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.
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Team & Opportunity
As part of Enterprise Risk Management, this role will deliver enterprise risk expertise to Vanguard Australia (including Vanguard Investments Australia and Vanguard Super). Reporting to the Senior Manager, Divisional Risk, this position drives collaboration with key business partners across Vanguard's Product Offer, HR and Finance divisions to ensure all risk matters are considered and addressed.
This role is responsible for helping to create a risk aware culture amongst the Product Offer, HR and Finance divisions through embedded second-line risk management support. You will partner closely with the business to enable strong risk management in decision making and position the division to take opportunities in support of its strategic objectives .
Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct risk assessments supporting Product Offer, HR and Finance to make critical business decisions.
- Work with business stakeholders to proactively identify and manage risks, issues and events. When issues and events occur, responsible for tracking and driving business to resolution.
- Facilitate the ongoing management of the Product Offer, HR and Finance risk profile in alignment with Enterprise Risk Frameworks.
- Identify and prioritize existing and emerging risks and advise on appropriate remediation outcomes. Effectively communicates strategies and plans to all appropriate parties .
- Support and facilitate the Management Risk Committees for Product Offer, HR and Finance to enable the business to oversight and manage its risk effectively and fulfil their obligations in line with the Risk Management Framework (RMF).
- Supports the business by assisting with the timely review of policies and procedures where required , and ensuring and evidencing that policies and processes are implemented and performed consistently.
- Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across Vanguard Super and Vanguard Investments Australia, focused on the Product Offer, HR and Finance divisions.
- Responsible for assisting to enforce key risk governance concepts across the business, including risk appetite, and risk culture standards.
- Participate in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
- Undergraduate degree required
- Demonstrated track record of achievement working in financial services
- Minimum of eight years of related work experience (related experience preferred)
- Demonstrate expertise in risk management monitoring of risk partners and development of risk frameworks
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with external and internal stakeholders at all levels in the organization
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- A demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently and drive analytical solutions
- Working knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access including their reporting capabilities. Knowledge of GRC systems preferred
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.