Wells Fargo- Credit Risk -360

Date
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June 2025

Categories
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UI/UX Design

Project Overview
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Credit Risk 360 is an enterprise risk management platform designed to help financial analysts evaluate loan applications, monitor customer risk signals, and make faster, data-driven credit decisions through a centralized dashboard experience.

Project Mission
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Enable faster, smarter, and more transparent credit risk decisions through a centralized, data-driven, and compliance-friendly platform.

Project Vision
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Create a centralized, intelligent, and compliance-friendly risk management experience that improves analyst efficiency, visibility, and decision confidence.

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Project Details

Overview

Led the end-to-end transformation of an enterprise Credit Risk 360 platform, evolving it from a collection of fragmented tools into a unified, agentic AI ecosystem. By centralizing data and automating complex decision-making workflows, the redesign significantly reduced cognitive load and operational friction for credit analysts.

Core Agentic AI Capabilities
  • Autonomous Data Synthesis: Engineered intelligent data pipelines that aggregate and reconcile inputs from disparate legacy systems in real-time.

  • Explainable Risk Scoring: Designed transparent AI interfaces that visualize the "why" behind risk signals, ensuring regulatory compliance and analyst trust.

  • Proactive Workflow Orchestration: Implemented dynamic "next-best-action" surfacing, allowing the system to guide analysts through high-priority risk patterns rather than just displaying static data.

My Role
  • Product Strategy: Orchestrated enterprise workflow redesign and product vision.

  • Design Execution: Led dashboard UX, data visualization, and complex interaction design.

  • Systems Thinking: Architected information flow and scalable enterprise design patterns.

  • Accessibility & Compliance: Championed accessibility-first (WCAG) standards for high-stakes financial environments.

  • Cross-functional Leadership: Bridged the gap between AI engineering, compliance stakeholders, and end-users.

The Problem: Fragmented Intelligence

Analysts struggled with disconnected legacy systems, resulting in:

  • Operational Silos: Fragmented workflows causing delayed decision-making.

  • Cognitive Overload: Complex, non-prioritized datasets overwhelming analyst bandwidth.

  • Visibility Gaps: Inconsistent evaluations due to limited real-time risk tracking.

Research Insights

Insight

Impact

System Fragmentation

Increased time-to-decision and error rates.

Reactive Alerting

Missed critical risk signals due to poor prioritization.

Cognitive Saturation

Reduced accuracy caused by complex, manual data parsing.

Audit Friction

Operational delays due to disjointed compliance tracking.


Design Approach

The redesign utilized a Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) architecture:

  • Centralized Ecosystem: Consolidated multi-system inputs into a single, cohesive dashboard.

  • Progressive Disclosure: Surfaced information based on task urgency to reduce cognitive load.

  • Explainable AI (XAI): Integrated context-aware insights to validate AI-driven decisions.

  • Accessibility-First: Implemented robust keyboard navigation, high-contrast data tables, and screen-reader-optimized layouts to ensure inclusive enterprise productivity.

Business Impact
  • Force Multiplier: Dramatically increased analyst efficiency and application review velocity.

  • Operational Excellence: Significant reduction in manual data entry and cognitive overhead.

  • Confidence & Clarity: Elevated decision-making quality through transparent, data-driven insights.

Skills Demonstrated

Enterprise UX • Agentic AI Design • Systems Thinking • Fintech UX • Accessibility (WCAG) • Workflow Orchestration • Product Strategy • Design Systems • Stakeholder Collaboration