Strategic Consulting & Business Development Specialist

The Role
At Vanguard Corporate Strategy is a critical enterprise-wide function that shapes the firms strategic agenda. The team serves Vanguards senior leadership with objective highquality intelligence analysis and strategic options to address complex enterprise challenges.

This role sits in Vanguards International division (comprising Europe Australia and LatAM) and supports work across two core areas: Strategic Consulting providing analysis and decision support to senior leaders and Competitive Intelligence monitoring the external environment to inform enterprise decisionmaking.

The Strategic Consulting and Business Development Specialist is a handson contributor role working closely with senior team members to deliver rigorous analysis clear insights and highquality strategic materials.

In this role you will

• Support the delivery of strategic competitive and market analyses that inform senior leadership decisionmaking across the enterprise

• Work with internal stakeholders to understand business questions define analytical requirements and support the development of structured problem statements

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis including market research competitor benchmarking financial analysis and scenario evaluation

• Present analysis and key findings into clear concise insights and recommendations contributing to presentations briefing materials white papers and case studies

• Contribute to competitive intelligence activities including tracking industry market regulatory and competitor developments relevant to Vanguards strategy

• Support the preparation of materials for senior forums and leadership discussions

• Participate in special projects and other adhoc strategic initiatives as required

What it takes

Typically successful candidates will have relevant professional experience usually from an MBB strategy firm with experience across:

• Strategy or management consulting

• Corporate strategy

• Business analysis finance or analytically driven roles

• Strong conceptual and analytical problemsolving skills

• Experience working with stakeholders in a large highly matrixed financial services organisation

• Ability to structure analyses draw logical conclusions and communicate findings clearly

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.

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.

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.