Vanguard

Financial Services

FundandInvestmentOperationsSpecialist

A$135–195k ~AI est. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

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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