About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Risk Analytics Consultant
In this role, you will:
Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives, and delivering insight and decision strategies within analytics and reporting, and contribute to large-scale planning related to Risk Analytics
Review and analyze moderately complex data aggregation, forecasting, reporting, and programming models
Be responsible for process production, data reconciliation, and model documentation in alignment with policy governance
Resolve data, production, business modeling, and lead team to meet Risk Analytics deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of risk reporting policies, modeling strategies, procedures, regulatory requests, and compliance requirements
Collaborate and consult with peers, experienced managers, compliance, and technology to resolve modeling, forecasting, and production issues, and achieve analytic and reporting goals
Lead projects, teams, and mentor less experienced staff
Partner with cross enterprise risk analysts in development of common modeling strategies
Required Qualifications:
4+ years of Risk Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
Desired Qualifications
- CA/CFA/FRM or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business.
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively across teams and communicate issues, analysis, and outcomes clearly.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Access), SQL, Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI.
- Deep understanding of Structured Products and risk measures, with experience supporting Trading and Structured Products businesses.
- Experience in strategic process improvement and change management.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to drive team performance and stakeholder engagement.
- Outstanding problem-solving skills, agility, and ability to perform under pressure.
Job Expectation :
Key Responsibilities
- Daily P&L Production & Controls: Produce, validate, and deliver daily P&L for Equity trading businesses, including Comprehensive and Clean (risk-based) P&L. Perform price verification checks, tolerance testing, and prescribed control validations; ensure timely sign-off and accurate postings/reconciliations to the general ledger.
- Issue Investigation & Resolution: Investigate daily P&L breaks and explain drivers across risk, accrual, new trades, lifecycle events, and valuation changes. Identify root cause (booking, market data, models, systems, or controls), document analysis, coordinate fixes with upstream/downstream partners, and track items to closure within agreed timelines.
- Month-End Close & Balance Sheet Substantiation: Support month-end closing by completing close packs, reconciliations, and control checklists for assigned books/entities. Perform balance sheet substantiation for key accounts (e.g., receivables/payables, premiums/discounts, reserves) with clear support, aging, and timely remediation of reconciling items.
- Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with Front Office, Middle Office, Market/Credit Risk, Valuation, and Group Controllers on daily queries, break resolution, and reporting deliverables. Communicate succinctly with supporting details, provide impact assessment, and escalate material issues early with options/recommendations.
- Audit & Regulatory Support: Maintain complete and well-organized supporting documentation for controls, reconciliations, and signoffs. Support audit/regulatory requests by preparing evidence, responding to follow-ups, and participating in walkthroughs for assigned processes.
- Process & Control Improvement: Identify recurring breaks and control gaps; propose and implement improvements under guidance (e.g., reconciliations, standard templates, data-quality checks). Contribute to automation initiatives by defining requirements, performing UAT, and validating outcomes post-implementation.
- Management Reporting & Commentary: Prepare and distribute recurring management reports (daily/weekly/monthly) for assigned desks/products, including variance analysis versus prior day/period and key risk/P&L drivers. Provide clear written commentary and respond to follow-up queries with supporting analysis.
- Product, Entity & Risk Understanding: Build product and entity knowledge across equities and equity derivatives (including structured/exotic products where applicable) and the risk measures used to explain P&L (e.g., Greeks, carry, financing). Apply this understanding to interpret valuation moves, validate inputs, and enhance the quality of explanations and controls.
Posting End Date:
13 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.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
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