Executive Director, International Legal Entity Compliance and Operational Risk Programme Execution, Governance and Reporting

Location: CITY OF LONDON,

About this role

Wells Fargo is seeking a pragmatic Senior Manager (Executive Director) to lead Program Policy and Frameworks, Governance, and Reporting for International Legal Entity Compliance and Operational Risk (LECOR) teams across EMEA, APAC, Canada, and Latin America.

This role sets the strategy and oversees delivery of the Compliance and Operational Risk programme, governance, and reporting across international legal entities and lines of business. It leads subject matter experts and relationship managers, supported by Enterprise and India and Philippines shared services, enabling senior leaders and vertical teams to focus on advisory work.

Based in London, the role reports to the International Head of Legal Entity Compliance and Operational Risk (LECOR).

As part of Independent Risk Management and the second line of defence, the role establishes and maintains risk programmes, oversees compliance with legal, regulatory, and corporate requirements, and provides governance and credible challenge of operational risk management.

In this role, you will

• Lead the international Compliance and Operational Risk programme, including policies, regulatory change, training, risk assessments, monitoring, controls, governance, reporting, and secretariat activities.
• Lead and deploy teams across EMEA, APAC, Canada, Latin America, India, and the Philippines to meet legal entity and business priorities.
• Build an effective subject matter expert and relationship management model, supported by shared services.
• Set clear priorities, allocate resources, and hold teams accountable for delivery.
• Simplify and improve ways of working through technology, AI, automation, collaboration, and self-service.
• Oversee business-as-usual delivery and strategic improvements, balancing risk management with operational efficiency.
• Maintain an integrated view of risks and issues using intelligence, thematic analysis, data, and analytics.
• Set practical standards that meet legal, regulatory, and corporate requirements.
• Provide expert oversight and credible challenge to Front-Line and other stakeholders.
• Partner with business, Legal, Audit, Risk, country, and Enterprise teams to deliver an integrated approach.
• Advise the International LECOR leadership team and lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives.
• Influence executives on complex and emerging risks, policies, controls, and regulatory matters.
• Ensure consistent programme execution and timely escalation, reporting, and remediation of issues and control gaps.
• Build a strong talent pipeline through inclusive leadership, coaching, development, and succession planning.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, operational risk, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, education
• Management experience or leadership experience
• Relevant Compliance, Operational Risk, or equivalent experience, including management or leadership responsibility.
• Strong academic background, ideally with a university degree and relevant professional qualifications or registrations.
• Corporate and Investment Banking experience in Compliance, Operational Risk, Legal, Risk, or the business.

Desired Qualifications

• Extensive Compliance and Operational Risk experience in Investment Banking or Global Markets, covering programme execution, governance, reporting, controls, and regulatory change.
• Experience producing Board- and executive-level reporting using risk intelligence, thematic analysis, data, analytics, and AI.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with sound judgement in identifying, escalating, and managing risk.
• Ability to simplify complex or ambiguous issues into clear plans and concise messages for business, executive, and regulatory audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and constructive challenge skills across functions and seniority levels.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, deliver consistently, and improve processes and controls.
• Knowledge of international regulatory expectations, risk-profile drivers, and Corporate and Investment Banking.
• Commercial awareness, resilience, accountability, and commitment to continuous learning and team development.

Posting End Date

4 Nov 2026

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

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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