Quality Control - Operational Accountant

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Operational Accountant performing Quality Control checks and audits. Provide day-to-day governance and oversight for the Reconciliation Utility Team.
 

In this role, you will:

• Monitor reconciliation completion and quality
• Track and escalate issues
• Support audits and regulatory reviews
• Maintain governance and control documentation
• Produce management reporting
• Partner with business, operations, risk, and compliance teams to strengthen control execution and monitoring, and improve processes
• Perform moderately complex operational account activities related to maintaining ledger accounts and developing reports
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Operational Accounting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge Quality Control Oversight
• Experience with Audits
• Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Experience in general ledger reconciliation and an understanding of the accounting policies related to general ledger management.
• Demonstrated risk management skills to ensure adherence to accounting and financial control policies and procedures, as well as identifying and reporting risk issues to the appropriate groups within the organization
• Experience with Common Recon applications, IrisWeb and AXCIS

Job Expectations:

• Interact, collaborate, and communicate effectively with multiple levels of operations employees, including senior level managers and compliance/risk/audit teams.
• Provide day-to-day governance and oversight for the Consumer & Wholesale Reconciliation Utility
• Provide guidance and oversight for Reconciliation Utility employees on internal policies
• Document work papers, research, and answer inquiries for internal and external audit teams
• Identify and escalate issues to be addressed timely, accurately and in adherence with COSO, GAAP, SOX and Bank risk policies
• Work on projects as needed

Posting End Date: 

1 Aug 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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