Lead Analytics Consultant

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Analytics Consultant

In this role, you will:

• Advise line of business and companywide functions on business strategies based on research of performance metrics, trends in population distributions, and other complex data analysis to maximize profits and asset growth, and minimize operating losses within risk and other operating standards
• Provide influence and leadership in the identification of new tools and methods to analyze data
• Ensure adherence to compliance and legal regulations and policies on all projects managed
• Provide updates on project logs, monthly budget forecasts, monthly newsletters, and operations reviews
• Assist managers in building quarterly and annual plans and forecast future market research needs for business partners supported
• Strategically collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level to senior managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor to staff, interns and external contractors
• Be responsible for performing various complex activities related to fraud, claims and scam risk prevention and detection efforts for fraud analytics including Deposits (Check, MRDC, ACH), credit card, debit card, wires, and online money movement products including optimization of existing strategies, creating new detection or prevention strategies/rules to increase overall detection rates, and managing controls for a given set of money movement products. 
• Team member must be able to work and align with operations and the broader fraud and scam mitigation strategy.
• The position will communicate regularly with team members and management both internally and the broader Wells Fargo enterprise fraud community to share trends or analysis, facilitate strategy development, or drive mitigation work streams.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of experience in one or a combination of the following: strategy development and evaluation, analytics, reporting.
• Experience with partnering and collaborating across lines of business and with operations to deploy prevention and detection strategies.
• BS/BTech degree or higher in a quantitative field such as applied math, statistics, engineering, physics
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Fraud Strategy / Fraud domain understanding experience
• 4+ years of SAS (e.g. Enterprise Guide or Enterprise Miner or Base SAS) and/or Python or R experience
• Demonstrated experience with Strategy development and evaluation.
• Ability to create documentation of process flows, business analysis and metadata, and conduct root cause analysis.  
• Experience in Financial services or knowledge of consumer/retail financial products
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Collaborate across Lines of business including operations on fraud and scam mitigation efforts.
• Provide analytical support for different types of fraud identification and prevention/detection strategies.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis to understand portfolio trends and develop actionable solutions.
• Support analysis and development of strategies, methods, and other fraud- related projects
• Establish mechanisms to manage and mitigate fraud risks for all portfolios.
• Leads project and mentors junior Team Members
• Serve as a valuable resource to the other members of the team while promoting knowledge sharing and team collaboration.
• Knowledge and understanding of fraud detection process in banking.
• Predictive modeling / AI-ML basics 
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Dedicated, enthusiastic, self-driven and performance-oriented and capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• Possesses a strong work ethic and thrives in a collaborative team environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and demonstratable strong presentation skills; ability to tell the story to an executive audience.
• Engage with cross culture team members and stakeholders, and other lines of business with competing priorities.
• Understanding of retail branch, phone, and digital customer experience
• Experience working on BI Tools like QlikView or Tableau
• Experience with MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) – intermediate at a minimum

Posting End Date: 

*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.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.