Senior Fund Financial Analyst - Australia
To support Global Fund Accounting (GFA) Australia Product and GFA ETF Administration teams to successfully achieve daily and/or ad hoc deliverables. Actively participates in oversight of outsourced providers.
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.
Job Description Summary
To support ETF Operations across the Vanguard enterprise by ensuring the accurate validation, valuation, and dissemination of ETF baskets. Facilitate and support a global operating model across all ETF products.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Perform daily operations for Vanguard's ETF baskets ensuring accurate validation, valuation and disseminate critical ETF data to downstream systems. Independently identify and resolve complex operational issues, supporting the management team with review of daily, weekly and monthly ETF Operations deliverables.
* Maintains a comprehensive conceptual understanding of the funds and securities across all ETF products and the internal ETF ecosystem. Develop an industry and market subject-matter-expertise with deep knowledge around the factors and nuances that influence the life-cycle of the ETF.
* Involvement in business projects including completing a comprehensive impact analysis, recommending appropriate solutions, and participating in the implementation process. Take ownership of fund initiatives, such as ETF launches, that impact the team.
* Serve as a liaison between various internal and external business partners, representing the team professionally within stakeholder interactions as a subject-matter-expert.
* Tracks and documents adherence to various control standards to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures. Supports management to foster an effective work environment. Maintains a comprehensive conceptual understanding of the funds and securities across all Global ETF Domiciles.
* Identifies process improvement opportunities and independently propose and implement solutions.
* Collect and report on metrics, support and maintain end user computing tools and support fund initiatives as they relate to ETF Operations and its global operating model.
* Provides informal coaching and training to support on-boarding and continuous education activities. Coaches and provides feedback to crew on various operational items and project management activities.
* Participate in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
* Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Bachelor's degree (Accounting/Finance) preferred.
* Minimum three years general experience and 3 years industry experience.
* Experience in fund operations is desirable, experience in ETFs, unit pricing or corporate actions would be highly desirable
* Strong verbal and written communication skills. Excellent analytical, problem solving, and attention to detail skills.
* Excellent judgment and proven ability to analyse issues quickly and independently to take appropriate action under tight time constraints.
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. #J-18808-Ljbffr