Collateral Management Lead: Strategy & Optimization

Charles Schwab; New York; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Director of Collateral Management in Treasury to define and lead the firmwide strategy for collateral allocation, reduce trapped liquidity, and drive optimization across Derivatives Margin, Secured Financing and Securities Lending/Borrowing. The role partners with Liquidity, Capital, Securities Lending and Operations to build a scalable framework.

The ideal candidate has 10–15+ years in collateral management or related fields, a deep understanding of

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years in collateral management, securities finance, clearing or prime services.
• Understanding collateral requirements and post-trade workflows of derivatives margin & securities financing markets (repo, sec lending, upgrades).
• Ability to drive cross-functional initiative, influence stakeholders and effectively communicate to senior management in Treasury and Finance.
• Comfortable working in control-heavy, regulated environment
• Experience staying abreast of the evolving regulatory landscape and demonstrating impeccable judgement to prioritize numerous initiatives in flight
• Detail oriented and execution focused
• Proven team leader

Responsibilities

• Define and lead firmwide strategy for collateral allocation
• Identify and reduce trapped liquidity and inefficient collateral usage
• Drive collateral optimization initiatives across Derivatives Margin, Secured Financing and Securities Lending/Borrowing transactions
• Improve visibility into firmwide, intraday collateral requirements and availability
• Partner with Liquidity on collateral forecasting models under base and stress scenarios
• Partner with Treasury Command Center to develop post allocation analysis models to identify and drive consistent efficiency improvements
• Ensure collateral management strategies are aligned to evolving regulatory landscape (15c3-1, 15c3-3, LCR, etc.)
• Establish clear ownership, governance and escalation processing for collateral usage
• Strengthen controls, documentation, and auditability for collateral management roles and processes
• Serve as senior communicator and integrator across Liquidity, Securities Finance and Optimization, Securities Lending and Operations

Skills

Collateral management

Securities finance

Post-trade workflows

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory awareness

Team leadership

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Director of Collateral Management in Treasury to define and lead the firmwide strategy for collateral allocation, reduce trapped liquidity, and drive optimization across Derivatives Margin, Secured Financing and Securities Lending/Borrowing. The role partners with Liquidity, Capital, Securities Lending and Operations to build a scalable framework.

The ideal candidate has 10–15+ years in collateral management or related fields, a deep understanding of