David Blitvich
Executive Director | Risk & Controls Leader | Model Governance, Audit Readiness & Process Optimization
- Role
- Executive Director, Risk Analytics Senior Manager at Wells Fargo
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Blitvich
Risk and control leader with 12+ years of experience strengthening model governance, operational controls, and audit engagement across top-tier financial institutions. At Wells Fargo, I help drive risk strategy for one of the firm’s largest model development centers—driving control design, audit engagement, and automation to strengthen model oversight.Previously at PwC, I managed external audits for Bank of America and EverBank, with a focus on the Allowance for Credit Losses, Commercial Lending and Financial Reporting. I’m passionate about building scalable, transparent governance frameworks and driving operational clarity through strong control design.
Experience
Executive Director, Risk Analytics Senior Manager
May 2020 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US
Provide senior-level leadership within Corporate Risk, helping direct model operations and governance strategy across Wells Fargo’s largest model development center. Responsibilities span CCAR, CECL, and PPNR model portfolios, with a focus on strengthening end-to-end controls, aligning with third-party assurance standards, and ensuring audit and operational readiness. • Drive operational oversight across 100+ models and 1,300+ controls, mitigating risk through targeted governance improvements and control enhancements. • Lead the Model Development Group engagement across 20–25 annual audit and review cycles—including internal audit, independent risk, and third-party assurance engagements—ensuring controls align with internal expectations, external assurance criteria, and enterprise risk strategy. • Developed the group’s Key Risk Indicator (KRI) framework to proactively detect emerging operational risk trends and support executive-level risk aggregation. • Spearheaded the development of Python-based automation solutions by defining functional requirements that eliminated manual governance tasks and improved control execution reliability. • Led the rollout of the group’s RCSA framework, establishing a proactive, self-identified risk ownership model aligned with enterprise-wide expectations. • Partner with model stakeholders and enterprise risk teams to ensure governance practices support strategic control objectives and operational resilience.
Education
University of Valencia
Studies, Finance and Spanish
2010 — 2010
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting
2006 — 2010
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Spanish Language and Literature
2006 — 2010
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Master's of Accounting, Auditing
2012 — 2012
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