About Vanguard
More than 45 years ago, John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently, it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day, Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect, and no profits to generate for outside owners.
Today, Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies, serving more than 50 million investors worldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.
Team & Opportunity
Vanguard’s Internal Audit and SOX department is seeking an Audit Director for our Business & Corporate Audit Services (BCAS) Team. In this high-impact leadership role, you and your team will deliver risk-based audits and consulting engagements across Vanguard's Asia Pacific businesses. Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, Asia Pacific, you will foster a collaborative, agile, and development-focused environment while championing crew growth through effective coaching. As a trusted advisor, you’ll influence senior leadership and help strengthen Vanguard’s global control environment.
RESPONSIBILITES:
- Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
- Oversees the audit and consulting plan for aligned business division(s) and functional area(s), including developing audit scope, objectives, and work plans. Adjusts and changes the plan as appropriate.
- Manages audit and consulting engagements to ensure the timely delivery of the highest quality work and value-add recommendations. Oversees multiple engagement teams concurrently working in a matrixed team environment. Approves objectives and scope of engagements and issues audit reports to senior management. Concludes audit and consulting findings and presents ratings and recommendations to department and business senior management.
- Communicates the status and results of the audit and consulting plan as well as enterprise-wide topics to various levels of management. Influences management in the aligned business division(s) and functional area(s) to act on recommendations to strengthen the control environment and make process improvements.
- Establishes and maintains relationships with management and risk partners for aligned business division(s) and functional area(s). Shares perspectives and connects relevant industry acumen, including best practices, audit standards, competitors, regulatory environment, and global impact with business processes.
- Supports the creation of reports for senior management and contributes to reporting for the audit committee, regulators and external auditors.
- Leads one or more department projects to deliver on operational and strategic goals.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum of eight years related work experience. Audit, risk, or controls experience preferred. Supervisory experience preferred.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred
- CIA, CPA, or other financial designation preferred.
- Experience in financial services, banking, superannuation, investments, or related industry also preferred.
- Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to influence, persuade, and present findings and insights to senior leaders with confidence and clarity.
- Proven success in complex, fast-paced environments with strong project execution skills that include prioritizing tasks, managing multiple projects, anticipating next steps, and adapting to changing scope.
- Data analytics literacy and leadership, with the ability to advance the team’s learning curve, drive adoption, and ensure effective deployment of analytics capabilities in audit processes.
SPECIAL FACTORS:
- Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
- Hybrid position requiring proximity to Melbourne, AUS office.
Inclusion Statement
Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”
We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values.
When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard’s core purpose.
Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
