Brandon Guile

Brandon Guile

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Executive Director, Business Operations & Change Execution at Wells Fargo

  • Education

    • ThePower Business School

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      The Power MBA
    • St. Norbert College

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      Business Administration Finance

      Activities and Societies: Enrollment Management & Communications Committee Member - Board of Trustees, Enactus (SIFE), Accounting Club Member, St. Norbert Football Team, SAFAC Member, Admar

  • Experience

    • Enactus United States

      Apr 2010 - May 2012
      Project Leader

      Led 8 team members for a project focusing on connecting local farmers to food vendors.• Collaborated and built partnerships with De Pere Walmart, UW-Extension Brown County, De Pere Health Department, Green Bay Camber of Commerce, Brown County School District, Area Farmers, St. Norbert College Dinning & Services• Identified and empowered talent while mentoring emerging leader to assume leadership/management responsibilities for project continuity

    • R Braun Inc.

      May 2010 - Aug 2010
      Marketing Manager

      Acquired interim responsibilities of Marketing Director:• Created and maintained a budget• Managed relationships with advertising vendors • Created and implemented marketing plans to increase awareness of diverse business services • Re-vamped website

    • St. Norbert College

      May 2011 - May 2012
      Activity Fee Allocation Committee Member and Enrollment Management & Communications Member

      Advisor - Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee Member:• Responsible for the review and allocation of approximately $300k for the primary budgets for over 50 groups and organizations on campus • Reviewed and disbursed funds of up to $25,000 for special allocation requests throughout the academic yearRepresentative - Board of TrusteesEnrollment Management & Communications Member

    • Orion Lighting

      Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
      Sales And Marketing Intern

      Assisted various departments Including: • Sales & Marketing, IT, Legal, Finance• Quickly earned trust and responsibility by completing projects for SVP of Sales that rolled up to the board of directors

    • Bank of America Merrill Lynch

      Sept 2011 - Nov 2011
      Financial Planning and Analysis Intern

      Research and implementation of financial planning strategies: focused on Federal and State Tax guidelines• Leveraged 1040 tax form logic to build and implement a model to test scenarios on reducing tax exposure• Contacted over 100 clients to inform of the New Durbin Act and Bank of America procedure impacts

    • Orion Lighting

      Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
      Accounting Intern

      Completed projects for CFO & Controller:• Assisted in a $13M fixed asset audit• Compiled and completed quarterly budget-to-actual data reporting• Data analysis activities to find specific variances in order to reconcile complex spreadsheets and accounts• Clerical and administrative tasks to improve department efficiency

    • Wells Fargo

      Jul 2012 - now

      Process and control owner for 3 mortgage claims reimbursement portfolios; Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Veteran Affairs. Partnered directly with external stakeholders to influence & reimagine policy and change. Provided leadership, management, oversight to teams within US and offshore. Led cross-functional projects and initiatives to improve the culture, people, process, and technology for Default Accounts Payable, Investor/Insurer Claims (Accounts Receivable), and Loss Analysis & Reduction.Influenced and led transformational change by leveraging Robotic Process Automation, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and sampling methodologies. Show less • Established a new financial operations site; created a strong culture and continuous improvement• Led and completed high visibility projects to align internal processes and teams to investor guidelines which included leading test groups, change management, creation of tools, and training 50+ team members • Influenced change to investor guidelines and processes•Strategic leader on a team member engagement initiative that resulted in 90% feeling more connected to company's vision and goals• Led internal upstream and downstream meetings for continuous improvement Show less October 2014 to July 2015Team size varied from 8 to 20 team membersFederal Housing Association (FHA) Part A claims:Overall focus around change management for a team during a Rapid Process Improvement initiative that consisted of weekly changes impacting the people & processes. Provided coaching, support, development, and strategy to 8 analysts that completed the conveyance process. Led a FHA Part-A Note Sale (Single Family Loan Sale):Team consisted of 12 analysts from two servicing locations. Responsible for team engagement, planning, and operations. Successfully completed project within an aggressive HUD deadline by inspiring others to high performance, continuous capacity planning, coaching, building relationships with upstream/downstream teams and attorney firms to resolve deficiencies.October 2013 to September 2014Led a team responsible for:• Mortgage Insurance claims and cancellation• Fannie Mae reporting support & corporate advance account management Show less Leadership program that focused on hands on experience and 360 feedback.Rotational assignments in the capacity of a Lending Manager, Loan Administration Manager, and Collections Supervisor while leading teams from 4 to 17 team members in the following departments: Loss Mitigation - Short Sale, Home Preservation Underwriting, Escrow Operations & Analysis, Collections, Default Claims. Other experience due to upstream or downstream impacts in: Vendor Management, Mortgage Insurance Document Fulfillment & Funds Follow-up, Quality Assurance, Collections Compliance Team, Dialer Management, Home Preservation - Single Point of Contact, Second Level Review Underwriting, Tax. Show less

      • Executive Director, Business Execution Senior Manager

        Apr 2021 - now
      • Vice President, Business Liaison Manager

        Jul 2018 - Mar 2021
      • Assistant Vice President, Loan Administration Manager

        Feb 2017 - Jun 2018
      • Loan Administration Manager

        Jul 2015 - Feb 2017
      • Loan Administration Manager

        Oct 2013 - Jul 2015
      • Supervisory Associate - Accelerated Management Program

        Jul 2012 - Sept 2013
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Wells Fargo Home Mortgage on Sept 2012
      Wells Fargo Home MortgageAssociated with Brandon Guile