About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Business Execution Consultant to support key business priorities within the Chief Operating Office. The role offers an opportunity to contribute to initiatives that strengthen execution discipline, operational excellence, risk management, and customer centricity. The Chief Operating Office focuses on strengthening Wells Fargo’s risk and control infrastructure while enabling consistent, effective, and efficient enterprise operations and services
In this role, you will:
- Lead and support business execution activities across multiple business groups and contribute to large-scale strategic initiatives
- Drive efficiency, quality, cost effectiveness, and effective pipeline management across assigned operations
- Research and analyze moderately complex business, operational, and strategic initiatives, applying knowledge of organizational strategy, business execution, and international business considerations
- Exercise independent judgment to identify business needs, develop recommendations, and provide guidance to support effective execution
- Support the planning and execution of programs and initiatives focused on risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and customer experience
- Collaborate and consult with business and functional leaders to develop and execute project plans, policies, and procedures
- Build and manage relationships with cross-functional business partners to support the successful implementation of programs, services, and initiatives
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- Experience gathering, analyzing, and prioritizing business requirements and translating them into user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and product delivery.
- Working knowledge of product and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Aha!, and Balsamiq.
- Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, development, testing, and operations teams to deliver business or product initiatives.
- Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
- 3–5 years of payments processing experience, including SWIFT MT/MX, Fedwire, CHIPS, ACH, RTP, or GPPSP, with knowledge of MX messages (Pacs, Pain, Camt, Admi) and MT N1/N2/N9 series.
- 3–5 years of business analysis experience, including gathering, analyzing, prioritizing, and translating business requirements into actionable deliverables.
- 3–5 years of experience working in Agile teams, with working knowledge of Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with payment reporting solutions and payment tracker applications, supporting operational and technology-driven payment initiatives.
- Strong verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to respond quickly to issues and reprioritize work based on stakeholder and customer feedback.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience supporting payment transformation, modernization, or operational improvement initiatives within banking or financial services.
- Knowledge of payment operations, controls, risk management, and end-to-end payment processing across domestic or international payment channels.
- Experience with Agile product delivery, including backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria, testing, and release planning.
- Experience working with technology, operations, product, and business stakeholders to deliver complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Relevant certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA), or Agile/Scrum certifications would be beneficial.
Job Expectations:
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to adapt and reprioritize work based on changing business, stakeholder, and customer needs.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams across business, operations, product, and technology.
- Ability to support time-sensitive payment and operational initiatives and respond promptly to business needs.
Posting End Date:
22 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.
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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b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
