Senior Institutional Investment Operations Specialist - Funding Operations

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Institutional Investment Operations Specialist to join the Funding Operations team in Wholesale Operations. This group is part of Global Operations. Learn more about our career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com.
The team is responsible for timely and accurate affirmation, confirmation, clearance/settlement, funding, cash management and general support functions for Securities Processing. Team members are accountable for identifying and controlling high levels of risk and liabilities inherent with securities transactions. It is imperative the team provide value added solutions and foster an environment maintaining focus on serving our clients and key business partners while constantly evaluating processes for purposes of improving our efficiency ratios.
Team members within Funding Operations are responsible for demonstrating adherence to specific regulatory requirements, managing risk events, processing asset transfers, assessing bifurcated processes for purposes of introducing efficiencies and managing costs. Optimally, the broader team introduces and deploys changes remediating unnecessary work while simultaneously developing an in-depth operational risk analysis of general operational processes. This cultivates a culture of effective challenge and strengthens collaboration. Lastly, the role will align with effective analytical reporting, aiding in managing data for purposes of establishing beneficial reporting for senior leaders.
In this role, you will:

• Assist in lifecycle support for institutional trade flow
• Develop a thorough understanding of the Securities Operations platform and the impact of each team's role in supporting the capital markets business
• Perform daily controls related to client protection and the firm's adherence to possession or control obligations under SEA rule 15C3-3
• Perform daily control/processes related to asset transfers or 3rd party trading
• Establish relationships with various stakeholders like, Finance, Operations groups, Middle Office and Technology for horizontal transparency surrounding business demands
• Actively participate in strategy conversations regarding the future state of specific vendor solutions, distributed ledger possibilities and any relevant new technology solution that may improve our workflow infrastructure and Controls
• Review and assess data related to exceptions or events, organize the material for presentation purposes and ultimately generate informational reports signaling cost/efficiency opportunities and/or potential risks and provide solutions (through Root cause analysis & Process Deep dives)
• Scrutinize data to determine trends and drivers of certain business events, providing senior leaders with decision making information
• Ability to timely consume data from multiple sources and present ad hoc reporting
• Influence Securities Operations team members to embrace a culture of root cause analysis and self-identification of risk.
• Research new processes/business flows for data opportunities
• Liaison with team members regularly for purposes of strengthening legacy reports focusing on risk mitigation, operational synergies and/or operational enhancements

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• Capital markets/Investment Banking industry experience in Operations
• Knowledge and understanding of the capital markets operations business and/or accounting background with knowledge of reconciliation
• Experience in Risk & Controls and/or Operational Quality Assurance testing
• Proficient in Microsoft Office especially MS Word, MS Excel and MS Access
• Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
• Knowledge of SEA rule 15C3-3 and customer protection reconciliations performed by Broker Dealers.
• Presentation and motivational skills
• Organizational and prioritizing skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience processing in Broadridge applications such as BPS, Gloss and Impact
• Knowledge of Prime Brokerage, Safekeeping operations
• Experience in Metric Reporting
• General awareness of creating projection/predictive reporting for front office business partners
• Demonstrated ability to organize data into effective reporting solutions

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work on-site at the work location below

Location:

• 1525 W WT Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC

Required location(s) listed above. Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Posting End Date:
31 Jul 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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