Wells Fargo

Credit Risk & Approval Director - Consumer Banking

Wells Fargo$150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of Credit Risk or lending experience
  • 4+ years of management or leadership experience
  • Broad understanding of deposit fraud risks
  • Knowledge of consumer and small business deposit products
  • Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Provide independent oversight for Consumer Banking deposit products
  • Lead a team of risk professionals in managing credit risk
  • Evaluate business strategies and product enhancements for risk management
  • Oversee credit risk governance and policy frameworks
  • Communicate insights on deposit credit risk to senior leadership
  • Influence decisions through credible challenges and risk communication

Benefits

  • Thrive in a high-performing culture focused on accountability and talent development
  • Collaborative environment partnering with various teams
  • Opportunity for strategic impact on credit risk decisions
Full Job Description

In this role, you will:

  • Provide independent second line credit risk oversight for Consumer Banking deposit products, with a focus on customer acquisition, onboarding strategies, account approval practices, and portfolio performance.

  • Lead and develop a team of risk professionals responsible for independent oversight of Consumer Banking deposit products.

  • Oversee deposit credit risk exposures, including overdraft strategies, customer eligibility criteria, and account opening risk.
  • Evaluate business strategies, growth initiatives, and product enhancements to ensure risks are appropriately identified, assessed, and managed.
  • Provide effective oversight of loss forecasts,strategy changes,portfolio trends, key assumptions, and emerging risk indicators.
  • Oversee credit risk governance and policy frameworks, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and enterprise risk standards.
  • Partner across Product, Operations, Fraud, Compliance, Legal, and Business teams to drive sound risk-based decisions and effective risk management practices.
  • Provide strategic insights to senior leaders and governance committees regarding the evolving deposit credit risk landscape, emerging risks, risk trends, and portfolio performance.
  • Communicate a clear view of the deposit credit risk landscape, including material risks, emerging issues, and portfolio performance.
  • Influence senior executives and governance committees through credible challenge, strategic insights, and effective risk communication.
  • Deliver thought leadership pertaining to changes in business operations and corresponding impacts to the organizations risk profile.
  • Foster a high-performing culture focused on accountability, risk discipline, talent development, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of Credit Risk or lending experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 4+ years of management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

  • Strategic thinker who aligns decisions with business goals.
  • Broad understanding ofdepositfraud risks, both internal and external fraudtypes
  • Knowledge and experience with end-to-end consumer and small business deposit products throughout both the product management and customer life-cycle
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple initiatives simultaneously while applying critical thinking in describing multiple risks into a single risk landscape
  • Ability to develop and manage business relationships whilst interacting with all levels of an organization
  • Strong project management skills; organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
  • Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong business and risk acumen
  • Experience overseeing models through the model risk management lifecycle
  • Knowledge and understanding of ever-evolving regulatory environments and governance processes
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment while meeting stringent deadlines

Posting Locations:

  • 550 S. Tryon Street - Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 401 Las Colinas Blvd W Bldg B Irving, Texas

Job Expectations:

  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
  • Preferred location(s) listed above. Relocation assistance is not available for this position
  • This position is not eligible for VISA sponsorship

Posting End Date:

28 Aug 2026

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