Sr Specialist - Security Analytics & Operations - IAM

Charles Schwab; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Paid time off + sabbatical after 5+yrs

Paid parental leave and family growth

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab in Omaha, NE, seeks a Senior IAM Control Sustainability and Assurance Specialist to strengthen long-term control effectiveness, resilience, and audit readiness across the IAM program. You will translate requirements into practical control expectations and assess design, execution, and operating effectiveness.

You will partner with control owners, auditors, and leaders to identify risks, monitor remediation, and establish repeatable procedures and assurance practices that improve

Qualifications

• 4+ years in IAM, tech risk, control assurance or related; strong audit/compliance knowledge.
• Knowledge of risk and control concepts, design, and evidence sufficiency.
• Experience with identity lifecycle management and access provisioning/deprovisioning.
• Experience improving processes via workflow design, scripting, analytics, or automation capabilities.
• Ability to analyze complex requirements and advise technical, audit, regulatory stakeholders.
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Translate audit, regulatory, policy, and standards requirements into practical control and evidence expectations.
• Assess control design, execution, and operating effectiveness independently.
• Partner with control owners, auditors, and leaders to identify risks and monitor remediation.
• Establish repeatable procedures, validation checks, health indicators, and assurance practices.
• Advance automation and process improvements across IAM control and audit workflows.

Skills

Identity and Access Management

Technology risk

Control assurance

Audit and compliance

Automation capabilities

Analytical reasoning

Stakeholder communication

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

IBM OpenPages

RSA Archer

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(s).

The Senior IAM Control Sustainability and Assurance Specialist will strengthen the long-term effectiveness, resilience, and audit readiness of controls across Schwab’s Identity and Access Management program. You will translate audit, regulatory, policy, and standards-based requirements into practical control and evidence expectations while independently assessing control design, execution, and operating effectiveness.

In this role, you will partner with control owners, technical teams, auditors, and leaders to identify risks, evaluate evidence quality, recommend corrective actions, and monitor remediation. You will help establish repeatable procedures, validation checks, health indicators, and assurance practices that improve consistency and identify control degradation early.

Your work will also advance automation and process improvements across IAM control and audit workflows, reducing manual effort and strengthening accuracy, traceability, and resilience. Success requires sound judgment, thoughtful challenge, clear communication, and the ability to adapt priorities based on risk and business needs.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, technology risk, control assurance, control sustainability, audit, compliance, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated knowledge of risk and control concepts, control design, operating effectiveness, evidence sufficiency, assurance testing, and issue remediation
• Working knowledge of identity lifecycle management, access provisioning and deprovisioning, periodic access certifications, exception management, and remediation processes
• Experience improving processes through workflow design, reporting, scripting, orchestration, analytics, or other automation capabilities
• Ability to analyze complex requirements, ask effective challenge questions, and provide clear recommendations to technical, audit, regulatory, control, and leadership stakeholders
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, ownership, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
• Ability to work independently and proactively with minimal guidance
• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, or an equivalent certification
• 3+ years of experience in technology risk, supervision and controls, compliance, or audit
• 2+ years of experience in financial services
• Knowledge of NIST, ISO, FFIEC, GLBA, PCI, or related risk, regulatory, and industry requirements
• Experience using governance, risk, and compliance or workflow platforms such as IBM OpenPages or RSA Archer
• Experience partnering directly with auditors and supporting audit requests, assessments, and remediation activities

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

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance