Credit Risk Officer jobs in Dallas, TX

About this role:

As a part of Wells Fargo's second line of defense, the Independent Risk Management (IRM) team covers jobs which lead the design and management of a highly targeted independent credit review (oversight) capability to assess the quality of lending and ongoing management of credit risk within the Bank, including adherence to risk appetite, credit policy and regulation. May include jobs which approve and provide challenge to line of business credit products, programs, transactions, and policies, and participate in acquisition due diligence.

We are seeking highly motivated credit professionals to enable the rationalization and maintenance of Wholesale (WHSL) credit policies, while:

• Supporting line of business credit risk governance.
• Complying with the Policy Management Policy.
• Ensuring a consistent credit risk profile.
• Ensuring credit professionals can easily understand and follow the requirements.

We are seeking candidates with...

• Solid understanding of WHSL credit underwriting, monitoring and approval responsibilities, across multiple lines of business/lending types.
• Advanced ability to communicate both orally and in writing to multiple constituents.

In this role, you will:

Rationalization:

• Lead Roundtables, and serve as a subject matter expert, on specific lending topics.
  • Understand, and clearly communicate, complex WHSL credit concepts.
  • Build consensus for final approach on the topic.
• Write credit policies, with moderate oversight, so that it:
  • Aligns with regulatory expectations.
  • Appropriately represents the bank's risk appetite.
  • Is clearly understood by all stakeholders (Credit Professionals and third parties).
  • Adheres to the Policy Management Policy.
• Present policy topics to Group Senior Credit Officers (GSCOs) and Business-Aligned Chief Risk Officers to build consensus for WHSL Credit Policies.
• Identify legacy content for appropriate disposition, and coordinate with legacy content owners so implement new framework.

Business As Usual:

• Ensure proactive management of existing credit policies, procedures, and supporting documents.
  • Address needed Risk Governance edits within policies.
  • Adherence to the Policy Management Policy.
• Identify improvement opportunities within policy, procedure, and surveillance.
• Ensure resolution of matters requiring attention from third party stakeholders.
• Provide accurate and timely answers to credit policy inquiries, from credit professionals and other stakeholders.
• Effective communication and partnership skills.
• Write, and seek approval of, Compliance Summaries.
• Coordinate IRM Credit feedback for nCino programming (system of origination).
• Regulatory requirement compliance/mapping to Credit Policy.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of Credit Risk experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in reviewing and analyzing complex strategies, programs, and policies with a direct and significant impact on credit risk appetite and culture.
• Experience in exercising independent judgment while developing the knowledge to understand function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Experience in collaborating and consulting with peers, colleagues, and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.
• Experience in collaborating with other business areas for oversight of risk management.
• Experience in interacting with Audit, Legal, external agencies, and regulatory bodies on risk-related topics.
• Experience in interacting with internal and external customers.
• Ability to receive direction from leaders.

Posting Locations:

• 401 S. Tryon St, Charlotte, North Carolina
• 7001 Westown Pkwy, West Des Moines, Iowa
• 600 S. 4th St, Minneapolis, Minneapolis
• 114 N. Beaumont St, Saint Louis, Missouri
• 1445 Ross Ave, Dallas, Texas
• 2700 S. Price Rd, Chandler, Arizona

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work at one of the approved locations in the job posting.
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

Posting End Date:
7 Mar 2024
*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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