Several mutual funds managed by Vanguard are ranked at the top of the list of US mutual funds by assets under management. Along with BlackRock and State Street, Vanguard is considered to be one of the Big Three index fund managers that play a dominant role in retail investing.

Lead Data Analyst (Growth/Marketing Analytics)

Vanguard’s Growth Analytics Team supports essential Marketing Analytics to help transform Marketing in our Personal Investor space. We are adding a Lead Data Analyst to help support client growth!

In this role you will:

• Serve as the Analytic Lead on a multidisciplinary Marketing team, partnering with Marketing Product Owners, Engagement Strategists, Campaign Operations Specialists and more.  Serve as their strategic analytic partner who can lead experimentation design, complex value calculations and results analysis/insights.
• Own analytic support for your Family throughout campaign cycles, including business planning, campaign launch support, feedback loop and campaign optimization.
• Gather and evaluate data from multiple sources to extract trends and business insights, translating findings into clear, compelling, and actionable solutions and narratives.
• handle deep data investigation, audience identification, segmentation, profiling, opportunity sizing, client behavior analytics, targeting, experimental design, forecasting and treatment results attribution and measurement.
• Identify and lead process and data improvement opportunities.  Develop and organize documentation to fuel team effectiveness and efficiency.
• enjoy and contribute to an exceptionally supportive team of data analysts.  We’re committed to knowledge sharing and team care.

Core Responsibilities

1. Engages with internal partners to understand business strategy, questions and goals. Brings structure to business requests, translates requirements into an analytical project approach, and leads complex projects through completion. Delegates tasks and provides tactical and strategic guidance to peers. Serves as the analytics expert on cross-functional teams for large strategic initiatives.

2. Acquires and compiles structured and unstructured data and verifies its quality, accuracy and reasonableness.

3. Performs analyses of historical data to surface trends and insights using advanced analytical methods. Validates analytical techniques employed by other analysts.

4. Prepares and delivers expert level visualizations and internal presentations that translate analytic insights into tangible, actionable solutions for business partners to implement.

5. Develops, owns and manages recurring analytic or reporting processes.

6. Actively develops the analytics community at Vanguard by mentoring, coaching and connecting others with resources and training. Participates and presents during scheduled analytics seminars.

7. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don’t just have a mission—we’re on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients’ lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Vanguard’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is central to our ability to deliver on our mission. We aspire to create a work environment that is inclusive, equitable, and diverse—one that enables our employees, whom we call crew, to thrive and bring their best selves to work every day on behalf of our clients.

Cultivating DEI lifts our entire organization, and everyone shares accountability for our progress—from our senior leaders who lay the foundation and set the example for inclusive behaviors to crew who are growing in their personal DEI learning experiences.

Together, we’re on a mission. We are fueled by the value of diverse voices and connected through friendships and a culture of care—for our clients, our communities, and each other.

Vanguard’s DEI journey has no finish line. Our commitment is enduring, and we remain focused on the path ahead. To learn more about Vanguard goals and progress toward DEI, download our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report.

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.

Active Municipal Structured Products Analyst

Core Responsibilities:

• Conduct credit analysis across structured finance sectors using external and internally developed tools; support other structure intensive sectors (tobacco settlement and other securitizations, project finance, distressed and restructuring scenarios, etc.).
• Identify, understand, and model new or existing but mispriced tax-exempt instruments and develop strategies to accurately value them, and present investment recommendations to credit and trading teams.
• Identify and understand market inefficiencies to better model expected portfolio outcomes and develop strategies to benefit from inefficiencies; originate and execute on novel analytical approaches to municipal relative value.
• Actively pursue new market opportunities, limited offerings, and private placements, by leveraging external relationships; this may include taxable as well as tax-exempt investments.
• Use data and advanced learning techniques to reinforce how we allocate layered credit trades, model risks, and identify opportunities.
• Support and consolidate bespoke and fragmented credit modeling capabilities into a more production friendly experience.
• Support continued technology adoption in low-touch areas to reallocate resources into higher-impact areas.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Three years related analytical work experience
• Undergraduate or higher degree in a STEM field or Quantitative Finance preferred
• Experience with Python (QuantLib), SQL, and complex datasets
• Interest in pursuing — or progress towards — CFA designation

Client Communications & SharePoint Administrator (Summer Internship)

GWx touches the lives of every Vanguard employee every day. This position will support the communications on strategic initiatives.

Core Responsibilities:

• Identifies internal communication needs.  Creates the process of developing new content and updating or altering existing content.
• Creates and updates SharePoint pages in accordance with Vanguard standards.
• Serves as a consultant to internal management and crew to proactively develop integrated communication strategies, including suggestions for appropriate audience, channels, and time frames. Recommends creative solutions to ensure successful crew change management. Measures and evaluates the readership effectiveness.
• Leads the design and implementation of communication solutions. Conducts needs analysis, configures the message, determines the target audience, designs communication plan and strategy. Partners with the business area to deliver on solutions.
• Adheres to Vanguard standards for business writing (e.g., Wordswabbing, Intellectual Property, Brand Consistency). Ensures that copy is clear, concise and accurate.  Identifies and executes appropriate messages and approaches, maintains a writing style suitable for the audience, and develops copy that meets business objectives.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

General Qualifications:

• Experience with Microsoft Office software, including proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proficient SharePoint and Power Apps skills
• Independent, goal driven, self-starter, and team player.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work across multiple functions, and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills required.
• Demonstrated ability function in a fast paced, ambiguous environment working with multiple and diverse responsibilities.

Cash Product Risk Manager

Join our team as a Risk Manager for the Vanguard Cash Plus Account, a premier cash management solution designed to provide clients with security, flexibility, and competitive yields. This innovative account combines FDIC-insured bank sweeps for low-risk cash management with options tailored to meet immediate and short-term savings needs.  Help shape the future of cash management and provide clients with peace of mind in their financial strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Manages staff. Develops, mentors and provides guidance, training and motivation as necessary. Conducts regular one on one and staff meetings. Hires, evaluates and counsels crew. Follows corporate disciplinary procedures per established Vanguard standards as required. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, provides feedback, and recommends wage increases in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Provides risk guidance, oversight, and assurance services to the enterprise and partners based on the operational and strategic risk framework. Seeks ideas and perspectives from across the divisions or business units to improve oversight capabilities, and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Implements and manages risk and control management standards within the division’s processes. Identifies and prioritizes existing and emerging risks and advises on appropriate control design and testing. Effectively communicates strategies and plans to all appropriate parties.
• Ensures that the division has an appropriate level of review and key controls, and that key controls are designed and operating effectively in accordance with established standards.
• Provides consultation and analytical support to key stakeholders as needed, and ensures internal controls are properly implemented without compromising client service.
• Partners with the division’s leadership team to ensure business risk and control decisions are made during the design and development of technology and service or operating model changes. Proactively raises and executes plans to address key issues.
• Develops, maintains and evolves a comprehensive program for monitoring and analyzing controls. Establishes metrics, dashboards, and reports that are distributed regularly and can be used to identify potential control opportunities, as well as monitor the effectiveness of the controls in place. Reports to department leadership on controls across the department.
• Develops and maintains broad knowledge and awareness of the investment industry, risk management practices, and regulatory and/or policy changes. Serves as a subject matter expert on risk management discussions.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience. Supervisory experience preferred.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Industry experience with a Cash offer required.
• Risk management background required.
• Experience with implementation/rollout of large-scale programs required.
• Fraud experience preferred.