Wells Fargo

Vice President, Counterparty Credit Management - Central Clearing Counterparties & Financial Market Infrastructure Credit Manager

Wells Fargo$150K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in CIB Portfolio Management or similar
  • Understanding of systemic tail risk in the Financial Market Infrastructure
  • Expertise in Securities Financing Transactions and repo clearing
  • Experience with non-bank financial institutions, particularly CCPs
  • Knowledge of counterparty credit risk and capital markets

Responsibilities

  • Lead underwriting and risk management for non-bank financial institution portfolios
  • Manage relationships with Central Clearing Parties and assess associated risks
  • Support the expansion of CCP underwriting capabilities and engage on regulatory matters
  • Recommend and justify credit limits for capital markets trading businesses
  • Research complex clearing business models and systemic risks
  • Make informed decisions in complex situations while leading a team
  • Identify and recommend process improvements within functional areas

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with diverse institutional clients
  • Engage with a front-line team focusing on risk management and credit oversight
  • Be involved in the expansion of underwriting capabilities
  • Collaborate with various departments including sales, trading, and legal
  • Work in a fast-paced, dynamic corporate environment
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead CIB Portfolio Manager to join our CIB Markets Counterparty Credit Management (CCM) Underwriting and Portfolio Management team. This role sits within the Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Markets Division and is part of the front line team responsible for underwriting, grading, and ongoing monitoring of certain institutional client types, primarily non-bank financial institutions such as Broker Dealers, Mortgage REITs, mortgage originators,Central Clearing Counterparties (CCPs), Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), and municipalities, as well as regulated funds, hedge funds, and private equity funds, with a focus on entities that transact with the CIB Markets Division.

In this role, you will:

Lead underwriting, grading, and risk management of a portfolio of non-bank financial institutions (including CCPs) that are active in capital markets trading, hedging, and clearing of securities and derivative transactions with Wells Fargo entities.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead underwriting, grading, and risk management of a portfolio of non-bank financial institutions that are active in capital markets trading with various Wells Fargo entities.

  • Manage relationships with Central Clearing Parties and assess clearinghouse risks (membership, margin, default fund, default waterfall, and recovery/resolution exposures); evaluate CCP governance, financial resources, and risk frameworks.

  • Support the continued expansion and formalization of Wells Fargo’s CCP underwriting and portfolio management capabilities, including engagement with internal stakeholders on regulatory, governance, and risk oversight matters related to clearinghouse exposures.

  • Recommend and justify credit limits for capital markets trading businesses, negotiating master documentation, escalating limit exceptions, and reacting to the credit quality of assigned sector(s)

  • Research complex clearing and Financial Market Infrastructure business models, including systemic tail-risk and unprecedented factors.

  • Make decisions in complex and multifaceted situations requiring exceptional understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that influence and lead a broader work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives

  • Identify opportunities for process improvements within scope of responsibilities or functional area

  • Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

  • Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of Experience in CIB Portfolio Management, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

  • An understanding (or curiosity) of how systemic tail risk may impact the Financial Market Infrastructure and how losses may impact the clearing industry.

  • Understanding of the default liquidation process and risk to clearing members.

  • Expertise in Securities Financing Transactions and repo clearing, including the SEC’s US Treasury Clearing Mandate.

  • Experience with non-bank financial institutions (knowledge of CCP firms a plus)

  • Knowledge of capital markets and counterparty credit risk, including the major financing, listed, and cleared OTC traded products

  • Experience with Prime Brokerage, FCM, Repo, Foreign Exchange, and other financing or clearing businesses

  • Knowledge of and experience with negotiating credit points in master trading legal documentation (ISDA, MRA, PBCA, FCSA, etc.)

  • Experience with financial statement and legal document analysis

  • Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

  • Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand environment while balancing multiple priorities

  • Ability to partner with a wide range of colleagues including sales, trading, legal, market risk, counterparty credit risk, and operations teams

  • Demonstrated commitment to risk management and core values of the organization

  • Personal ability to understand and operate successfully in a complex, heavily matrixed corporate environment

Job Expectations:

  • This position is subject to FINRA background screening requirements. Candidates must successfully complete and pass a background check prior to hire. In accordance with FINRA rules, individuals who are subject to statutory disqualification are not eligible to be associated with a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. Successful candidates must also meet and comply with ongoing regulatory obligations, which include periodic screening and mandatory reporting of certain incidents.

  • Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process.

Posting Location:

  • 550 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202

Posting End Date:

27 Jul 2026

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

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