Jeffrey Wheeler

About Jeffrey Wheeler

With a bachelor\'s degree in economics and a master\'s degree in business administration, I began my career with KPMG assisting public companies demonstrate Sarbanes Oxley compliance by mapping business processes and testing the design and effectiveness of their control suite. Approached by a client, I accepted a position with Freddie Mac to establish and execute the compliance function for the nation’s first federally sponsored home loan modification program. Since 2015, I have served Wells Fargo as a Strategy Consultant, Operational Risk Manager and currently Executive Director and Senior Manager in Enterprise Compliance. I am an experienced manager, team leader, and am credentialed as a Certified Internal Auditor with a Certification in Risk Management Assurance. I pride myself on strong interpersonal and written communication skills which allow me to effectively communicate with executives and excel in a team environment. Having studied abroad in both Spain and Argentina, I earned an Advanced/High level of proficiency on the ACTEFL foreign language exam in Spanish.

Experience

1. Sr Manager Business Aligned Compliance Officer

   Wells Fargo

   Jun 2015 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Senior Compliance Manager for the Chief Operating Office-Leads a team of Business Aligned Compliance Officers with oversight of the COO Utilities, Financial Crimes Operations, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Properties, Corporate Security, and Real Estate Valuations. Formerly covered Enterprise Operational Support, Wells Fargo India & Philippines, and Data Management & Insights-Monitors and tracks laws and regulations applicable to relevant business areas, credibly challenges front line control design, stakeholder for front line Risk and Control Self Assessments, partners with Testing and Validation teams to evaluate control effectiveness, and monitors issue remediation and corrective action planning.Operational Risk Manager in the Services Governance Office-Lead the Governance of the Service Catalog creation and maintenance in order to promote the efficient, effective, and sustainable delivery of services across the enterprise-Partner with key stakeholders to: 1)Maintain an enterprise-wide inventory of services and the components required for service delivery, 2) Facilitate the identification of services required in resolution, 3) Identify the interconnectedness of services across Legal Entities, 4) Mitigate identified service continuity risks, and 5) Identify and realize service efficiency opportunities and other enterprise-wide benefits.Strategy Consultant in Enterprise Global Services-Served as a Strategy Consultant to the Enterprise Global Services Department facilitating the transition of work from domestic US based lines of business across the enterprise enabling them to leverage employees at the Wells Fargo subsidiary service companies in India and the Philippines. In this role, I developed online tools to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Legal Review Process and of the intra-affiliate Statement of Work creation.

Skills

• Mortgage Servicing
• Business Process Improvement
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Valuation
• Certification in Risk Management Assurance
• Financial Services
• Internal Audit
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Internal Controls
• Financial Modeling
• Due Diligence
• Management Consulting
• Certified Internal Auditor
• Financial Risk
• Loan Servicing
• Mba
• Team Leadership
• Portfolio Management