About the position
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.
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.
Responsibilities
• Develop and lead complex strategic, competitive, and product analyses.
• Consult independently with internal clients to define the business problem, issues, and planned approach for research and analyses.
• Lead work planning and business problem diagnosis, coaching less experienced corporate strategy analysts in best practices and building business acumen.
• Synthesize analyses, key findings, and potential solutions into actionable recommendations.
• Work with senior managers to prepare and deliver materials, including client presentations, white papers, case studies, etc.
• Interpret and analyze highly complex data using business acumen in order to derive key insights.
• Verify the quality, accuracy, and reasonableness of the data.
• Display, organize, and craft data into a compelling storyline with actionable insight for the client.
• Provide thought-leadership by identifying strategic topics and presenting compelling ideas for research evaluation to the Corporate Strategy organization.
• Develop and present competitive intelligence research in addition to internal and external operational and strategic findings.
• Stay abreast of industry, market, and competitive trends.
• Support efforts to keep the senior management team informed of key industry, competitive, and product trends.
• Recommend new and enhanced capabilities and services.
• Participate in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience (Master's degree preferred).
• Minimum of 5-8 years business experience, including significant experience in strategy consulting and / or analytical or financially oriented roles.
• Extensive experience with both conceptual and analytical problem solving.
• Experience in stakeholder management required.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft suite required.
Nice-to-haves
• Financial Services experience preferred.
• Client service experience preferred.