Lead Compliance Officer - Home Lending Performing Servicing
About this role :
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Compliance Officer to join the Home Lending Compliance team . The Lead Compliance Officer will provide compliance oversight, monitoring, and challenge to Home Lending related areas, including sales, originations, underwriting, servicing, and loss mitigation activities.
The Lead Compliance Officer will work directly with business, independent risk management, enterprise testing, and audit partners, as well as complete core expectations of a mature Compliance Program including issues management, risk assessment, monitoring, and reporting.
This role may also participate in special projects supporting the compliance team. As this role oversees Home Lending activities, working knowledge and proficiency in Home Lending products, services, and regulatory requirements are required.
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In this role, you will :
- Establish, implement and maintain risk standards and programs to drive compliance with federal, state, agency, legal and regulatory and Corporate Policy requirements
- Oversee the Front Line's execution and challenges appropriately on compliance related decisions
- Provide oversight and monitoring of risk-based compliance programs
- Develop and oversee standards
- Provide subject matter expertise with comprehensive knowledge of business and functional area
- Provide compliance risk expertise and consulting for projects and initiatives with moderate risk for a business line or functional area
- Monitor reporting, escalation, and timely remediation of issues, deficiencies or regulatory matters regarding compliance risk management
- Provide direction to the business on developing corrective action plans and effectively managing regulatory change
- Provide compliance risk expertise
- Consult for projects and initiatives with moderate risk for a business line
- Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development
- Provide direction to the business on developing corrective action plans and effectively managing regulatory change
- Report findings and make recommendations to management appropriate committees
- Interpret policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
- Work with complex business units, rules and regulations on moderate risk compliance matters
- Receive direction from leaders and exercise independent judgment while developing the knowledge to understand function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
Required Qualifications :
5+ years of Compliance experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following : work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications :
- Working knowledge and expertise with mortgage lending regulations including TILA / TRID, FDPA, ECOA, FDCPA, HPA, SAFE Act and RESPA.
- Experience with mortgage business processes, including sales, originations, marketing, servicing, foreclosure, and loss mitigation.
- Experience executing and supporting risk management and compliance risk programs.
- Experience managing engagements with regulators and auditors.
- Understanding of banking risk and control systems and issue management processes.
- Ability to communicate complex concepts in a clear, simplified manner to executive leadership and law department partners
- An active or willingness to obtain Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) designation
Job Expectations :
- Ability to travel up to 5% of the time
- This position offers a hybrid work schedule
- Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening
- This position is not eligible for VISA sponsorship
Posting End Date : 15 Sep 2024
15 Sep 2024
Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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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.
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