Barry Higgins

VP Business Risk & Control Mgr Corporate & Investment Banking Financial Crimes Program Mgmt Gov @Wells Fargo

Charlotte, NC, US

Risk management role within Corporate & Investment Banking Financial Crimes leading a team providing service oriented and subject matter expertise across a variety of regulatory and risk management disciplines with primary focus on BSA/AML CDD/EDD standards. • Responsible for Cornerstone Enhanced Due Diligence workflow and issue resolution pertaining to KYC onboarding & PR processes for low/moderate and high risk clients.• Interfaces with technology teams, front office, EDD team and Commercial Banking Financial Crimes to identify and resolve Cornerstone (SOR) workflow issues.• Resolves escalations from financial crimes operations team• Daily reconciliation of files against Corporate & Investment Banking’s EDD tracker for status, completions and workflow bottlenecks & resolves escalations.• Ensures integrity of and efficiency in processing customer information into systems of record• Technical expert for Cornerstone and serve as facilitator between various technology support teams. • Work closely with Corporate & Investment Banking financials crimes program team and financial crimes operations team to address observations from quality control reviews. • Also responsible for updating procedures, workflows, metrics and participation in system enhancements as applicable.