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Financial Crimes Senior Model Validator

Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab

Accounting & Finance
Southlake, TX, USA
USD 126,500-210k / year
Posted on Dec 6, 2025

Financial Crimes Senior Model Validator

Job Locations US-TX-Southlake
Requisition ID
2025-117618
Posted Date
23 hours ago(12/5/2025 11:42 AM)
Category
Risk & Regulatory
Salary Range
USD $126,500.00 - $210,000.00 / Year
Application deadline
12/11/2025
Position Type
Full time

Your Opportunity

At Schwab, you are 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.


Model Risk Oversight serves as a strategic function within Corporate Risk Management, leveraging a wide range of models to develop innovative client solutions and effectively manage financial and reputational risks through advanced quantitative methodologies. The Model Risk Oversight team is responsible for identifying, reviewing, and monitoring all models deployed across the organization.

We are seeking applications for the Senior Manager position, focused on model validation and broader contributions to the Model Risk Oversight team. Candidates should possess strong quantitative skills and a solid understanding of the application of digital assets, fraud, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), and anti-money laundering (AML) models within a business context. Candidates must demonstrate understanding of crypto trading and crypto transfers using blockchain technology, including skills in distributed ledger analysis, cryptographic protocols, on-chain analytics, blockchain tracing, smart contract evaluation, wallet management, and transaction monitoring for digital assets.

*This is an individual contributor position.

Job responsibilities include:

  • Validating models used for the detection and prevention of financial crimes, including those related to digital assets, fraud, BSA, AML, and cybersecurity, in accordance with SR 11-7, with assessments covering conceptual soundness, performance monitoring, data integrity, and other relevant model validation areas.

  • Delivering model validation reports and presenting findings to model owners and senior management.

  • Collaborating with internal analysts and external consultants.

  • Reviewing model performance monitoring and conducting annual model reviews.

What you have

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of relevant work experience.

  • Solid understanding of regulations and compliance related to digital assets, fraud, BSA, AML, and cybersecurity.

  • Solid knowledge and understanding with model governance and related regulatory guidance.

  • Advanced degree in statistics, math, physics, engineering, or economics.

  • Proficient in Python, SAS, R, and other statistical or programming languages.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of work experience in model validation.

  • Ph.D. in quantitative discipline (statistics, mathematics, physics, economics).

  • CFA, FRM, ACAMS and digital asset related certifications.

  • Experience working as a quant in the financial industry.

  • Effective communicator, both verbally and in writing.

  • Strong interpersonal skills.

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Why work for us?

At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry.


We offer a competitive benefits package to our full-time employees 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
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