Senior Lead Business Execution Consultant - Corporate Real Estate Risk, Audit & Regulatory Execution at Wells Fargo

About this role:

This Senior Lead Business Execution Consultant serves as the primary business authority and point of accountability for high‑risk reviews, audit, independent testing, and regulatory engagements across Corporate Properties Group (CPG). The role is staffed as a Corporate Real Estate subject matter expert, accountable for translating enterprise risk, regulatory, and audit expectations into business‑specific readiness, execution, and remediation within a complex real estate operating environment.

This role provides deep real estate domain expertise, direct ownership of outcomes, and the ability to represent CPG business practices, data, portfolio structures, and operating models in senior‑level and regulatory forums.

Key Responsibilities: Audit, Independent Testing, and Regulatory Engagements

• Serve as the sole point of contact to manage multiple concurrent global engagements, including internal audits, horizontal and targeted testing and regulatory reviews tied to real estate–specific requirements
• Partner with Control Management, Risk, and Compliance functions while retaining business accountability for CPG‑specific execution and remediation.
• Develop and execute engagement readiness strategies, including risk identification, self‑assurance activities, control evidence coordination, and executive briefings.
• Drive proactive identification and resolution of control gaps before they result in adverse findings.
• Own final outcomes, including responses, management action plans, remediation tracking, and validation support when issues are identified.
• Collaborate with business leaders and program partners to design, assess, and maintain business‑owned controls aligned to real estate risks, operational processes, and regulatory obligations.
• Lead and/or support ad hoc control testing, readiness assessments, and impact analyses to ensure controls perform as intended.
• Support regulatory and legal entity requirements tied to real estate activities, including portfolio governance, premises investments, accessibility requirements, and disposition or surplus property obligations.
• Interpret enterprise policies and regulatory guidance in the context of real estate operations, data, and portfolio structures, ensuring practical application without sacrificing compliance integrity.
• Represent CPG in discussions with auditors, Legal, Risk, Finance, and enterprise governance partners.
• Leverage and manipulate large, complex real estate and financial datasets to support audit responses, control assessments, trend analysis, and executive reporting.
• Prepare clear, defensible materials for senior leaders, including issue summaries, risk assessments, and status updates for time‑sensitive, high‑stakes matters.
• Influence outcomes through strong executive presence, sound judgment, and clear articulation of real estate business context.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 6+ years of Governance and Compliance experience
• 6+ years of compliance and regulatory systems experience
• 6+ years of real estate experience
• 6+ years of risk management-related and leadership experience in multiple, large, and complex businesses

Desired Qualifications

• Deep domain knowledge of corporate real estate operations, portfolios, and financial activities, including leased and owned premises, capital projects, facilities operations, occupancy, asset disposition, and related regulatory or audit topics such as ADA, bank premises investment, legal entity governance, and operational risk management.
• Proven experience designing, assessing, testing, and validating controls in complex operating environments, with familiarity applying enterprise risk frameworks, issue management, and validation processes to real estate business needs.
• Six plus years of experience in business execution, governance, audit, risk management, or regulatory engagement, with demonstrated accountability for outcomes and the ability to manage multiple concurrent, high-risk engagements with senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical capability, including advanced proficiency in Excel and or data tools to manipulate and interpret financial, portfolio, and operational data in support of risk, audit, and regulatory activities.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently with sound judgment, partner effectively with Audit, Independent Risk Management, Compliance, Legal, and Finance, and communicate complex requirements clearly as a trusted real estate authority in executive and regulator facing discussions.

Posting End Date:

11 May 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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