Emea Controllers Finance Graduate - London, United Kingdom - WELLS FARGO BANK

WELLS FARGO BANK

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Wells Fargo & Company (

NYSE:
WFC) is a major, global financial services company with approximately US$1.9 trillion in assets.

In EMEA, Wells Fargo provides a diversified set of banking, investment, and commercial finance services through two reportable operating segments:

Commercial Banking, and Corporate and Investment Banking, supported by a number of enterprise functional areas, including Finance, Risk, Compliance, Audit, HR, Operations, and Technology.

Wells Fargo is currently seeking talent to join our EMEA Early Careers Programme.

What the Programme Offers
The

EMEA Early Careers Programme is a professional development programme designed to provide graduates with a 24-month experience in one of our core enterprise functions. As a graduate analyst, we will empower you to build leadership skills and overall business acumen whilst gaining a rounded and comprehensive experience of Wells Fargo.

In this role you will:

This placement is within the EMEA Controllers group.

The team is part of the wider Finance organisation within Wells Fargo, and is responsible for regulatory, financial, and management reporting requirements in the region.

As well as forming a key part of the International Controllers organization, the team provides local support for various financial services business lines as well as the EMEA Chief Financial Officer and management team.

During your time within the team, you will gain exposure to the function's core activities, specifically:

Regulatory Controllers
preparation and submission of financial reports to regulatory authorities. As part of this experience, you will be learn about regulatory rules, obtaining and preparing financial information through defined processes, as well as participating in review, sign off, and governance processes supporting accurate reporting.
Legal Entity Controllers preparation of legal entity aligned financial results. You will spend time learning about the processes by which financial results are created in the firm's books and records, as well as being given an insight into the business activity generating the results.
Change Management data, infrastructure and process enhancements support core reporting activity. You will participate in change/project management activity (design, development, testing), as well as gaining insight into and supporting the function's effort to use digital tools to automate and streamline reporting processes.
Attend classroom training, selfstudy assignments, workshops, networking, and other events.

REQUIREMENTS:

In final year of study or graduated from university / institution.
Have the relevant right to work in the UK or EEA.
Be available to start from 21 August 2023.

DESIRED:

Ability to take on a highlevel of responsibility, initiative, and accountability.
Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
Experience using Microsoft Office suite of products.
Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience in the financial services industry.
Familiar with digital tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, PowerBI or have experience of coding (e.g. Python).
Capable of working to deadlines, whilst maintaining a clear focus on detail and quality.
Familiar with core accounting concepts such as double entry, GAAP.

We Value Diversity

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.

Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.