Specialist, Banking Operations
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.
We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
The Charitable Operations team is part of the Banking Operations organization. We are the operation vehicle and a highly collaborative partner of the Schwab Charitable Fund, which is an independent public charity created to help increase charitable giving in the United States by offering the flexible giving solution of a donor-advised fund account.
Charitable Operations is entrusted to handle a large spectrum of daily operational functions to support the Schwab Charitable Fund business such as money movements by way of internal transfers, wires, and check disbursements, reallocation and pool fund trades, account maintenance, and other complex tasks pertinent to this niche role. As a specialist, you will belong to a team that is imperative to the daily operations of Schwab Charitable Fund and expected to process time-sensitive, high-risk client transactions. Success in this fast-paced, high-volume, deadline-driven environment requires strong attention to detail and the ability to build relationships across the firm.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Provide exceptional, prompt, and thorough service to our clients who hold donor-advised fund accounts by ensuring thorough and proactive solutions to their work items. These clients are often high net worth or ultra-high net worth individuals.
- Provide prompt and thorough service to DAFGiving360 via multiple channels in order to effectively communicate and educate next-steps, problem resolution, and risk mitigation when it comes to expedited and/or escalated work items.
- Maintain a high degree of accuracy, assess risk, and make sound business decisions while resolving work items on first-touch as often as possible and with a high degree of efficiency.
- Effectively switch gears throughout the day to assist with meeting critical cut-off times or high-volume processing.
- Communicate effectively via multiple channels with peers, leaders, and other business partners to ensure items are handled expediently in order to minimize risk. This may include written and/or verbal communications.
What you have
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years’ experience in client service or operations with brokerage/financial industry preferred
- Proficient in at least two move money processes required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to anticipate issues and to design appropriate solutions
- Self-motivation, able to work independently to bring complex cases to conclusion
- Experience working with multiple systems in a dual monitor environment, and intermediate computer skills (including Microsoft Office products) are required.
- Flexible and willing to work extended hours/overtime during the year-end peak season (mid- November to mid-January)
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
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years’ experience in client service or operations with brokerage/financial industry preferred
- Proficient in at least two move money processes required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to anticipate issues and to design appropriate solutions
- Self-motivation, able to work independently to bring complex cases to conclusion
- Experience working with multiple systems in a dual monitor environment, and intermediate computer skills (including Microsoft Office products) are required.
- Flexible and willing to work extended hours/overtime during the year-end peak season (mid- November to mid-January)
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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