Vanguard
Financial Services
FundandInvestmentOperationsSpecialist
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“Fund and Investment Operations Specialist at Vanguard. Skills: Fixed Income, Data management, Investment operations. Support accuracy of Fixed Income instrument data. Support accuracy of Index Funds data”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years Fixed Income investment operations, 5+ years data management, 5+ years middle-office roles, Undergraduate degree, Experience with SQL, Experience with Excel, Experience with business intelligence tools
Nice to Have
Accounting degree preferred, Finance degree preferred, Data Management degree preferred, CFA preferred, MBA preferred, CFA in progress preferred, MBA in progress preferred
What You'll Do.
Support accuracy of Fixed Income instrument data
Support accuracy of Index Funds data
Support accuracy of security data
Support accuracy of holdings data
Support accuracy of liquidity data
Support accuracy of cash balances data
Collaborate with Fixed Income portfolio managers
Support daily operations
Implement complex portfolio events
Provide operational insights
Provide risk considerations
Maintain strategic relationships
Resolve operational issues
Resolve service issues
Perform complex reconciliations
Perform root cause analysis
Implement short-term resolutions
Suggest long-term improvements
Identify workflow enhancements
Implement workflow enhancements
Lead system integration initiatives
Lead system optimization initiatives
Consult on operational readiness
Lead implementation of complex corporate actions
Lead implementation of trading strategies
Maintain industry knowledge
Participate in documentation efforts
Contribute to special projects
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional initiatives; Global teams
Process & Methodology
Lead initiatives
Full Job Description
**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 30 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals. **Key Responsibilities:** * Act as an expert supporting the accuracy of Fixed Income instrument, Index Funds, security, holdings, liquidity, and cash balances data across assigned portfolios. * Collaborate directly & Cultivate relationship with Fixed Income portfolio managers on daily support, implementation of complex portfolio events, provide operational insights and risk considerations. * Cultivates and maintains strong strategic relationships with other key stakeholders. Partners across the locally and globally to resolve operational and service issues. * Perform complex reconciliations and root cause analysis of data discrepancies; implement short-term resolutions and suggest long-term improvements. * Proactively identify and implement enhancements to workflows and procedures; lead initiatives to integrate or optimize systems and tools. * Consult on operational readiness for new products or large portfolio events, lead implementation of complex corporate actions and trading strategies. * Maintain strong industry-wide knowledge of the investment data management and investment operations landscape. * Participate in documentation efforts and contribute to special projects with global impact **Qualifications** * 5+ years of
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