Senior Lead Business Execution Consultant - Third Party Risk Insights

Wells Fargo Bank•Charlotte, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Business Execution Consultant for Third Party Risk Insights to join our dynamic risk management team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and executing processes for the identification, management, and remediation of risk related to third parties. Your role will ensure that our third-party risk posture remains robust, compliant, and aligned with our organization’s risk appetite. In this role, you will: Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across multiple lines of businesses and serve as an experienced advisor to the leadership. Provide direction to a cross functional team using business expertise. Process Design and Implementation: Lead the creation and continuous improvement of processes to manage third party risk findings, ensuring effective identification, tracking, and closure of issues. Lead monitoring of material findings and mandatory remediation actions and timelines. Remediation Monitoring: Establish monitoring protocols for weak rated assessment remediation, ensuring timely and effective risk reduction in accordance with organizational standards. Escalation Processes: Define and maintain escalation procedures for unresolved or high-impact findings, enabling timely leadership awareness and intervention. Collaboration and Communication: Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders, including risk owners, business units, and compliance teams, to embed risk management best practices throughout the organization. Reporting and Metrics: Redesign and deliver comprehensive reporting on findings management activities, trends, and outcomes for executive audiences. Translate Third‑Party lifecycle data (e.g., risk assessments, weak‑rated findings, deficiencies) into concise trends, root‑cause insights, and recommended actions. This will include outputs that will be presented to senior executive stakeholders and risk committees. Lead timely escalation of high-risk items identified in trend analysis and closure of actionable items ensuring artifacts meet program requirements and audit readiness. Location: 109845-NC-Brigham Building, Charlotte. This position does not offer relocation assistance.

Requirements

7+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated expertise in designing and managing risk assessment findings process, including remediation and escalation frameworks.
Strong experience with Power BI/Tableau; advanced Excel/SQL.
Progressive experience in third party risk management, operational risk, or related disciplines within complex organizations.
Strong understanding of risk scoring, assessment methodologies, and regulatory requirements impacting third party risk.
Proven leadership skills with the ability to drive change, influence stakeholders, and deliver results in a matrixed environment.
Exceptional analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
Advanced Microsoft Office Suite product skills to include Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word.
Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy and experience with trend analysis.
Ability to influence, partner, and negotiate with senior business leaders to gain commitment to accomplish business goals.

Responsibilities

Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across multiple lines of businesses and serve as an experienced advisor to the leadership.
Provide direction to a cross functional team using business expertise.
Lead the creation and continuous improvement of processes to manage third party risk findings, ensuring effective identification, tracking, and closure of issues.
Lead monitoring of material findings and mandatory remediation actions and timelines.
Establish monitoring protocols for weak rated assessment remediation, ensuring timely and effective risk reduction in accordance with organizational standards.
Define and maintain escalation procedures for unresolved or high-impact findings, enabling timely leadership awareness and intervention.
Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders, including risk owners, business units, and compliance teams, to embed risk management best practices throughout the organization.
Redesign and deliver comprehensive reporting on findings management activities, trends, and outcomes for executive audiences.
Translate Third‑Party lifecycle data (e.g., risk assessments, weak‑rated findings, deficiencies) into concise trends, root‑cause insights, and recommended actions.
Lead timely escalation of high-risk items identified in trend analysis and closure of actionable items ensuring artifacts meet program requirements and audit readiness.