Robert Wells
Director | Regulatory Remediation & Data Risk Leader | Enterprise Issue Management, Root Cause, Materiality & Audit/Regulatory Defense
- Role
- Vice President, Data Management Manager at Wells Fargo
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Wells
Seasoned executive leader with 20+ years of experience guiding enterprise operations, regulatory remediation, and data governance programs across financial and lending sectors. Known for bridging business and technology to improve data integrity, streamline processes, and deliver measurable compliance and performance results. Passionate about empowering teams, optimizing systems, and transforming complex challenges into scalable, insight-driven solutions.Core strengths include data governance, regulatory oversight, process optimization, analytics strategy, and operational leadership — with a consistent record of driving enterprise value and advancing organizational maturity.
Experience
Vice President, Data Management Manager
Apr 2019 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US
Specific role included the following:• Orchestrated enterprise Data Issue Remediation team of 6-20 analysts resolving 1,100+ data deficiencies across multiple business lines, aligning technology, operations, compliance, and business stakeholders to engineer systemic solutions rather than tactical fixes.• Served as primary liaison for audits and OCC/Federal Reserve examinations, delivering executive briefings on validation, severity tiering, and remediation plans.• Responded to OCC and Federal Reserve examiner findings and influenced bank-wide policy, strengthening compliance posture and operational resilience.• Spearheaded enterprise adoption of Data Management and Governance frameworks as early adopter team, translating regulator feedback into scalable policy infrastructure.• Engineered root cause analyses and impact assessments ensuring remediation strategies met regulatory timelines and embedded sustainable governance controls.Key Achievements/Impacts:• Led home lending and auto finance segments of multi-business consent order remediation, aligning business, compliance, and technology partners to deliver permanent fixes and control environments for assigned portfolios.• Steered 5-year regulatory remediation program that enabled Home Lending and Auto Finance divisions to achieve first-time examiner approval in organizational history.• Deployed enterprise foreclosure and bankruptcy decisioning platform supporting internal and third-party users, standardizing data accuracy and decision consistency across business lines. • Automated E-OSCAR data retention and decryption protocols protecting 16M+ consumer accounts while fortifying regulatory compliance and audit readiness. • Developed reporting and governance controls that accelerated processor productivity and eliminated material data entry errors across servicing platforms.
Education
American InterContinental University
BA, Business Administration
2004 — 2006
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