Sales Analyst, Specialist

About Vanguard Personalized Indexing (VPI) Vanguard Personalized Indexing (VPI) builds individually customized direct-indexing separately managed account (SMA) portfolios for clients of Financial Advisors. Leveraging decades of indexing and trading expertise VPI provides unrivaled daily transparency into the tax management performance and ESG/religious values of each account enabling advisors to improve the investment experience and outcome for the clients they serve.

This role will be a key contributor for the strategy and development of Vanguard Personalized Indexing (VPI); This VPI expert will have both client facing and project management responsibilities:

• Support the VPI Distribution team with client engagements sales strategy and project management. You will have the opportunity to influence both clients considering VPI and the strategy of the VPI Distribution organization.
• Deepen relationships between the VPI organization and our partners in Sales across FAS.
• Assist in the creation of client development strategies
• Work hand-in-hand with senior leaders and sales executives across Advisor Solutions VPI and the FAS Sales Channels.
• Build strong relationships internally liaising with Sales Client Service Marketing and Product teams

In this role you will:

• In close partnership with Sales pursue and win new client opportunities with prospective VPI clients.
• Exhibit deep investment acumen be an expert on direct/personalized indexing. Help the VPI team improve our approach and methodology to meet client demand.
• Work closely with other client facing teams (e.g. Sales Client Service RMs) and Portfolio Management to deliver an exceptional experience to clients throughout their Personalized Indexing journey with Vanguard.
• Provide guidance support or coaching to other FAS Sales crew interacting with large or complex VPI clients or prospects.
• Drive changes to processes and services to meet evolving client needs and expectations.
• Partner with marketing to help develop VPI materials for clients.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and due diligence questions from prospective VPI clients.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of direct indexing/personalized indexing competitive landscape.
• Participate in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience. Three years in Direct indexing / Personalized Indexing SMA and Sales/Relationship Management preferred.
• Knowledge of Barra Fact Set and quantitative finance experience a plus
• Basic proficiency in data analysis and data-base decision-making
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• This job requires a regulatory license and/or registration (e.g. FINRA state SFC). These will be determined by Compliance based on role-specific duties.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

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.