Sr Specialist - Security Analytics & Operations

Your Opportunity

Schwab remains committed to providing increased visibility to career growth opportunities and job requirements. This posting announcement is part of increased transparency and while all qualified applicants will be reviewed and considered, this organization has a preferred candidate identified for this role.

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.

What you have

​​•Work closely with business management and technology to examine and review employee access and determine what access is appropriate to the user's job responsibilities. Examination of employee access includes, but is not limited to, analysis of system usage reports, reconciliation of access control systems and applications, and application design governing user access. 
•Analyze employee access to ensure it is commensurate with the user’s job responsibilities and that the access within and across applications does not result in any segregation of duties conflicts or risk to the firm.  We examine the underlying design of the varying levels of access for an application, identify any design gaps that create risk and make recommendations to remediate such gaps.
•Serve as a liaison between the lines of business and technology, providing overall support and guidance to ensure compliancetothe firm’s Information Security and Access Administration policies.
•Maintain oversight of the access control environment for the Firm’s Mainframe application that pose high user fraud risk to the firm. 

Required Qualifications​

Executes strategies to restore services promptly and address disruptions
▪Integrates best practices to safeguard system confidentiality, integrity, and availability
▪Addresses compliance risks using strategic audit methodologies
▪Monitors and addresses security policy violations using best practices
•Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail and proven project management skills.
•Demonstrated understanding of process flows with the ability to identify control gaps that leave the firm susceptible to risk.
•Must have excellent analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to execute process improvements and solutions.
•Proven success in working collaboratively, improving productivity, and designing/coordinating the implementation of ideas.
•Excellent teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to partner with senior management teams across the firm.
•Ability to develop and propose potential solutions and plans for next steps, exhibiting confidence in anticipating obstacles and the consequences of decisions in order to drive projects forward
•Working knowledge of common and effective risk prevention technology tools and processes.
•Ability to work independently, exercising good judgment under minimal supervision, maintaining effectiveness and efficiencies in their day-to-day workload
•Familiarity with the concepts of Identity and Access Management preferred.

•Strong MS Access, Excel, and Word skills. 

Preferred Qualifications

▪Conducts in-depth analysis, evaluates factors, and influences decisions with insights
▪Ensures stakeholders has the necessary information for informed decisions
▪Networks with key stakeholders to exchange insights and foster cooperation
▪Identifies opportunities for process improvements and implements creative solutions
▪Influences team quality and effectiveness with decisions
▪Promotes and facilitates the adoption of new business strategies and approaches
▪Verbally presents ideas confidently, ensuring mutual understanding
▪Builds credibility with expertise, transparency, and confidentiality