Manager - Funds Transfer Pricing

Charles Schwab Corporation; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation in the United States is seeking an experienced treasury professional to support funds transfer pricing framework development and analytic initiatives. You will collaborate with portfolio managers, risk partners, and product leaders to refine the FTP approach and drive risk-return optimization.

The role emphasizes building analytics, fostering cross-functional alignment, and delivering scalable frameworks and infrastructure for the Treasury Center.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in treasury, funds transfer pricing, interest rate risk, finance, and/or ALM roles with progressive levels of responsibility.
• 4+ years of general finance experience.
• Experience using coding languages to automate and improve finance processes.
• Familiarity with industry-leading FTP methodologies.
• Enthusiasm to work in white space and the ability to create innovative analyses to help drive strategy and influence key leaders across the company.
• Ability to multitask across multiple projects and deliverables while remaining calm in a potentially stressful environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong emotional intelligence and executive presence.
• Client-focused; able to build relationships and establish trust, respect, competence, and confidence effectively and quickly.
• Ability to help lead a cross-functional project, managing numerous workstreams and stakeholders.
• An undergraduate degree is required; an advanced degree is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with large, complex datasets a plus.
• Experience in establishing a control framework to mitigate process risk a plus.
• Experience with PolyPaths, ALM, QRM, Calypso, or other funds transfer pricing or ALM software is a plus.
• Fixed-income investment modeling and analytics knowledge a plus.
• Professional certification, such as CFA, FRM, or PRM, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and implementation of a new funds transfer pricing framework and methodology.
• Collaborate with investment portfolio managers, risk partners, and product leaders to help influence the risk-return optimization mandate.
• Develop a suite of analytics and reporting capabilities, including the decomposition of net interest margin by lines of business, products, and the Treasury Center.
• Support FTP methodology, monthly production and analytics, and the development of new approaches and ideas for both existing methodologies and new products.
• Clearly articulate the background and value of key changes, influencing leaders from across the organization to gain alignment on the FTP framework.
• Help build an FTP curriculum and educate key stakeholders on the application and use cases for FTP to drive business-line-led net interest income optimization and understanding.
• Lead the development of models and infrastructure to support the new FTP framework.
• Work cross-functionally to source data and build our holistic future-state FTP infrastructure.

Job description

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.

The Balance Sheet Strategy team is part of our Corporate Treasury department. We are responsible for balance sheet management and strategy, portfolio investment allocation decisions, balance sheet modeling and analytics, market risk management, ALM derivatives, and funds transfer pricing (FTP). The overall team manages fixed-income investments in several portfolios totaling over $200 billion, with approximately $500 billion in total balance sheet assets.

The role will focus on Treasury’s funds transfer pricing function. Specifically, this role will assist the team as it leads a cross-functional initiative to develop and implement an updated, best-in-class FTP framework and infrastructure.

This is an individual contributor role where you will be able to grow your expertise through consistent challenges, with the backing of passionate leaders who will value your contributions and prioritize your development.

What you have

• 2+ years of experience in treasury, funds transfer pricing, interest rate risk, finance, and/or ALM roles with progressive levels of responsibility.
• 4+ years of general finance experience.
• Experience using coding languages to automate and improve finance processes.
• Familiarity with industry-leading FTP methodologies.
• Enthusiasm to work in white space and the ability to create innovative analyses to help drive strategy and influence key leaders across the company.
• Ability to multitask across multiple projects and deliverables while remaining calm in a potentially stressful environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong emotional intelligence and executive presence.
• Client-focused; able to build relationships and establish trust, respect, competence, and confidence effectively and quickly.
• Ability to help lead a cross-functional project, managing numerous workstreams and stakeholders.
• An undergraduate degree is required; an advanced degree is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with large, complex datasets a plus.
• Experience in establishing a control framework to mitigate process risk a plus.
• Experience with PolyPaths, ALM, QRM, Calypso, or other funds transfer pricing or ALM software is a plus.
• Fixed-income investment modeling and analytics knowledge a plus.
• Professional certification, such as CFA, FRM, or PRM, preferred.

Key Outcomes:

Assist in the development and implementation of a new funds transfer pricing framework and methodology.

• Collaborate with investment portfolio managers, risk partners, and product leaders to help influence the risk-return optimization mandate.
• Develop a suite of analytics and reporting capabilities, including the decomposition of net interest margin by lines of business, products, and the Treasury Center.
• Support FTP methodology, monthly production and analytics, and the development of new approaches and ideas for both existing methodologies and new products.
• Clearly articulate the background and value of key changes, influencing leaders from across the organization to gain alignment on the FTP framework.
• Help build an FTP curriculum and educate key stakeholders on the application and use cases for FTP to drive business-line-led net interest income optimization and understanding.
• Lead the development of models and infrastructure to support the new FTP framework.
• Work cross-functionally to source data and build our holistic future-state FTP infrastructure.

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.