Senior Manager, Compliance Reporting & Governance
Your Opportunity
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you’ll do more than just build reports — you’ll help shape how leaders understand and manage compliance risk across the enterprise. Our culture blends innovative thinking with purposeful collaboration, empowering you to challenge the status quo and deliver insights that influence decisions at the highest levels of the organization. We are seeking a Senior Manager to join the Compliance Reporting and Governance (CORE) team. In this highly visible role, you’ll be a trusted partner to senior leadership and risk committees, helping translate complex compliances risk into clear, concise, and actionable insights.
Why This Role Matters
The CORE team plays a critical role in Schwab’s risk management framework. Our mission is to aggregate, synthesize, and elevate compliance risk information so senior leadership and the Board can make informed decisions with confidence. As a Senior Manager, you’ll help ensure the effective operation of key risk committees—including the Board, Global, Compliance, Bank, Personal Trust, and Fiduciary and Conflicts of Interest committees—while supporting management reporting, committees, and the Board of Directors with high quality reporting and analysis.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, influence, and innovate across the enterprise compliance program:
Drive executive level risk reporting by preparing substantive, high impact materials for the Chief Compliance Officer, Executive Risk Committees.
Shape standards for reporting and metrics by helping maintain, monitor and enhance enterprise wide management reporting frameworks.
Collaborate broadly across second line risk teams, guiding partners to deliver high quality, timely inputs and providing effective challenge and feedback to strengthen reporting outcomes.
Build strong partnerships across Compliance, Legal, Corporate Risk Management, and internal support teams to advance enterprise compliance metrics and reporting.
Apply regulatory and industry expertise to accurately assess and articulate the impact of compliance risk across business lines, legal entities, and international jurisdictions.
Act as an ambassador for the CORE team, increasing awareness and understanding of compliance risk reporting and governance across the Company.
Develop forward-looking performance indicators using data visualization, analysis, and calibration to strengthen oversight of compliance risk and program effectiveness.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
Visibility and influence with senior leaders in Compliance and the Company.
Meaningful work that directly supports Schwab’s risk management and compliance framework.
Opportunities to innovate and continuously improve enterprise reporting and metrics.
Competitive compensation, including salary plus eligibility for bonus or incentive opportunities.
What you have
You’re a strategic thinker with a passion for clarity, precision, and impact:
Bachelor’s degree in finance or business management; graduate degree or financial certifications preferred.
6+ years of experience in financial, risk, or compliance reporting within a diversified financial services environment.
Demonstrated experience building enterprise standards, processes, and metrics—from design through execution.
Exceptional attention to detail, analytical rigor, and adaptability in fast paced, deadline driven environments.
Strong relationship building skills and a collaborative, client focused mindset.
Clear, concise, confident communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage audiences at all levels—both written and verbal.
Proficiency with SharePoint and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); familiarity with Tableau, Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Query is a plus.
Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Project Management, or other process improvement certifications is a plus.
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
You’re a strategic thinker with a passion for clarity, precision, and impact:
Bachelor’s degree in finance or business management; graduate degree or financial certifications preferred.
6+ years of experience in financial, risk, or compliance reporting within a diversified financial services environment.
Demonstrated experience building enterprise standards, processes, and metrics—from design through execution.
Exceptional attention to detail, analytical rigor, and adaptability in fast paced, deadline driven environments.
Strong relationship building skills and a collaborative, client focused mindset.
Clear, concise, confident communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage audiences at all levels—both written and verbal.
Proficiency with SharePoint and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); familiarity with Tableau, Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Query is a plus.
Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Project Management, or other process improvement certifications is a plus.
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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