Vanguard's Financial Advisory Services (FAS) is looking for a Lead Data Management Analyst, Specialist to help manage and improve data quality for our clients! This role will sit within CDAO (Chief Data and Analytics Office).

In this role you will:

• Engage with internal partners to understand business strategy, questions, and goals. Bring structure to business requests, translate requirements into an analytical project approach, and complete analyses.
• Manage and improve proactive data quality processes for FAS critical data including AUM&CF and CRM data.
• Become an expert in the data managed and provide thought leadership into transformative initiatives.
• Develop reporting to monitor operational health and progress of efforts.
• Proactively expand knowledge of business and data management and shares with team members.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What it takes:

• Coding knowledge in SQL, Python
• Experience as a lead
• Data management experience in AWS
• Ability to learn new systems and business concepts quickly. (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics)
• Strong relationship management and communication skills.
• Experience with data quality assurance and controls.
• Passion for identifying and implementing process improvements.
• Strong data analysis skill with financial and/or investment acumen.

What you will learn:

• Performance in a highly collaborative environment.
• Influencing strategy, roadmaps, and product enhancements through data and insights.
• Deep relationship management skills and business acumen while consulting with CDAO FAS Data Insights, Product Ownership, Sales leaders, and external vendors. 
• Prioritization and storytelling in a fast-paced environment. 

Core Responsibilities

1. Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) of data sets for a given industry, data storage systems, and the operational processes being supported. Maintains awareness of changing business needs to create appropriate project solutions.

2. Leads process design efforts to support new offerings, business initiatives, or improvement projects. Performs root cause analyses of complex data errors. Identifies opportunities to eliminate future occurrences, prioritizes initiatives, mitigates risk, leverages technology, and recommends short- and long-term solutions for issues.

3. Focuses on improving Data Management's service offer and communicates with stakeholders and management to obtain their input and buy-in as appropriate. Recommends, coordinates, documents, and implements changes that will enhance work-flows and procedures. Integrates new or existing technologies into work-flows and communicates to all team members. Analyzes impacts and prepares environment for change.

4. Builds and maintains relationships with internal and external partners to define data requirements, develop project specifications, and execute data projects to ensure that the expected outputs are delivered. Provides validation and approval of project deliverables.

5. Identifies solutions independently and with input from internal and external partners, external vendors, and industry contacts to enable best-in-class data management practices, scalability, and cost effectiveness. Leads and consults on new projects to ensure operational readiness upon implementation into the live environment.

6. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

We are Vanguard. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests.

For us, investing doesn’t just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you can get so much more in return. We invest with purpose – and that’s how we’ve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.

We want to make success accessible to everyone. This is our opportunity. Let’s make it count.

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.

Our 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.