Executive Director - GL and Financial Reporting Senior Manager

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Financial Reporting Senior Manager

In this role, you will:

• Support large, complex functional areas related to external financial reporting requirements

• Design and manage effective processes and tools that ensure effective and reliable external financial reporting and advisory services

• Lead multiple stakeholder development initiatives by maintaining ongoing interaction that increases their awareness, understanding, accountability, and engagement in the reporting process

• Lead implementation of complex projects and initiatives impacting one or more lines of business

• Lead and direct accounting technical regulatory capital and regulatory reporting guidance

• Lead the company’s coordination of the regulatory reporting reviews performed by United States Federal Banking and Broker Dealer agencies

• Make decisions that will have significant direct impact on function and line of businesses

• Recommend compliance and risk management requirements for supported area and works with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives

• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including more experienced managers

• Lead team to achieve objectives

• Act as a liaison for regulatory reporting issues with both internal and external audit staffs, as well as, banking and broker dealer regulators

• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in Enterprise Finance

• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of Finance, Accounting, Financial Reporting , Accounting Reporting or Risk Reporting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• 3+ years of management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Expert knowledge of sub-legers, general ledger, reporting solutions and internal controls requirements within a large, diversified U.S. financial services institution

• Strong understanding of current financial and regulatory requirements, experience executing transformational changes

• Financial Products knowledge in some or all the following areas:  loans, deposits, derivatives, securities, repurchase agreements, securities lending, commodities, cash equities trading, credit trading, debt, etc.

• Previous experience in transformation of General ledger platform modernization using cloud is desirable but not mandatory

• Experience with matrix management, diverse geographic staffing model and location strategies

• Track record of successfully developing innovative solutions and driving transformational change; strong analytical and critical thinking skills combined with strategic business focus

• The candidate should demonstrate executive presence and be accustomed to presenting material to senior level executives. The candidate should be flexible, be able to withstand challenges and adapt accordingly.

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills, strong demonstrated leadership skills in significant transformational change initiatives

• Exposure of technology finance would be beneficial though not mandatory

• Bachelor's/Master’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or Technology

Job Expectations:

• This role is a Leadership role and is part of Finance Controllers transformation function which supports the General Ledger operations within the India & Philippines Legal Entities.

• This position will be responsible for defining and implementing the strategy for General Ledger platform by interacting with various teams across the enterprise. As a senior leader this role leads modernization, product transformation supporting General ledger, subledger, automated accounting, reporting functions and all associated operations.

• The successful candidate will be an experienced leader in leading large teams in banking, finance, accounting, highly motivated team player, and a self-starter who can drive change in complex organizations and driving results

• Build and implement strategy for General Ledger Eco-system initiatives, simplifications of operational process, implementation of automation and modernization. Develop road maps, interaction with wide range of groups to take their inputs.

• Manage 50+ team members located in Hyderabad, Bangalore.

• Provide support to GL operations using AGILE methodology, improve product maturity.

• Maintaining strong relationships with business leadership and other appropriate groups (finance, technology, operations, risk, etc.) to understand the business priorities and initiatives, and determine how best to integrate the accounting, reporting and control requirement.

• Contributions to building and maintaining the Sub-ledger, Accounting Engine, Reporting and General Ledger and supporting tools in partnership with Technology and other partners.

• Ensuring adequate internal controls over the financial and regulatory reporting environment are established and maintained.  

• Lead senior stakeholder meetings to facilitate decision making while managing the risks and issues

• Ensuring all transactions and business activity are processed and recorded to the general ledger and information is presented to downstream users to support their reporting and analysis requirements.  

Posting End Date: 

19 Aug 2025

*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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