Senior Auditor, Capital Management

Charles Schwab Corporation; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Senior Auditor to join its Corporate Internal Audit team. This role focuses on capital and balance sheet risk areas, including treasury-related activities and risk management controls.

You will participate in planning, testing, and evaluating controls, while supporting remediation and regulatory projects, reporting to the Senior Manager within Corporate IAD.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of financial services-related audit experience with growing responsibility.
• CPA, CIA, CISA strongly preferred.
• Understanding of risks and internal controls.
• Ability to travel occasionally, less than 5%.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute internal audit assignments per IIA standards.
• Draft audit observations and debrief with partners.
• Validate audit issue action plans with the business.
• Assist in annual risk assessment and documentation.
• Provide coaching and onboarding support to team members.
• Complete department administration and training requirements.

Skills

Audit execution

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Team mentoring

Analytical skills

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CPA

CIA

CISA

Job description

Your Opportunity

The Internal Audit Department (IAD) of The Charles Schwab Corporation provides independent and objective assessments to figure out whether all significant risks are identified and appropriately reported by management and risk functions to the Board and Executive Management, to evaluate whether risks are adequately controlled, and to challenge Executive Management to improve the efficiency of governance processes, risk management, and internal controls.

The Corporate internal audit enterprise team is seeking a Senior Auditor (Senior Specialist). The Corporate team is responsible for execution of audits over the firm’s corporate and risk management functions. This role will have primary focus on capital, liquidity risk, interest rate risk (market risk), and balance sheet management, including portfolio and hedging activities, and will support audit coverage across both first-line (Treasury) and second-line (Financial Risk Management) functions.The team also performs testing to confirm remediation of audit issues and regulatory issues.

Reporting to the Director or Senior Manager of the Corporate enterprise team, the Senior Auditor will have responsibility for assisting in the for the independent and objective assurance activity designed to improve the organization’s operations and compliance with key regulations by evaluating and improving the efficiency of risk management, control, and governance processes.

What you’ll do:

• Audit Execution: Participate in the planning and execution of internal audit assignments, ensuring work is performed in accordance with IIA standards and IAD policies and procedures. Responsibilities will include: scheduling and participation in audit meetings; participation in scoping discussions; drafting of audit deliverables; design and execution of testing; and completion and review of work papers. Additionally, assist in the tracking of team operations including audit status, issue status, and budgets.
• Issues Identification: Based on the results of audit testing, identify and draft audit observations for review by the Internal Audit Manager/Senior Manager (and above levels) and subsequent debriefing with the key partners (typically VP-level and below).
• Issue Management and Validation: Conduct validation testing of the audit issue action plans completed by the business.
• Risk Assessment: Under the direct supervision of IAD Management, participate in the annual Risk Assessment process, including scheduling and participation in meetings with partners, and the scoring and documentation of risk ratings.
• Coaching: Provide support, mentoring, and feedback to audit team members throughout the audit. Provide assistance with onboarding and ongoing support to new team members.
• Administration/Training: Completion of firm-wide and departmental administration and training requirements.
• Other Initiatives/Special Projects: As needed, assist with special projects related to business operational improvement or internal team needs.

What you have

• 3 - 5+ years of financial services-related audit experience with growing responsibility. Corporate, Broker Dealer, Bank Operations, or Regulatory Compliance (including BSA/AML) experience specific to internal audit and/or similar Big 4 Accounting or regulatory experience a plus.
• Demonstrated experience performing internal audits amongst a complex operational and regulatory environment.
• Ability to work as a member of a project team and cultivate a strong working relationship with external co-sourcing providers and internal lines of businesses.
• CPA, CIA, CISA strongly preferred. Other relevant certifications will be considered.
• Understanding of risks and internal controls and the ability to evaluate and figure out adequacy and efficiency of controls.
• Stays current on industry and regulatory issues and standard methodologies; imparts this knowledge to the team and the auditees.
• Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to anticipate issues and to design appropriate solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a shown ability to articulate effectively and expertly.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Ability to travel occasionally, less than 5%