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This role offers the opportunity to own global posttrade processes within the Trade Management team under Fund & Investment Operations (EIS), directly influencing risk mitigation, control design, and operational resiliency across a complex fund ecosystem. You'll partner closely with Product and Technology leaders to shape solutions that support realworld processing while driving global standardization, audit readiness, and endtoend alignment at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Global Risk Ownership: Serve as the global risk owner for assigned Trade Management processes, overseeing risk identification, mitigation, and remediation across regions and products while partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams.
• Operational-Technology Liaison: Act as a bridge between Trade Management and Product/Technology teams, ensuring operational requirements, controls, and realworld processing needs are reflected in solution design and delivery.
• Global Process Alignment: Drive global process standardization and alignment, clearly defining global versus regional variations, promoting crosstraining, and strengthening operational resiliency.
• CrossEcosystem Collaboration: Partner with upstream and downstream teams (e.g., Fund Accounting, Custody, Technology) to ensure cohesive endtoend processes, effective handoffs, and aligned controls. Process Gap Resolution & Roadmap Alignment: Identify and close process gaps, assess alignment between operational and product roadmaps, and track remediation efforts through completion to support operational stability.
• Contingency Planning: Develop, maintain, and coordinate global contingency plans for critical Trade Management activities, including testing and postincident enhancements.
• Audit & Regulatory Readiness: Support global audits and regulatory reviews through documentation, evidence coordination, and ownership of remediation actions.
• Leadership Oversight Support: Provide governance and oversight support, including Flight Tower review, SLA and risk monitoring, escalation of material issues, and execution of designated control responsibilities.
• Proactively identifies and mitigates external events and regulatory changes impacting Trade Management. Oversees and adheres to established control standards to ensure ongoing regulatory and policy compliance.
• Leads and participates in special projects and initiatives related to Trade Management, regulatory change, or operational enhancement, and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 3+ yearsof relevant experience in Trade Management, post-trade operations, middle office, custody/settlement operations, or a closely related investment operations role
• Demonstrated experience owning or supportingrisk mitigation, controls, or governancefor global operational processes (e.g., control execution, issue remediation, evidence collection, audit support)
• Proven ability to driveprocess alignment/standardizationacross multiple stakeholders (global and/or multi-regional), including documenting procedures and clarifying global vs regional variations
• Experience partnering withProduct/Technologyteams to translate operational needs into clear requirements and to validate solutions (e.g., UAT participation, acceptance criteria, readiness testing)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of leadingroot-cause analysisand driving remediation through to completion
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to escalate risks/issues with clear context and recommended actions

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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.