About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Independent Testing Specialist.
In this role, you will:
- Participate in less complex development and design of methodologies and standards for review activities companywide in alignment with the risk management framework
- Ensure effective and appropriate testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs, risks, and controls according to standards and other applicable policies within Independent Testing
- Support and implement less complex initiatives with low to moderate risk and exercise independent judgment to guide risk reporting, escalation, and resolution
- Present recommendations for resolving more complex situations and exercise independent judgment while developing expertise in risk management framework and the risk and control environment
- Collaborate and consult with colleagues, internal partners and management
Required Qualifications:
- 2+ years of Independent Testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- 2+ years of Independent Testing experience, Internal Audit or equivalent experience.
- Familiar with building constructive and effective relationships and holds self-accountable for delivering on commitments and renegotiates when needed.
- Has familiarity with testing topics, risk types, line of business process walkthroughs, test results, researching, and issue identification.
- Gaining skills in listening without interrupting or instantly judging; asks clarifying questions as needed. Is familiar with abilities to evaluate both the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, systems and internal controls, while analyzing business and/or systems changes to determine impact.
- Proficient with quality assurance
Job Expectations:
- Executes review activities in an effective manner. May lead moderate to high risk or complex review activity engagements in a matrixed environment and communicates emerging risks to management.
- Completes review activities on schedule. Raises schedule delays to the review activity lead. Looks for opportunities to remediate schedule issues.
- Escalates any potential issues discovered during the completion of review activities to a review lead. Identifies potential corrective actions, and follows through on reporting, escalation, and resolution.
- Completes all documentation under limited supervision and appropriately retains all work papers (testing schedule, templates, work-papers, deferrals, deviations, etc.).
- Consults and implements initiatives with moderate to high risk.
- Internal interface with business regarding risk management. Limited to no external interaction.
