Senior Sustainability Disclosure Oversight Analyst

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and embed a new Sustainability Disclosure Oversight capability within Operations tasked with providing a holistic review over global sustainability entity-level disclosures.

This role will ensure the accuracy consistency and alignment of Vanguards sustainability disclosures; reviewing benchmarking and enhancing ESG content across frameworks and geographies. Youll challenge ESG data validation conduct external comparisons and drive continuous improvement to ensure our disclosures are clear credible and consistent.

In this role you will

• Holistically review and edit the content of entity-level sustainability disclosures to ensure their accuracy consistency and alignment with regulatory and voluntary frameworks

• Ensure alignment of ESG disclosures across both external and internal reports regulatory and discretionary materials and European and Global disclosures in both content and format by leveraging technology solutions

• Help embed this new disclosure oversight capability with a staggered implementation focusing on the highest priority disclosures

• Perform regular peer reviews to understand competitor analysis and benchmarking of our disclosures

• Assess propose and draft disclosure enhancements documenting the rationale

• Ensure a single voice throughout sustainability disclosures

• Enhance your ESG product understanding to support the disclosure review

• Review ESG data validation performed and challenge the rationale behind movements to ensure appropriateness based on external comparisons

• Support transparent explanation of data methodologies assumptions and limitations.

• Act as a key step in the governance process of sustainability disclosures prior to final approval and publication

• Partner with regulatory change projects working to implement new sustainability disclosures and global stakeholders working to complete annual disclosure updates.

• Support taking sustainability disclosures through appropriate governance forums

What it takes

• Previous experience in sustainability or ESG reporting with a strong record managing regulatory disclosures (e.g. UK SDR SDFR CSRD TCFD) in asset management or financial services

• Diligent with a high attention to detail and committed to accuracy and quality

• Skilled at writing and editing clear concise reports and communications for technical and non-technical audiences and presenting complex information effectively to senior stakeholders and clients

• Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate across teams ensuring consistency and alignment in sustainability reporting.

• Highly organised and good at managing and influencing stakeholders

• Strategic thinker who connects interdependencies navigates ambiguity and engages with both the big picture and technical detail

• Proactive self-starter who identifies issues escalates risks and drives continuous improvement

Special Factors

• Vanguard is not offering 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)

This role encompasses activities that fall within the remit of UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulation. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to UK regulatory requirements in relation to conduct rules regulatory references and the assessment of fitness and propriety knowledge experience and competence. Where appropriate the role may also be subject to approval by the UK FCA.

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.

Its what we stand for: value to investors.

Inclusion Statement

Vanguards 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 Vanguards 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 Vanguards core purpose: to take a stand for all investors to treat them fairly and to give them the best chance for investment success.

Our commitment to equal employment opportunity

Vanguard is an equal opportunity employer. Vanguard is committed to providing all crew members a working environment that is free from discrimination prejudice and bias. Through this Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Vanguard reaffirms its commitment to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and crew members without regard to race color national origin or ancestry religion gender sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability marital status veteran or military addition Vanguard prohibits discrimination based on genetic information as well as any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Vanguard. Please informif you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

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.