The Role

This role is supporting Middle Office Operations and is critical to executing key risk and control activities that strengthen resiliency and business outcomes in partnership with the operations team.

Why This Role Matters

As the Fund Ecosystem continues to evolve, this role helps ensure that resiliency and control practices are executed consistently and transparently. You will contribute to protecting clients and the business by supporting disciplined risk management and strengthening operational resilience across key processes.

In this role you will

• Execute Control Health Activities - Perform and support control health activities across manual, automated, and emerging technology-enabled controls, including documentation, testing coordination, and issue tracking

• Maintain Critical & High-Risk Process Inventory - Help maintain and update inventories of critical and high-risk processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with enterprise frameworks

• Enable Automation Efforts - Contribute to initiatives that support automation of controls and reporting by gathering requirements, documenting processes, and partnering with technology and risk teams

• Clarify Risk & Control Responsibilities - Support documentation of business ownership for risk and control responsibilities and assist in educating stakeholders on expectations

• Reporting & Insights - Prepare materials, dashboards, and summaries that communicate resiliency health, control effectiveness, and emerging risks to business partners and leadership

What it takes

• Working knowledge of risk management and control frameworks in a regulated or operational environment

• Experience supporting control health, RCSAs, internal audit, or operational risk activities

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to analyze data and produce clear, actionable reporting

• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with comfort working across multiple team

• Familiarity with Archer or similar GRC tools preferred

• Ability to operate effectively in structured programs while adapting to evolving requirements

Special Factors 

• Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position

• This is a hybrid position and would require you to work in the office 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)

Why Vanguard? 

Vanguard is a different kind of investment company. It was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea: that an investment company should manage its funds solely in the interests of its clients. 

This is a philosophy that has helped millions of people around the world to achieve their goals with low-cost, uncomplicated investments. 

It's what we stand for: value to investors. 

Inclusion Statement  

Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”  

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values. 

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard's core purpose: to take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

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.