Senior Analytics consultant

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Analytics consultant
In this role, you will:

• Consult, review and research moderately complex business, operational, and technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable data factors
• Perform moderately complex data analysis to support and drive strategic initiatives and business needs
• Develop a deep understanding of technical systems and business processes to extract data driven insights while identifying opportunities for engineering enhancements
• Lead or participate on large cross group projects
• Mentor less experienced staff
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, external contractors, and mid-level managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Leverage a solid understanding of compliance and risk management requirements for supported area

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• Proficient in Python, SAS, SQL, R
• Understanding of AML/transaction monitoring principle
• Familiarity with AML model types (e.g., rule-based models, risk factors, thresholds)
• Awareness of model use cases (e.g., alert generation, effectiveness tracking)
• Understanding of model life cycle governance (development, validation, implementation, monitoring)
• Attention to detail to document updates with crucial items.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for formal documentation and cross-team collaboration
• Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development, including development and maintenance of procedures
• Master's degree or higher in a quantitative field such as applied math, statistics, engineering, physics, economics, econometrics, computer sciences, or business, social and behavioral sciences with a quantitative emphasis
• Demonstrated experience supporting BSA/AML and sanctions monitoring systems for global multi-channeled financial institutions
• Awareness of regulatory expectations for model risk
• Intellectually curious, enjoy solving problems
• Familiarity with internal model governance expectations (e.g., documentation completeness, traceability)

Job Expectations:

• Maintain model documentation (eg., Model functional documents)
• Ensure data quality and perform regular validations
• Participate in periodic reviews and validation with stake holders.
• Support communication across technical and business teams.
• This profile is an AML model developer profile who understands AML /Transactions Monitoring model development and maintenance, more than AI/ML or reporting hence reporting profiles are not preferred
• Reporting specialists/ Business Analysts, functional analysts, financial crimes or banking operations analyst performing L1/L2/L3 maker/checker activities or alert disposition, KYC /CDD/EDD due diligence/ Fraud /Negative news alert investigators NEED NOT apply
• Consult, review and research moderately complex business, operational, and technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable data factors
• Lead or participate on large cross group projects
• Mentor less experienced staff
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, external contractors, and mid-level managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Leverage a solid understanding of compliance and risk management requirements for supported area
• Draft and maintain Model design and configuration documents
• Perform Physical Data elements and Critical data elements check annually
• Extract and analyze model input/output data
• Review monthly production outputs to confirm model is running as expected (e.g., transaction/account count, logic triggers, trend)
• Perform input data quality checks (eg., missing values, unexpected source change, or data defects/scenario gaps in input data formats) to evaluate their impact on model output/alert volume

Posting End Date:
10 Aug 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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