Director, Financial Risk Program Management

Charles Schwab Inc. • Southlake, TX

2d • $148,000 - $198,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Risk Program Management (FRPM) team within Corporate Risk Management provides independent second-line oversight across key financial risk programs, strengthening governance, policies, standards, and controls to align with regulatory and enterprise expectations. As part of the broader Financial Risk Management organization, this team plays a critical role in enabling informed, transparent, and effective financial risk decision-making. In this Director role, you will operate as a strategic integrator across governance, audit, and cross-functional risk initiatives, driving the evolution of financial risk frameworks and oversight capabilities. You will influence how financial risk is assessed, monitored, and governed by leading initiatives that enhance regulatory alignment, strengthen control environments, and improve the consistency and effectiveness of risk programs across credit, market, liquidity, and capital risk domains. This role requires strong judgment and the ability to navigate complex, enterprise-wide challenges—coordinating regulatory gap assessments, supporting enterprise audit readiness, and guiding end-to-end due diligence efforts for new initiatives. You will play a key role in facilitating senior governance forums, ensuring effective decision-making through clear communication, synthesis of complex risk topics, and alignment across stakeholders. Success in this role depends on your ability to collaborate across first- and second-line partners, influence outcomes without direct authority, and drive execution across multiple priorities while maintaining a focus on risk mitigation and program effectiveness. This is an individual contributor position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Demonstrated expertise in financial risk management across credit, market, liquidity, and capital risk domains
• Deep knowledge of regulatory expectations related to financial risk governance, oversight, and monitoring
• Proven experience supporting or coordinating senior governance forums or committees
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate effectively across diverse stakeholder groups

Nice To Haves

• CFA, FRM certification, or MBA with a focus in Finance
• 5+ years of experience applying Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) methodologies and principles
• Proven ability to exercise sound judgment and operate independently in a complex environment
• Demonstrated adaptability and ability to manage evolving priorities and requirements

Responsibilities

• Operate as a strategic integrator across governance, audit, and cross-functional risk initiatives, driving the evolution of financial risk frameworks and oversight capabilities.
• Influence how financial risk is assessed, monitored, and governed by leading initiatives that enhance regulatory alignment, strengthen control environments, and improve the consistency and effectiveness of risk programs across credit, market, liquidity, and capital risk domains.
• Coordinate regulatory gap assessments.
• Support enterprise audit readiness.
• Guide end-to-end due diligence efforts for new initiatives.
• Facilitate senior governance forums, ensuring effective decision-making through clear communication, synthesis of complex risk topics, and alignment across stakeholders.
• Collaborate across first- and second-line partners.
• Influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Drive execution across multiple priorities while maintaining a focus on risk mitigation and program effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director