Charles Fatora

About Charles Fatora

I am a high-achieving leader and experienced manager with a proven track record of leadership, mentorship, organizational change and moving projects from concept to completion in complex, operational and multi-national environments. My extensive management background has developed strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills, as well as the adaptability and flexibility needed to make mature, time-critical decisions.

Experience

1. Assistant Vice President

   Wells Fargo

   Jul 2022 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   AVP on the FACS (Financial Accounting Control System) CDFX (Credit, Deposits & Foreign Exchange) team. Subject Matter Expert providing very detailed functional support between Finance, Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, Risk & Operations teams & the Information Technology organization. • SQL – Develops SQL queries with large volumes of relational databases.• SOR – Owns three Systems of Record for FACS Finance, ensuring all downstream user issues are addressed & prioritized appropriately.• Products – Familiarity with credit, deposit & FX product operations & systems (ex: Flexcube, LoanIQ, MidasPlus, OpicsPlus, Lucas, Wallstreet, SimCorp).• AGILE (Scrum) team member – creates & tracks JIRA EPICs, Stories, Tasks; participates in: Sprint planning, Daily Scrum meetings, backlog refinement, retrospectives.• Ensures operational processes around trade flow capture, transactional & positional reconciliations between front office, middle office & back office systems, adjustment schedules for tracking daily profit & loss totals & management reporting for these products.• Reviews product level regulatory reporting requirements & helps develop daily, monthly & quarterly reporting used in SEC, FED, FINRA, Volcker & other Domestic & International Regulatory Reporting.• Proficient in GAAP accounting for Balance Sheet & Income Statement concepts including cost & mark to market accounting as they are responsible for leading daily accounting configuration portfolio monitoring of controls, variance/trend analysis & reporting.• Spearheads efforts in identification & implementation of process controls, documentation of consolidated reporting & control architecture & establishing an effective & G&O compliant architecture for daily financial reporting.• Faces off with internal & external audit & COSO for a high-risk application, as defined under operational risk guidelines.

Education

• University of Maryland

  BA, Communication

• Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

  MBA, Organizational Leadership

  2008 — 2011

• Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires

  Certificate - Doing Business in Latin America, Global Business

  2010 — 2010

Skills

• Leadership Development
• Organizational Development
• Coaching
• Organizational Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Negotiation
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Leadership
• Engagement Planning
• Executive Coaching
• Mentoring
• Career Counseling
• Navy
• Military Operations
• Tactics
• Aircraft
• Military
• Security Clearance
• Dod
• Operational Planning
• Program Management
• National Security
• Military Experience
• Government
• Flights
• Strategic Planning
• Strategic Consulting
• Weapons
• Aviation
• Risk Management
• Top Secret
• Management
• Defense
• Team Building
• Microsoft Office
• Team Leadership
• International Business
• Command
• Project Management