Senior Financial Control Analyst, Governance and Oversight

About This Role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Financial Controls Analyst to join the Governance and Oversight team within Enterprise Controls & Oversight / Corporate Controller. This role supports enterprise-wide governance over the financial and regulatory reporting control environment, including COSO-based expectations, Financial Reporting Governance & Control Policy support, control documentation and assessment activities, deficiency evaluation, issue and remediation considerations, and governance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Analyze control matters, reporting errors, issue trends, and stakeholder inputs to support well-reasoned governance conclusions.
• Prepare clear, audit-ready documentation, summaries, and stakeholder communications related to control design, operating effectiveness, issue evaluation, and governance reporting.
• Partner with COSO testing teams, report owners, process owners, control owners, Audit, Risk, Technology, and other stakeholders to support consistent application of reporting control expectations.
• Contribute to updates of guidance, procedures, templates, job aids, and training materials that promote consistency and continuous improvement across the reporting control environment.
• Support governance committee materials, management reporting, and stakeholder updates related to financial and regulatory reporting control matters.
• Monitor internal control, reporting, policy, and regulatory developments and help assess potential impacts to governance expectations, control activities, or stakeholder communications.
• Demonstrate ownership, sound judgment, and effective partnership while managing multiple priorities in a dynamic control and reporting environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Reporting or Business and Technology Audit experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• Experience with one or more of the following: COSO/SOX controls, internal control over regulatory reporting, financial reporting governance, deficiency evaluation, issue remediation, regulatory reporting, or control policy/procedure interpretation.
• Financial services industry experience, preferably within a complex or highly regulated environment.
• Audit, assurance, risk, controls advisory, regulatory reporting, or finance controls experience related to financial or regulatory reporting processes.
• Ability to translate complex control, reporting, policy, or issue evaluation concepts into clear written guidance, stakeholder-ready materials, and practical recommendations.
• Strong partnership skills, including ability to work across Finance, Controllers, Risk, Audit, Technology, and business teams to obtain information, resolve open questions, and support consistent outcomes.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality documentation in a deadline-driven environment.
• Demonstrated initiative, accountability, adaptability, and sound judgment in supporting complex workstreams or control-related deliverables.
• Master of Business Administration, Certified Public Accountant designation, or Big Four public accounting experience.