Sr Manager, Finance (PL)

Charles Schwab Corporation; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager, SAM Finance to lead forecasting, planning, and reporting for the SAM enterprise. You will manage two finance professionals, deliver insightful analyses, and coach the team to higher performance.

The role emphasizes business insights, collaboration with SAM and Enterprise Finance, and executive-level communication to drive strategic decisions. Located on site in Texas, with growth in a fast-moving asset management business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or related financial analysis roles.
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships across management levels and communicate complex financial concepts to senior audiences.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with large datasets and multiple data sources.
• Experience effectively managing several workstreams/projects concurrently and independently.
• Ability to drive strong engagement among team members and colleagues is essential

Responsibilities

• Lead annual planning, quarterly forecasting, and monthly reporting processes for SAM enterprise, including expense and product revenue components.
• Analyze business performance, identify key trends, risks, and opportunities, and provide insights and decision support.
• Manage two direct reports, establishing clear objectives and development plans, and providing coaching on performance to accelerate their professional growth.
• Develop and review financial models, scenario analyses, and long-range forecasts to support strategic decision-making.
• Collaborate independently with partners in SAM and across Finance groups to simplify and improve processes and reduce risk.
• Prepare executive-level presentations with clear and focused messaging articulating financial results, forecasts, risks, and opportunities. Present directly to Sr. Leadership.
• Drive engagement forward within SAM Finance and across Enterprise Finance/Corp Planning through daily modeling of strong leadership behavior

Skills

Financial modeling

Advanced analytics

Stakeholder communication

Leadership coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Economics/Accounting

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

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.

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.

The SAM Finance team provides financial analysis and strategic decision support for Schwab’s Asset Management enterprise, which manages more than $1.8T of client assets and over $3B in revenue. The Senior Manager, SAM Finance will lead key forecasting, planning, reporting, and business case activities while managing and developing a team of two finance professionals. Success in this role requires strong analytical capabilities, exceptional business partnership skills, a continuous improvement mindset, and a passion for coaching and developing talent.

While this role will involve some reporting and process building/improvement, its heavily weighted towards creating insights for the business, informing the Central Planning process, and developing people. The right candidate for this role brings not only a wealth of expertise in Finance, but will also bring a curiosity and capacity to learn about the Asset Management business, which is an exciting and fast-growing area of the company.

What You’ll Do

• Lead annual planning, quarterly forecasting, and monthly reporting processes for SAM enterprise, including both expense and product revenue components
• Analyze business performance, identify key trends, risks, and opportunities, and provide insights and decision support.
• Manage two direct reports, establishing clear objectives and development plans, and providing coaching on performance to accelerate their professional growth. Review work to ensure quality and accuracy while driving increased ownership and independence
• Develop and review financial models, scenario analyses, and long-range forecasts to support strategic decision-making.
• Collaborate independently with partners in SAM and across various Finance groups to simplify and improve processes and reduce risk, while breaking down any barriers to communication and/or execution
• Prepare executive-level presentations with clear and focused messaging articulating financial results, forecasts, risks, and opportunities. Present directly to Sr. Leadership
• Drive engagement forward both within SAM Finance team and across Enterprise Finance/Corp Planning through daily modeling of strong leadership behavior

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, or related financial analysis roles
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Proven ability tobuildstrongrelationshipsacrossmanagement levelsandcommunicate complex financial concepts to senior audiences.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience working with large datasets and multiple data sources.
• Experience effectively managing several workstreams/projects concurrently and independently
• Ability to drive strong engagement among team members and colleagues is essential

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial services industry experiencepreferred.

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