Jobs · Business Development · Texas

Portfolio Strategist

Charles Schwab · Austin, TX · 1 mo ago
HybridBusiness DevelopmentFull-time

About the role

As a Portfolio Strategist on the Portfolio Transition Services team, you’ll help clients and relationship owners better understand the potential tax, risk, cost, and portfolio considerations involved in transitioning existing holdings into managed investing strategies. This client-facing role combines investment knowledge, analytical thinking, and clear communication to deliver advice to clients that supports informed decision making. In this role, you’ll gather relevant facts, clarify transition objectives, evaluate portfolio scenarios, and prepare analysis that helps clients assess potential trade-offs, including estimated realized gains or losses, risk considerations, portfolio characteristics, and transition implications. You’ll partner closely with Retail and Advisor Services relationship owners, applying sound judgment and a disciplined documentation approach in a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

  • Translate complex investment analysis into practical, client-ready education
  • Collaborate across teams to support thoughtful outcomes
  • Gather relevant facts and clarify transition objectives
  • Evaluate portfolio scenarios and prepare analysis for clients
  • Assess potential trade-offs, including estimated realized gains or losses, risk considerations, portfolio characteristics, and transition implications
  • Partner closely with relationship owners to deliver advice
  • Apply sound judgment and maintain accurate documentation in a highly regulated environment

Requirements

  • CFP® designation and/or CFA® designation
  • Active FINRA Series 7 license, or ability to obtain within 120 days as a condition of employment
  • Active FINRA Series 66 license, or equivalent, or ability to obtain within 120 days as a condition of employment
  • Strong understanding of portfolio construction, asset allocation, taxable investing, managed account solutions, and portfolio transition considerations
  • Experience working with Financial Consultants, Wealth Advisors, investment professionals, and high-net-worth client scenarios
  • Ability to interpret holdings, tax lot information, cost basis data, portfolio characteristics, and transition analysis outputs
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex investment analysis into clear, practical, client-ready education
  • Demonstrated judgment, attention to detail, and ability to operate effectively in a highly regulated environment
  • Ability to manage multiple referrals, prioritize work, meet turnaround expectations, and maintain accurate documentation
  • Familiarity with Salesforce, portfolio analysis tools, managed account platforms, or related investment technology

Qualifications

  • CIMA® designation
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Experience supporting taxable portfolio transitions, concentrated positions, direct indexing, or separately managed accounts
  • Experience presenting analysis to internal partners, relationship owners, clients, or prospects
  • Ability to collaborate across teams to resolve complex client scenarios, clarify requirements, and improve the end-to-end referral experience

Benefits

  • 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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