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
The role entails providing Index and Reference data to the Investment Management Group, Finance and other enterprise clients and stakeholders to enhance investment decisions and fund oversight. The role serves as a point of contact for IMG, Finance and other enterprise clients for investment data related inquires and partner with internal teams to ensure integrity of investment and fund data.
Duties & Responsibilities
1. Provides Index and Reference data to the Investment Management Group, Finance Division and other stakeholders to enhance investment decisions and fund oversight.
2. Completes complex daily and ad hoc tasks while working under tight deadlines, managing competing priorities, and analyzing multiple inputs to meet operational objectives.
3. Has strong conceptual knowledge of portfolio management and index methodology.
4. Provides oversight of all the teams activities to ensure accurate and timely service delivery, as needed. Analyzes and resolves complex data issues supporting the portfolio management process.
5. Proactively identifies and leads process enhancement initiatives to gain efficiencies and improve quality. Recognizes and resolves roadblocks to maximize team impacts. Reviews and performs root cause analysis of data errors and provides short-term and long-term solutions.
6. Cultivates and maintains strong strategic relationships with key stakeholders. Partners across the global Data Management community to resolve operational and service issues. Leverages and strengthens Finance and IMG-wide network to accelerate complex issue resolution and improve quality and partners with external data vendors and industry contacts to enable best in class data management practices.
7. Strong industry-wide knowledge of the data management landscape and end-to-end knowledge of assigned data domain required for success.
8. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree (Accounting/Finance/ Data Management preferred) or equivalent combination of training and experience. CFA (completed or in progress) preferred.
- Minimum of three years relevant work experience.
- Excellent analytical capabilities and understanding of financial concepts and products. Ability to quickly become knowledgeable in current and future policies, practices, trends and information affecting the Data Management organization.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and maintains a professional presence. Proven ability to effectively communicate with external providers, internal business clients and crew members at all levels.
- Excellent judgment and ability to analyze issues quickly and independently to take appropriate action with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to function in a fast paced, ambiguous working environment with multiple and diverse responsibilities.
- Strong knowledge and skills using current versions of the Microsoft Office Suite. Working knowledge of Python and SQL is a significant plus.
- Detail oriented with a high level of energy. Proven self-starter with ability to work independently and within teams.
Special Factors
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
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.
