptions, and adapting to changing market conditions.
Advanced Microsoft Office Skills (Excel VBA).
Proficiency in Microsoft SQL.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills with high attention to detail.
Strong spoken and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex risk and market concepts into clear insights.
Progress towards Financial Risk Management Certificate (FRM) preferred.
Progress towards Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) preferred.
Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a quantitative discipline or demonstrated quantitative rigor through academic or professional experience (e.g., Finance, Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields).
Posting Locations:
550 S. Tryon Street - Charlotte, North Carolina
Job Expectations:
Required location(s) listed above. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
This position currently offers a hybrid work schedule.
This position is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.
This position is subject to FINRA Background Screening Requirements, including successful completion and clearing of a background check. Internal transfers are subject to comply with 17 CFR 240.17f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA Bylaws, Article III, Section 3, which states that Associated Persons should not be subject to statutory disqualification. Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening and are required to report certain incidents.
Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities and/or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process.
Posting End Date:
31 May 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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