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In Compliance, we help our business partners achieve their strategic priorities by promoting principles and practices that build client trust and safeguard the integrity of the firm. Compliance Risk Assessments helps Compliance to prioritize and focus Compliance resources towards remediation of identified weaknesses, conducts testing and monitoring, and provides regulatory training. The broader Compliance organization will rely on the Compliance Risk Assessment Senior Manager to execute and manage Compliance Risk Assessments to determine areas that present the most significant compliance risk to Charles Schwab Bank and Charles Schwab Premier Bank, while maintaining an enterprise-wide view of compliance risks.

As an individual contributor, this Senior Manager will play a key role in monitoring, assessing, and reporting on changes regarding the levels of compliance risk as emphasized by the Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending. A significant part of this role will be preparing risk assessment reports and present findings to key stakeholders, so maintaining a strong working knowledge of regulations applicable to the Banks will be critical. The role requires strong partnership with Banking and Trust Services (BTS) Subject Matter Experts as you lead meetings to discuss key risks and identify upcoming risks. There will be significant visibility in this role as the Senior Manager develops standard and special purpose reports designed to provide the BTS Committees, the Compliance Department, and applicable Bank Business Units with information about the results of the Compliance Risk Assessments.

What you have

Required:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience in regulatory compliance matters impacting banks.
• 5+ years of financial institution compliance experience
• 3+ or more years of experience with banking laws, rules and regulations and with issues impacting consumer protection laws.

Preferred:

• Strong knowledge and understanding regulatory expectations, interpreting regulatory guidance, and assessing risk.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, including the strong ability to clearly articulate risks to key stakeholders, independently prioritize multiple priorities and changes in scope.
• Ability to think critically about Compliance Risk Assessments inputs and results.
• Familiarity with results identified from compliance examinations, audits, monitoring, and testing events.
• Familiarity with governance, risk and compliance systems.
• Ability to work collaboratively with department teammates and subject matter experts to maintain accurate information within the risk assessments.
• Ability to work on multiple projects, prioritize activities, and meet deadlines.
• Courage to effectively challenge SMEs, teammates, and senior leadership to help improve the Compliance Risk Assessment data and process.
• Ability to read and analyze large quantities of reports/ data and pinpoint and summarize meaningful trends and material components in a concise summary.
• Strong attention to detail, i.e. complex excel spreadsheets with multiple worksheets and formulas.
• Ability to work independently.
• 5+ or more years of experience with banking laws, rules and regulations.
• A good understanding of horizontal/programmatic risks including conflict of interest expectations and consumer protection requirements (e.g., Fair Lending, Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices).
• Professional certification(s): including Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Securities Compliance Professional (CSCP), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or Certified Risk Professional (CRP).
• SharePoint experience.