Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, including a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients. We focus on our clients' overall financial needs, with consideration and respect for their total relationship with Wells Fargo.
Markets provides solutions to clients with the means to manage their exposure through various derivatives, lending and cash products across Structured Products Group, Rates, Equities, Foreign Exchange, Municipal Products Group, Credit Sales & Trading.
About this role: We are seeking a dynamic and commercially aware front office embedded risk specialist to join our Equity Finance risk team. This role sits at the intersection of risk management and client engagement, providing risk analysis and strategic insight to support the Equity Finance business. The ideal candidate will act as a trusted advisor to the front office while ensuring adherence to the firm’s risk appetite and regulatory standards. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.
In this role, primary responsibilities:
- Working with Equity Finance sales teams to review client portfolios to assess margin requirements and manage client exposures.
- Provide real-time risk commentary and escalation on market events, client behavior, or portfolio shifts including margin exceptions governance, determination of margin add-ons, and ownership of risk sign-off for client on-boarding, new strategies and idiosyncratic transactions.
- Monitor client portfolios for margin adequacy, concentration risk, stress scenarios, and liquidity risk.
- Serve as the primary risk point of contact for all client-facing risk engagement, including:
- Supporting client onboarding and ongoing due diligence, with a focus on portfolio risk assessment, margin requirements, and evaluation of new portfolio structures and idiosyncratic trade opportunities.
- Acting as the risk liaison in client meetings, clearly articulating margin methodologies, the firm’s risk frameworks, and key exposure metrics in a manner appropriate for external stakeholders.
- Partnering with clients to optimize margin utilization and capital efficiency, while ensuring alignment with the firm’s risk parameters and governance standards.
- Contributing to risk-adjusted return and client profitability analysis, helping inform commercial decision-making through a disciplined risk lens.
- Serve as the primary liaison to market and credit risk teams for the review, governance, and approval of margin-related exceptions, ensuring timely escalation, appropriate documentation, and alignment with established risk appetite and approval standards.
- Provide independent risk perspective on “off-the-run” financing opportunities, assessing key risk drivers(e.g., portfolio composition, liquidity, concentration, stress performance, and structural considerations) and recommending appropriate risk mitigants and margin treatment consistent with the firm’s risk parameters.
- Coordinate cross functionality with Credit Risk, Market Risk, Legal, Compliance and Operations to ensure a comprehensive, end-to-end view of client risk, including consistency across documentation, controls, operational readiness, and ongoing monitoring expectations.
- Contribute to the evolution of risk policies, standards, and governance routines by providing subject matter input to policy updates, participating in relevant governance forums, and supporting transparency and consistent decision-making stakeholders.
- Deliver in-depth risk analysis for new products and initiatives, including risk identification, sizing/measurement, stress and scenario considerations, control recommendations, and support for required approvals under applicable new product and risk governance expectations.
- Lead highly complex initiatives for financial, client and risk management within Securities Product Management
- Identify the origination, modeling, portfolio management and all risk management including compliance and operational risk
- Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex initiatives that require an in-depth evaluation
- Complete work in accordance with all risk management, compliance and business process expectations
- Provide vision, direction and expertise to more experienced leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
- Make decisions requiring solid understanding of policies, procedures and compliance requirements
- Conduct due diligence and portfolio administration as necessary and provide research on relevant industry trends
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
- Lead projects, teams or serve as a peer mentor
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of Securities Product Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a comb