Cass Assurance - London, United Kingdom - Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a CASS Assurance specialist.

In this role, you will:

Support projects, take responsibility and produce highlevel working documents.
Support Compliance with responses to consultations and implement the necessary changes to CASS policies, procedures, process and systems.
Support in the delivery of required regulatory changes projects or business initiatives in relation to CASS.
Understand and challenge the business processes and controls and be able to document them back to the CASS rule book
Oversight of US based Operations teams performing CASS impacting functions, including reviewing processes and controls, undertaking QA, sample test and/or collate data in a timely fashion to ensure compliance with relevant FCA rulebooks (CASS, COBS, SYSC, etc.).
Perform due diligence of client money banks and brokers including onsite visits where necessary.
Provide Management Information to CASS stakeholders (eg. CF10a, CASS Control and Compliance functions).
Contribute to the delivery of timely and accurate reporting to regulators and the firm's board.
Work with Operational Risk team to identify all Operational Risk considerations in relation to CASS and related functions/processes.
Attendance at industry conferences/events, networking & roundtables in relation to CASS.
Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Experience in Cass Assurance, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
Understanding of Settlement & Corp Action events in relation to MiFID II eligible products and impact on treatment as Client Money events.
Previous track record in process improvement with a view to developing/enhancing controls.
Experience of producing Ml, KPls and reviews in accordance with SLAs
Presenting to senior management and stakeholders
Solid communication/organisational skills to work with local and remote Operations and Compliance/CASS Control stakeholders.
Product knowledge of the Broker/Dealer business and Futures, Derivatives/Fixed Income and Equities spaces.
Good Excel, Word, SharePoint and PowerPoint skills.
May involve travel to the US.

Posting End Date:

30 May 2024

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

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.

Applicants with Disabilities

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