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 and Opportunity
Vanguard's Internal Audit and SOX department has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Internal Auditor on our Business & Corporate Audit Services Team. In this role, you will complete risk-based audit and consulting engagements to evaluate management’s internal controls and influence senior levels of management to take action to improve the control environment. You will collaborate with stakeholder groups across divisions and be instrumental in executing the audit coverage strategy for key risk topics across Vanguard's Asia Pacific businesses. You will have the opportunity to build strong relationships with audit and business leaders and build your knowledge of key business areas and operations.
In this role you will:
- Assist in risk-based audits and consulting engagements, conducting research, evaluation, analysis, testing, and reporting.
- Communicate with management to discuss engagement progress and results, identifying opportunities to strengthen processes/controls.
- Participate in client discussions, executing audit and consulting work, assessing risk and effectiveness of controls, and encouraging collaboration.
- Prepare internal work papers and client deliverables, including process/control narratives, flowcharts, testing documentation, conclusions, recommendations, and audit report findings.
- Support less experienced auditors by coaching on internal audit processes, methodology, business lines, and supporting technology.
- Participate in special projects and department initiatives as needed.
What it takes:
- Undergraduate degree in a business-related field of concentration or equivalent combination of training and experience. Professional certification or advanced degree (e.g., MBA, CPA, CIA, ACAMS) is a plus.
- Minimum of three years general business experience required. Experience in, audit, risk or controls (i.e. operational audits, financial statement audits, internal audits, advisory/consulting, controls/compliance/legal) preferred.
- Exposure or prior experience to the Australia financial services industry and regulatory requirements across Banking, asset managers and superannuation funds.
- Demonstrated ability to function in fast paced, ambiguous environment working with multiple and diverse responsibilities.
- Strong conceptual thinking aptitude.
- Excellent time and project management and strong relationship management skills.
- Data analytics literacy, with the ability to apply analytical techniques to extract actionable insights and drive informed decision-making.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including: written and verbal communications, willingness to assist in areas outside of direct assignments when necessary, and commitment to self-improvement and completion of team objectives.
Special Factors:
- Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
- This position is hybrid and would require you to be local to our Melbourne 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.
