St. Louis, Missouri — A career, indexed
Mark "Marcus" B. Allen — senior internal audit & risk leader in financial services; founder of Nexus Diversity Group.
Governance discipline, sharpened by data and automation — inside institutions, and in ventures beyond them.
Years across financial services, audit, risk, and technology
Closed audit engagements, 2023–2026
Budgeted audit hours tracked via dashboards he built
Tech & cyber share of 2025–26 engagements (up from one in 2023)
On the record: work supporting the early termination of a regulatory consent order, and August 2026 Compliance Hero recognition.
WELLS FARGO — CORPORATE RISK & COMPLIANCE AUDIT
Leads complex compliance audits from planning through reporting. Supported 34 closed engagements (15 aligned with the Enterprise Technology Audit Group), built dashboards tracking 5,878 budgeted hours across four groups, and automated the Compliance Coverage Coordination workflow — cutting effort by 50%+. Presented a Microsoft Copilot audit-mapping approach to the all-team meeting. August 2026 Compliance Hero.
U.S. BANK
Led CFPB / Home Lending compliance testing across mortgage servicing, repossession, and affidavits — contributing to the early termination of a regulatory consent order. Built a risk-metrics dashboard for executive decision-making; served as SME and trainer.
U.S. BANK
Python automation for audit workflows; supported a 20,000+ user Jira-to-Dragonboat migration.
U.S. BANK
Relationship Manager, then Resolution Specialist — borrower assistance, root-cause analysis, and Loss Mitigation SME support under federal and state requirements.
CLIENT-SERVICES ERA
Managed specialized client-care teams for Philip Morris, Isuzu Motors, and Cingular Wireless; ran workforce command-center operations — the foundation beneath the audit career.
NEXUS DIVERSITY GROUP — NDGSERIES.COM
A privacy-first, diverse-led holding company: urban tech, mobility, travel. Also Senior Software Engineer, UrbanSmart Solutions.
Leadership that reaches past the engagement — coaching, committees, and community.
Conducts Level 1 workpaper reviews for interns and gives engagement-level feedback to peers; serves as SME on methodology, evidence standards, sampling, and Tableau reporting. Prior direct management of specialized client-care teams.
Facilitated the July 2024 and January 2026 Monthly Compliance Audit all-team meetings. Serves on the St. Louis Site Leadership, Audit Activities, and Testing & Validation All-Hands committees.
Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis · Junior Achievement · International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis · Cards for Hospitalized Kids · City of St. Louis.
Nexus Diversity Group — four ventures across urban tech, mobility, and travel: NDG (parent), UrbanSmart Solutions, PremierVoyage, and LuxRide. ndgseries.com ↗
"Auditors examine what others build. NDG is where I build."
Power BI · Tableau · Alteryx · SAS · SQL · PostgreSQL · Python · Pandas · Power Query · VBA · Microsoft Copilot
SCRA/MLA · CFPB · HMDA · Reg W · CRA · Fair Lending · Mortgage Servicing · Cybersecurity Governance · IAM · SDLC Governance · Credible Challenge