Vanguard
Financial Services
RiskAdvisor,BusinessAssurance&Controls
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“Risk Advisor, Business Assurance & Controls at Vanguard. Skills: Risk management, Business assurance, Controls. Identify and assess risks. Partner with business leaders”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve risk outcomes; Protect clients; Protect the firm; Strengthen risk visibility; Enhance control effectiveness; Support sound decision-making
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Problem-solving skills; Comfort operating in ambiguity
Not offering visa sponsorship
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5–10 years of experience in risk management, Undergraduate degree
Nice to Have
Advanced degree preferred, Experience supporting wealth management, Experience supporting advisory, Experience supporting brokerage, Experience supporting financial services businesses, Experience with risk assessments, Experience with issue management, Experience with control evaluation, Experience with governance, Experience leveraging risk metrics, Experience leveraging risk reporting
What You'll Do.
Identify and assess risks
Partner with business leaders
Develop risk mitigation strategies
Evaluate and enhance control design
Enhance control effectiveness
Perform root cause analysis
Support remediation of risk events
Support remediation of control gaps
Leverage data and risk metrics
Inform decision-making
Support risk management practices
Support risk assessments
Support issue management
Support governance routines
Evaluate risk in new initiatives
Evaluate risk in process changes
Drive aligned solutions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with business leaders; Partner with stakeholders; Liaison across business; Liaison across Compliance; Liaison across Risk; Liaison across Audit
Communication Scope
Translate data; Simplify complex concepts
Full Job Description
The Risk Advisor within the Personal Wealth Division is a business-embedded partner supporting advisory and wealth management activities through practical, forward-looking risk management. This role works directly with business leaders to identify risks across client interactions, advisory products, and brokerage operations, and translate them into actionable solutions that protect clients and the firm. This individual partners closely with stakeholders across Compliance, Risk, and Internal Audit to strengthen risk visibility, enhance control effectiveness, and support sound decision-making. **What You’ll Do** * Identify and assess risks across advisory products, client interactions, and business processes * Partner with business leaders to develop practical, business-aligned risk mitigation strategies * Evaluate and enhance control design and effectiveness to improve risk outcomes * Perform root cause analysis and support remediation of risk events and control gaps * Leverage data and risk metrics to identify trends and inform decision-making * Support key risk management practices including risk assessments, issue management, and governance routines * Partner with the business to evaluate risk in new initiatives and process changes * Act as a liaison across business, Compliance, Risk, and Audit to drive aligned solutions **What We’re Looking For** * Ability to translate data and analysis into meaningful risk insights * Experience improving or building risk processes, frameworks, or reporting * Strong problem-solving skills and comfort operating in ambiguity * Ability to simplify complex concepts for business partners * Consultative, hands-on approach with strong stakeholder influence **Qualifications** * Typically 5–10 years of experience in risk management, controls, compliance, or operational risk * Experience supporting wealth management, advisory, brokerage, or financial services businesses preferred * Experience with risk assessments, issue management, contro
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