About Vanguard
More than 50 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 30 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.
Team and Opportunity
The newly created role of Head of Fund and Regulatory Reporting owns Vanguard Super fund financial reporting and key regulatory reporting obligations for Vanguard Australia across APRA, ASIC, sustainability and indirect costs. Managing & controlling the financial reporting of Vanguard Super is core to the role, including working through changes of a growing fund and the impacts that has across Finance. Builds regulatory reporting as a strategic finance capability, owning the end to end reporting lifecycle, from regulatory interpretation, data requirements, calculations and production through to controls, evidence, sign off governance, Board reporting, regulatory engagement and audit readiness in an environment of evolving regulatory change.
We're looking for someone who enjoys complex reporting, evolving regulation, and the opportunity to shape how a leading organisation responds to change and utilises new technology to the team’s advantage. You'll thrive in an environment where you can combine technical expertise with commercial thinking, agility, people leadership and stakeholder influence.
Core capabilities and skills:
- Deep regulatory and fund reporting expertise across super, APRA, ASIC, financial statements and emerging sustainability reporting;
- Strong ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and translate them into controlled and well governed processes that are scalable for new and emerging requirements;
- Fund financial statements experience, including the ability to understand all finance aspects for a super fund and how changes in the business impact Finance operations;
- Financial Services experience, with investment and super knowledge highly desirable;
- ability to engage, manage, influence and collaborate with key stakeholders (internal senior stakeholders (locally and globally), service providers, directors, auditors, and regulators) providing expert advice, clear information and resolving dependencies; analytical judgement to explain assumptions, methodologies and reporting impacts clearly and concisely;
- Drive the development and implementation of continual improvements across people, process and technology, including leveraging the latest technology and data programs.
- Strong people leadership capability with experience leading technical specialist, uplifting capability, managing priorities and building a team that operates as regulatory interpreters and trusted advisers, not only report produces.
Key Qualifications and Experience
To be successful in this role, you'll bring:
- Proven experience leading or overseeing the preparation of fund financial statements, ideally within superannuation, managed funds or another highly regulated financial services environment.
- Strong financial and regulatory reporting capability including Experience interpreting regulatory requirements and translating them into business outcomes.
- Expertise preparing, reviewing or overseeing external reporting deliverables.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Experience as a people leader, developing and guiding a team.
- The ability to lead projects, workstreams and regulatory change initiatives to meet deadlines in a timely and thorough manner
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for a broad audience.
Additional Experience That Will Set You Apart
We're particularly interested in candidates who bring experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Financial reporting and finance operations.
- Sustainability reporting, including climate and broader ESG disclosure frameworks.
- APRA reporting.
- Superannuation and/or managed funds.
- Reporting technology, automation, AI or data analytics solutions.
- Industry representation, consultation responses or participation in industry forums.
- CA or CPA qualifications.
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.
