Interested in how mutual funds operate behind the scenes—or ready to take your fund accounting skills to the next level? Join Vanguard’s Fund Accounting team, where you’ll play a key role in ensuring the accuracy of our fund accounting and trade settlement activities. You’ll collaborate with internal Finance teams, gain insight into middle office functions, and serve as first line of defense in protecting the integrity of our fund accounting.
Core Responsibilities
1. Performs fund accounting oversight of the outsourced providers. Conducts checks and balances to reduce business financial risk. Ensures that the processes are performed within the prescribed tolerances and control framework. Oversees the completion of deliverables for assigned tasks as needed to support the team's oversight activities.
2. Supports the management team with review of daily, weekly and monthly fund accounting deliverables. Serves as subject matter and technical expert, identifies and resolves complex operational issues.
3. Recognizes opportunities and recommends process improvements to gain efficiencies and ensure quality.
4. Independently identifies issues, investigate root cause of errors and recommends solutions to mitigate risk. Exercises judgment in elevating material issues to management.
5. Prepares reporting for internal and external clients and maintains effective working relationships with them as well as business partners.
6. Provides technical expertise and guidance to other team members to achieve highest levels of performance. Serves as an escalation point for junior or new team members.
7. Adheres to various control standards to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures. Documents any areas of control weaknesses and recommended improvement measures to the management team.
8. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum of two years related work experience.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Finance or Accounting degree preferred.
- Strong ability to work independently with effective time and task management
- Proven stakeholder management and communication skills
- Solid analytical skills with attention to detail
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Preferred skills and experience
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience with Tableau or Power BI
- Fund accounting or investment operations 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.
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What We Do
We are a community of 30 million who think – and feel – differently about investing. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. Since our founding in 1975, helping our investors achieve their goals is our sole reason for existence. With no other parties to answer to and therefore no conflicting loyalties, we make every decision—like keeping investing costs as low as possible—with only your needs in mind. Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment companies, offering a large selection of high-quality low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, advice, and related services. Individual and institutional investors, financial professionals, and plan sponsors can benefit from the size, stability, and experience Vanguard offers. As of April 30, 2019, we managed more than $5.6 trillion in global assets. In addition, we have 189 funds in the United States and 225 funds in global markets. For Commenting Guidelines & Important information, visit here: http://vanguard.com/linkedin Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.
