Senior Risk Analytics Consultant

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Risk Analytics Consultant.

In this role, you will:

Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives, and delivering insight and decision strategies within analytics and reporting, and contribute to large-scale planning related to Risk Analytics

Review and analyze moderately complex data aggregation, forecasting, reporting, and programming models

Be responsible for process production, data reconciliation, and model documentation in alignment with policy governance

Resolve data, production, business modeling, and lead team to meet Risk Analytics deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of risk reporting policies, modeling strategies, procedures, regulatory requests, and compliance requirements

Collaborate and consult with peers, experienced managers, compliance, and technology to resolve modeling, forecasting, and production issues, and achieve analytic and reporting goals

Lead projects, teams, and mentor less experienced staff

Partner with cross enterprise risk analysts in development of common modeling strategies

Required Qualifications:

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

4+ years of overall professional experience, with significant exposure to risk analytics or quantitative finance

Strong background in Credit Risk Modeling and knowledge of retail, wholesale, or secured lending portfolios

Hands-on programming experience in Python familiarity with large datasets and data pipelines

Experience working with Securities-Based Lending (SBL) or secured financing products is a strong plus

Proven ability to extract, clean, and analyze complex datasets to support risk monitoring, forecasting, and regulatory reporting

Experience partnering with business, risk, technology, and model review teams in a regulated financial environment

Ability to translate complex analytical results into clear, actionable insights for senior and mid-level stakeholders

Strong understanding of model governance, regulatory expectations, and documentation standards

Certifications such as FRM, CFA, PRM, or CQF are highly desirable

Exceptional attention to detail, strong problem-solving mindset, and comfort working with large volumes of data

Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Desired Qualification

Perform quantitative modeling and advanced data analysis to generate decision-useful insights across credit risk portfolios

Lead or contribute to moderately to highly complex initiatives, delivering analytics, forecasts, and risk strategies aligned with enterprise risk objectives

Develop, review, and maintain credit risk models (e.g., PD, LGD, EAD, stress testing, portfolio analytics), with exposure to Securities-Based Lending (SBL) considered a strong advantage

Review and analyze data aggregation, forecasting, reporting, and programming models, ensuring accuracy, robustness, and scalability

Own end-to-end model processes, including data reconciliation, production monitoring, documentation, and governance in line with internal policies and regulatory expectations

Partner with Model Risk Management / Model Validation, Compliance, and Technology teams to address model findings, remediation, and implementation issues

Resolve complex data, production, and business modeling challenges, applying sound judgment and risk discipline

Lead project workstreams, mentor junior analysts, and contribute to building a strong risk analytics talent pipeline

Collaborate with cross-enterprise risk teams to develop common modeling standards, frameworks, and best practices

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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.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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