About this role:Wells Fargo Merchant Services is seeking a Senior Underwriting Manager to lead the large merchant underwriting team.
In this role, you will:- Manage and develop teams providing analysis, consulting, reporting, and ongoing process support to drive credit culture, appetite, and business performance with input from leadership
- Engage and influence stakeholders, internal partners, and peers associated with the Credit Portfolio Consulting functional area or who are affected by its outcomes
- Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development through business analysis or modeling
- Contribute to the development of appropriate strategies to ensure risk is within risk appetite
- Determine appropriate strategies and actions to meet moderate to high risk deliverables
- Interpret and develop credit policies and procedures for functions with moderate complexity within scope of responsibility
- Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals, including more experienced managers, and maintain relationships with corporate and business heads
- Interact directly with external customers
- Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Credit Portfolio Consulting
- Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy
Required Qualifications:- 6+ years of Credit Portfolio Consulting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 3+ years of management or leadership experience
Desired Qualifications:- Merchant acquiring risk management
- Commercial credit underwriting & portfolio management
- Financial statement & merchant business model analysis
- Partnering with Product on tool & infrastructure development
- Policy operationalization
- Identifying & improving inefficiencies
Posting End Date: 19 Oct 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. We Value Equal OpportunityWells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
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