About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking to hire a Mortgage Underwriting Manager, internally known in the organization as Business Accountability Manager. The role responsible for standards and controls in the business, ensuring effective design, assessment, monitoring, and execution through establishment of protocols, assessment, risk mitigation, oversight, reporting, and self-assurance activities. In this role, you will: Manage and develop a team of specialists and coordinators tasked with activities in support of the business' risk mitigation activities Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement, risk mitigation, and control opportunities Make decisions and resolve issues regarding resources, objectives, and operations of team to meet business objectives; interpret and develop policies and procedures for functions with low to moderate complexity and risk within scope of responsibilities Manage allocation of people and financial resources for team Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent Required Qualifications: 4+ years of risk management, business controls, or compliance experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education 2+ years of leadership experience Desired Qualifications: Experience in Business Execution, Implementation, Strategic Planning, or equivalent 10+ years of overall experience with at least 5+ years of previous experience within US residential mortgage underwriting environment, managing varied workflows. 5+ years of team leadership or management experience Should have had underwriter credit authority professional experience NMLS Safe Act Mortgage Loan Originator (MLO) License Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills Strong stakeholder management and stateside partnership skills College graduate Job Expectations: The candidate must be willing to work within US hours or night shift The candidate must be amenable to work onsite, Mckinley Hills, Taguig Demonstrated knowledge/background in underwriting including credit scoring, credit systems, credit bureaus, and judgmental decisioning processes Supervise staff in tasks and processes to ensure timely completion, quality, and compliance in Underwriting Demonstrated strong people management skills required with ability to interact effectively with all levels of staff and management in an energetic and diverse environment and proven ability to train and motivate staff effectively Demonstrated track record in identifying inefficiencies and leading efforts to resolve and/or improve overall business processes Proven capacity planning and forecasting experience as well as an effective and efficient process to track results Develops metrics and tracks/ evaluates performance of processes, programs, services and initiatives Make decisions and resolve issues related to business operations under direction of the Underwriting management Ability to understand data, identify gaps and generate timely alerts to reduce/ eliminate gaps/ risks Proactively engage with internal bank stakeholders, third parties, settlement agents via telephone to gather necessary information, documentation, clarify information & resolve underwriting conditions Ability to conduct clear and customer centric telephone conversations to explain underwriting decisions, documentation requirements and next steps in the mortgage process Collaborate cross functionally with Processing, closing & Sales teams for seamless communication and customer satisfaction Posting End Date: 26 Jul 2025 *Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 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