Wells Fargo

Due Diligence Transactional Risk Consultant

Wells Fargo$70K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of Due Diligence experience or equivalent related fields.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a relevant field preferred.
  • BSA/AML compliance and financial crimes risk management experience highly desired.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced Excel skills required.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English; foreign language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct in-depth due diligence on high-risk customers and analyze transaction data.
  • Evaluate customer risk levels and recommend escalations as necessary.
  • Analyze large data sets in Excel to identify risk patterns.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance review strategies and tools.
  • Draft detailed transactional reports that support risk decision-making.
  • Communicate findings and risk assessments to management and business partners.
  • Participate in project initiatives of low to moderate complexity.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule with 3 days in office and 2 days remote.
  • Opportunity to work with a centralized function in Financial Crimes Operations.
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams and data partners for strategic development.
  • Exposure to complex financial intermediary reviews and corresponding banking.
Full Job Description

About this role:

The Transactional Risk & Intelligence Group (TRIG) is a centralized function within Financial Crimes Operations that delivers actionable transactional analysis and intelligence reporting. TRIG is seeking a DDC to perform transaction-based reviews of customers with elevated and complex risk profiles to generate actionable recommendations to line of business risk management teams. In this role, the DDC will support in executing Financial Institutions Group (FIG) correspondent banking reviews and complex financial intermediary reviews.


In this role, you will:

  • Conduct deep due diligence research on high-risk customers and analyze customer transactions and demographic data points to identify new or emerging customer financial crimes risks, and/or customers presenting a heightened risk within a portfolio.
  • Evaluate moderate to high complexity customer to determine appropriate level of escalation and ultimate recommendation, in consultation with manager/team lead/reviewer.
  • Work with 1,000s of rows and cells of data in Microsoft Excel to perform the analysis on data points ranging from geography to transactional values and volumes to relational data.
  • Work with the group’s data partners, mid-level managers, and cross-functional business partners to develop strategies, techniques, and tools to facilitate the advancement of reviews.
  • Write transactional reports with bolstered observations and risk dispositions that help business partners better understand customer’s behavior and manage the risk.
  • Communicate findings and provide appropriate direction to manager/team lead/reviewer and business partners.
  • Participate in low to moderately complexity project initiatives.
  • File unusual activity reports in a timely manner.
  • Maintain organized and detailed documentation of review results or recommendations by following all established procedures/processes. 


Required Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of Due Diligence experience, or equivalent (including risk management, client service, operations support, or business process management) demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education


Desired Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, National Security & Intelligence Studies or other relevant field.
  • BSA/AML compliance experience and/or experience and understanding of risk management principles; financial crimes risk management experience highly preferred
  • Ability to evaluate risks and to communicate relevant risk in a simple, decisive, timely and market-appropriate manner.
  • Ability to build strong partnerships and to work across multiple cultures. Proven interpersonal, organization, and presentation skills.
  • Strong computer skills utilizing Microsoft Office Suite with in-depth Excel experience (including Pivot Tables and performing analysis of large data sets). Must be highly proficient in the use of Microsoft PowerPoint and Word. Knowledge and experience with SharePoint, Tableau, and other similar applications is desired.
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills in English.
  • Knowledge of Wells Fargo systems (WCIS, Cornerstone, Hogan, OIB, etc.) and products (wires, ACH, check products, cash vault, etc.).
  • Industry certifications (e.g., CAMS certified and/or Wells Fargo AML/Sanctions Credential Program, etc.).
  • Foreign language skills.
  • Ability to manage large and complex sets of data.


Job Expectations:

  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in office and 2 days remote.

  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Work location:

401 Las Colinas Blvd W
Irving, TX 75039

Posting End Date:

28 Jul 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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