Are you passionate about protecting financial systems and ensuring compliance with global sanctions regulations? Join a key and growing team within our dynamic compliance organization, where you’ll play a central role in detecting and preventing financial crimes, with a primary focus on global sanctions compliance and additional support for Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) efforts. In this role, you'll lead critical compliance monitoring activities, collaborate across departments and jurisdictions, and help strengthen Vanguard’s global sanctions compliance program. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career and staying at the forefront of regulatory developments, this opportunity is for you.
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day global sanctions compliance controls monitoring, including overseeing resolution of complex sanctions escalations. May oversee and guide junior team members in executing these responsibilities.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to enhance the sanctions and ABAC due diligence framework.
- Analyze due diligence reports and escalated cases, resolving complex or unusual issues in alignment with regulatory expectations. Collaborate with management to address the most sensitive or high-impact matters.
- Prepare internal and external reports related to sanctions compliance, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
- Develop and deliver sanctions and ABAC-related training and educational sessions for broader compliance audiences, fostering a culture of integrity and awareness.
- Maintain deep knowledge of global sanctions regulations, industry trends, and enforcement actions. Serve as a consultant on compliance-related issues and act as a subject matter resource and liaison to regulatory bodies as needed.
- Partner across Vanguard business units and with international compliance teams to ensure consistent application of sanctions controls and to support enterprise-wide risk mitigation initiatives.
- Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned, contributing to the continuous improvement of Vanguard’s global sanctions compliance program.
Preferred Qualifications
- Comfortable working in a critical regulatory role required.
- Project management skillset required.
- Experience with sanctions laws, regulations, and frameworks preferred.
- Experience with Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) compliance preferred.
- Experience with Anti-Financial Crimes preferred.
Qualifications
- Minimum of five years related work experience.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.About Vanguard
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.
Skills Required
- Minimum of five years related work experience
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience
- Comfortable working in a critical regulatory role
- Project management skillset
- Experience with sanctions laws, regulations, and frameworks
- Experience with Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) compliance
- Experience with Anti-Financial Crimes
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare and related benefits are positioned as comparatively affordable via heavily subsidized medical plans and broad coverage options. This affordability can offset moderate base pay for employees who place higher value on out-of-pocket cost reductions.
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