Vendor Management, Third Party Risk Manager

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.

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.  

What you’ll do:    

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.    

Additional responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Develop reporting as needed to measure functional statuses and service levels including graphs
• Update and maintain training documents
• Maintain and update desktop procedures
• Represent team on projects as subject matter expert
• Manage group email boxes maintaining a 48 hour service level
• Perform research and remediation of third-party data anomalies
• Strong attention to detail with demonstrated ability to process work accurately in a high-volume environment
• Understanding of how contract and supplier information is used and how risk is assessed and monitored
• Ability to take high level, sometimes ambiguous requirements and develop them into functional processes
• Run system reports, validate information, and prepare for broader communications
• Complete special projects and other responsibilities as assigned

Please note: this position is Monday - Friday during standard business hours with a hybrid work model (4 days in office, 1 day working from home). It is only available in Westlake, TX. Candidate must reside in or be willing to relocate on their own to the listed location.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.

What you have

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

Required Qualifications:

• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

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