Institutional Investment Operations Associate - Data Engineer

Corporate & Investment Banking (“CIB”) delivers a comprehensive suite of capital markets, banking, and financial products and services. As a trusted partner to our clients, we provide corporate and transactional banking; commercial real estate lending and servicing; investment banking; equity; and fixed income solutions including sales, trading, and research capabilities to corporate, commercial real estate, government, and institutional clients across the globe.

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.

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking an Institutional Investment Operations Associate to work on the Shared Services Output Management team as part of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) Operations.

This team supports the output of customer account trade confirmations and statements.

Key Responsibilities: The Operations Shared Services team is a cross-functional group of teams that provide support for Reference Data as well as the broader Wells Fargo organization.  The Shared Services organization aims to be the owners and stewards of both client and product data with a focus on operational excellence and superior client servicing. This is a senior management position & resides within the Configurations Team and supports the Data Integrity Team by providing clear and concise reports and analysis to the Operations Team, Management, and Executive/Regulatory groups. This includes utilizing tools such as SQL Server, Tableau, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel to provide end user reports and display of current status of the project. This position also assists with deep data analysis to locate and identify various aspects of the Client reporting requirements. This data analysis includes potentially manually reviewing documents, system data points, aggregation and reporting of issues or gaps within the data. The incumbent & the Data Integrity team is expected to maintain knowledge of the department and industry specific process and procedures, therefore deep understanding of reference data hierarchy, regulatory knowledge impacting Capital markets is critical to have. The incumbent’s team with reporting requirements, prioritization, and technical assistance to ensure the end product published to the requestor meets the highest standards & requirements. Basic Qualifications is 12 + years of Finance related experience & an equivalent number of years of data analysis utilizing tools such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle, while utilizing various methods to automate the output using T-SQL/PL/SQL and writing complex logic to provide the end users with concise reporting. This IC role will face-off to global business, operations, compliance, and legal counterparts to ensure effective transparency and partnership.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ months of Institutional Investment Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of the regulatory implications of FINRA, MSRB and SEC rules related to trade confirmations and statements.

• Strong knowledge of bank software, desktop software, email, and Microsoft suite of applications.

• Extensive experience with user acceptance testing, regression testing, and production checks.

• Experience with data analysis supporting institutional clients.

• Dependability, attention to details, high integrity, and the ability to partner well with others.

• Excellent decision making and problem-solving skills.

• Experience with client relationship management with a focus on risk management and mitigation.

• Build, maintain & nurture relationship with global senior stake holders

• Communicate, correspond, understand requirements & turn them into meaningful dashboards which influence decision making in the interests of our customers & stake holders.

• Deep data analysis to locate and identify various aspects of the Client reporting requirements. (Data analysis includes potentially manually reviewing documents, system data points, aggregation and reporting of issues or gaps within the data).

• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to establish credibility and strong partnership with business partners and other support functions. Consultative in approach, understanding and anticipating business partner needs and proactively delivering solutions

• Strong organizational and project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage expectations and deliver on commitments

Job Expectations:

• MBA or an advanced degree (or equivalent experience)

• 8 + years of Finance related experience & an equivalent number of years of data analysis utilizing tools such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle, while utilizing various methods to automate the output using T-SQL/PL/SQL and writing complex logic to provide the end users with concise reporting.

• Expected to maintain knowledge of the department and industry specific process and procedures,

• Deep understanding of reference data hierarchy, regulatory knowledge impacting Capital markets is critical to have.

• Self-starter with the ability to challenge status quo & improve quality of delivery /output.

• Ensure operational practices are in compliance with relevant risk standards, policies and regulations to maintain an effective control environment

• Excellent presentation skills, effective written and verbal communication skills.

Posting End Date: 

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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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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