Vendor Management, Third Party Risk Manager

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.

Corporate Vendor Management at Charles Schwab & Co. is responsible for implementing a firm-wide, end-to-end vendor management process to maximize vendor performance and value. Corporate Vendor Management is responsible for the sourcing, onboarding, risk assessment, monitoring and offboarding of third parties; and assists Schwab in meeting regulatory and compliance requirements.  

This position provides operational support to the Supplier Management team.  The Supplier Management team consists of supplier onboarding and maintenance, risk assessment, monitoring and offboarding of third parties and the Corporate Affiliate Program.  You will be responsible for providing support to the Supplier Management team by providing reporting and excel working files to perform their processes.   The position also provides ad hoc reporting, performs system updates and general support as needed.  In addition, this position will administer the Secondary Review Program for Supplier Management processes.  This program reviews processes and documentation to determine approved procedures are followed.  It will include the review of work and reporting to leadership on results.    

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

• 3+ years of vendor management, contracts, and relationship management experience
• Very strong written and oral communication skills
• Flexible and adaptable in handling and implementing change
• Must be a self-motivated individual who grasps concepts quickly, takes proactive ownership of tasks or processes and is a team player
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment with minimal direction, prioritize and multitask independently
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, technical, cross-functional environment and be able to produce with minimal direction
• Experience building effective relationships
• Strong analytical, problem solving and data analysis skills
• Strong Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

• Experience working in the financial industry or other regulated environment (risk, compliance or vendor management) 
• Experience with Ariba Risk and/or PeopleSoft