Manager, Corporate Accounting
Your Opportunity
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.
Corporate Accounting is at the center of Schwab’s financial reporting, bringing together results from across the organization and helping tell the story behind the numbers. As Manager, Corporate Accounting, you will own highly visible accounting responsibilities with a primary focus on equity compensation, earnings per share, and consolidated financial reporting.
This opportunity goes beyond executing the close. You will analyze complex results, solve accounting and reporting challenges, strengthen controls, improve and automate processes, and help deliver clear GAAP and Non-GAAP financial information to senior management. You will gain broad exposure across Finance while partnering with Internal Reporting, SOX, auditors, and other business teams.
You will join an experienced, collaborative team that values curiosity, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and thoughtful challenge. This is an opportunity to deepen your technical accounting expertise, influence scalable solutions, and make a meaningful contribution to the accuracy and quality of Schwab’s consolidated financial results.
What you’ll do
- Own and develop expertise in key Corporate Accounting areas, with a primary focus on equity compensation, earnings per share, and consolidated reporting.
- Prepare and analyze consolidated financial results for senior management and support the communication of GAAP and Non-GAAP results.
- Participate in monthly and quarterly close activities, including journal entries, balance-sheet reconciliations, financial analysis, and reporting.
- Analyze large and complex data sets across the general ledger, subledgers, and other reporting sources to identify trends, discrepancies, and key financial drivers.
- Prepare meaningful variance analysis and translate accounting results into clear, decision-useful conclusions.
- Research and apply GAAP to complex accounting activities and reporting matters, documenting conclusions and partnering with stakeholders as needed.
- Maintain and enhance internal controls and supporting documentation while identifying opportunities to strengthen the control environment.
- Improve scalability and efficiency by automating reporting, developing control checks, standardizing work, and simplifying processes.
- Partner across Internal Reporting, SOX, external and internal audit, and other business and Finance teams.
- Support additional consolidated accounting areas, including strategic investments and other evolving business priorities.
- Share knowledge, support team development, and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing Corporate Accounting environment.
What you have
To ensure that we fulfill our promise of “challenging the status quo,” this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- At least 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on responsibility for month-end or quarter-end close activities within a medium or large organization.
- Experience preparing or reviewing journal entries, balance-sheet reconciliations, consolidated financial results, and variance analyses using general-ledger and subledger data.
- Strong knowledge of accounting fundamentals and demonstrated ability to research, interpret, and apply U.S. GAAP to complex accounting activities.
- Experience supporting internal controls and maintaining documentation within a SOX or comparable control environment.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify financial drivers, investigate discrepancies, and turn complex information into clear conclusions.
- Ability to communicate complex accounting and financial information clearly and confidently to Accounting, Finance, audit, and business partners.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, meet close and reporting deadlines, and deliver accurate, high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
- A collaborative, initiative-taking approach with a commitment to continuous improvement and strong cross-functional relationships.
Preferred qualifications
- Advanced Excel skills; PeopleSoft or other ERP experience
- Certified Public Accountant designation or progress toward certification.
- Experience with equity compensation accounting, earnings per share calculations, consolidated financial reporting, or preparation of senior-management reporting.
- Experience with reporting automation, data analytics, workflow improvement, or development of automated control checks.
- Experience partnering with Internal Reporting, SOX, internal audit, external audit, or technical accounting teams.
Location & Work Arrangement: This hybrid role requires four days per week in the office and one remote workday. Candidates must live in/near, or be willing to relocate on their own to Lone Tree, CO.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
What you are good at
What you have
To ensure that we fulfill our promise of “challenging the status quo,” this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- At least 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on responsibility for month-end or quarter-end close activities within a medium or large organization.
- Experience preparing or reviewing journal entries, balance-sheet reconciliations, consolidated financial results, and variance analyses using general-ledger and subledger data.
- Strong knowledge of accounting fundamentals and demonstrated ability to research, interpret, and apply U.S. GAAP to complex accounting activities.
- Experience supporting internal controls and maintaining documentation within a SOX or comparable control environment.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify financial drivers, investigate discrepancies, and turn complex information into clear conclusions.
- Ability to communicate complex accounting and financial information clearly and confidently to Accounting, Finance, audit, and business partners.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, meet close and reporting deadlines, and deliver accurate, high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
- A collaborative, initiative-taking approach with a commitment to continuous improvement and strong cross-functional relationships.
Preferred qualifications
- Advanced Excel skills; PeopleSoft or other ERP experience
- Certified Public Accountant designation or progress toward certification.
- Experience with equity compensation accounting, earnings per share calculations, consolidated financial reporting, or preparation of senior-management reporting.
- Experience with reporting automation, data analytics, workflow improvement, or development of automated control checks.
- Experience partnering with Internal Reporting, SOX, internal audit, external audit, or technical accounting teams.
Location & Work Arrangement: This hybrid role requires four days per week in the office and one remote workday. Candidates must live in/near, or be willing to relocate on their own to Lone Tree, CO.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
Why Schwab?
At Schwab, “Own Your Tomorrow” embodies everything we do! We are committed to helping our employees unleash their potential and achieve their dreams. Our employees get to play a central role in disrupting a multi-trillion-dollar industry, creating a better, more modern way to build and manage wealth. We’re a modern financial services firm that stands apart from the industry, where you can go as far as your ambition takes you.
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