Senior Institutional Investment Operations Specialist

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Institutional Investment Operations Specialist to support regulatory transaction reporting across MiFID II, SFTR, and EMIR 3.0. In this role, you will help ensure accurate and timely reporting, strengthen controls, and support process improvements in an evolving regulatory environment. This is an opportunity for an experienced regulatory reporting professional to make a meaningful impact while contributing to operational excellence and effective risk management

In this role, you will:

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- Performing the daily completeness and accuracy reconciliations process in a timely and accurate manner to meet Wells Fargo’s reporting obligations for MiFID II, SFTR and EMIR.

- Performing the daily pairing and matching reconciliations process in a timely and accurate manner to meet Wells Fargo’s reporting obligations.

- Perform investigations on breaks and perform root cause analysis on all exceptions

- Maintenance and enhancement of governance documents (eg. Process flows and procedures)

- Provide analytical support to regulatory change projects.

- Co-ordinate testing support to regulatory change projects with local SMEs.

- Work with Compliance and Legal team partners on rule interpretations for regulatory change.

- Delivery timely and accurate MI to Operations & Compliance management.

- Issue Management and write ups.

Required Qualifications:

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- 4+ years of Institutional Investment Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

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- Knowledge of transaction reporting operations in EMIR. SFTR and MiFIR/MiFID I & II and other global regulation requirements add additional advantage

- Extensive understanding and working knowledge on Pairing and Matching process, Reconciliation and Exception Management

- Working product knowledge in OTC Derivatives/Fixed Income and Equities spaces.

- Solid analytical skills.

- Experience of working with project and technology stakeholders to deliver change. Solid communication and organisational skills – to work with local and remote Operations, Technology and Compliance stakeholders.

- Proficient with AI tools, Microsoft Excel (VBA preferred) and Alteryx are preferred

Posting End Date:

12 Nov 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.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

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