About Vanguard
More than 45 years ago, John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently, it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day, Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect, and no profits to generate for outside owners.
Today, Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies, serving more than 50 million investors worldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.
Team and Opportunity
Vanguard’s Internal Audit & SOX department is seeking a Senior Manager for our Business & Corporate Audit Services (BCAS) Team. This role involves managing junior and mid-level auditors in a matrixed environment to execute risk-based audit and consulting engagements across Vanguard’s Asia Pacific businesses.
Ideal candidates will bring strong leadership and critical thinking skills, along with a passion for developing talent and building strategic partnerships. In this role, you’ll lead a team of auditors, managing performance and growth in a matrixed, agile environment. As part of the BCAS leadership team, you’ll help shape a collaborative, development-focused culture while driving impactful business outcomes.
In this role you will:
Hire, evaluate, and supervise crew, providing guidance and training to foster development. Set performance standards, review performance, and make informed compensation decisions in accordance with Human Resources policies and procedures.
Plan, direct, and monitor audit activities for aligned divisions and related functional areas, including annual and ongoing risk assessments. Assist in determining the audit and consulting plan and resource needs.
Manage audit and consulting engagements to ensure timely delivery of high-quality work and value-added recommendations. Oversee multiple engagement teams concurrently in a matrixed environment, delivering industry expertise and perspective to both the team and business management.
Develop and communicate engagement objectives to audit teams, departmental management, and business clients. Define engagement scope, assess risk levels, analyze data to identify root causes, and evaluate the effectiveness of controls. Challenge established processes and controls to ensure they adequately mitigate risk.
Establish and maintain relationships with management across the Asia Pacific businesses and with risk partners.
Communicate the status and results of assigned work to various levels of management, influencing them to act on recommendations to strengthen the control environment and improve processes.
Set clear expectations for the team and provide timely, meaningful feedback to help develop team members. Leverage the team’s skills and experience to drive collaboration and ensure accurate and timely completion of work.
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
What it takes:
Undergraduate degree in a business-related field or equivalent combination of training and experience. Professional certification or advanced degree (e.g., MBA, CPA, CIA, ACAMS) is a plus.
Minimum of eight years of related work experience.
Significant management experience in audit, risk, or controls (e.g., operational audits, internal audits, advisory/consulting, controls/compliance/legal) with expertise in risk management, banking, and/or asset management within the Australia financial services industry, with a demonstrated understanding of relevant regulatory requirements.
Supervisory experience preferred, with a proven track record in talent attraction, coaching, and development.
Ability to work in a complex, dynamic, and fast-paced environment with strong project execution skills, including prioritizing tasks, balancing workloads, anticipating next steps, and adapting to changing situations and project scopes.
Strong interpersonal skills, including effective written and verbal communication, a willingness to assist in areas outside of direct assignments, and a commitment to self-improvement and team objectives.
Excellent relationship skills and a client-focused mindset, with experience in diplomatic situations and presenting findings and industry insights to senior leaders across the company.
Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to persuade and influence others.
Special Factors:
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
This position is hybrid and would require you to be local to our Melbourne office.
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.