Responsibilities
- Execute transactional sourcing activities including lowcomplexity contract renewals amendments and purchase order creation.
- Manage daytoday vendor operational tasks such as billing inquiries license and entitlement requests user access coordination and financial reconciliations.
- Support contract administration by maintaining accurate vendor and contract records and tracking key dates obligations and deliverables.
- Work directly with business owners relationship managers Legal Risk Finance and Procurement partners to progress sourcing and vendor activities.
- Coordinate inputs approvals and followups to ensure contracts invoices and requests are completed on time.
- Create and maintain vendor operations dashboards and reports to track activity levels volumes and key metrics.
- Support budget tracking invoice validation spend monitoring and variance analysis in partnership with Finance and business stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities to improve streamline or automate operational processes related to sourcing vendor management and financial workflows.
- Leverage available tools data and technology to reduce manual effort improve accuracy and increase operational efficiency.
- Ensure work is performed in accordance with enterprise and divisional policies procedures and control requirements.
- Assist with audits risk reviews and compliance activities by preparing documentation and responding to requests.
- Participate in special projects and perform other operational duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum of three years of related experience in procurement vendor management finance operations or a related field.
- Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education training and experience.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
- High attention to detail and comfort working directly with financial contract and operational data.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across functions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting Finance Business or Supply Chain.
- Experience improving or automating operational processes.
- Comfort using AIenabled tools or automation technologies (e.g. workflow automation data analysis or productivity tools) to support efficiency accuracy and insight generation.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
About Vanguard
At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere 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.
Required Experience:
IC
ResponsibilitiesExecute transactional sourcing activities including lowcomplexity contract renewals amendments and purchase order creation.Manage daytoday vendor operational tasks such as billing inquiries license and entitlement requests user access coordination and financial reconciliations.Suppor...
Responsibilities
- Execute transactional sourcing activities including lowcomplexity contract renewals amendments and purchase order creation.
- Manage daytoday vendor operational tasks such as billing inquiries license and entitlement requests user access coordination and financial reconciliations.
- Support contract administration by maintaining accurate vendor and contract records and tracking key dates obligations and deliverables.
- Work directly with business owners relationship managers Legal Risk Finance and Procurement partners to progress sourcing and vendor activities.
- Coordinate inputs approvals and followups to ensure contracts invoices and requests are completed on time.
- Create and maintain vendor operations dashboards and reports to track activity levels volumes and key metrics.
- Support budget tracking invoice validation spend monitoring and variance analysis in partnership with Finance and business stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities to improve streamline or automate operational processes related to sourcing vendor management and financial workflows.
- Leverage available tools data and technology to reduce manual effort improve accuracy and increase operational efficiency.
- Ensure work is performed in accordance with enterprise and divisional policies procedures and control requirements.
- Assist with audits risk reviews and compliance activities by preparing documentation and responding to requests.
- Participate in special projects and perform other operational duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum of three years of related experience in procurement vendor management finance operations or a related field.
- Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education training and experience.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
- High attention to detail and comfort working directly with financial contract and operational data.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across functions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting Finance Business or Supply Chain.
- Experience improving or automating operational processes.
- Comfort using AIenabled tools or automation technologies (e.g. workflow automation data analysis or productivity tools) to support efficiency accuracy and insight generation.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
About Vanguard
At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere 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.
Required Experience:
IC
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