VANGUARD

Fund and Investments - Oversight Associate

Melbourne, Australia Full time

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.

Be part of the team that protects the accuracy and reliability of Vanguard’s funds.


Our Oversight team leads the preparation and review of fund valuations, performs in‑depth accounting oversight, and ensures strong control processes are upheld by our outsourced partners. If you’re detail‑driven and passionate about high‑quality financial governance, this is the place to make an impact.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Performs fund accounting oversight of the outsourced providers. Conducts checks and balances to reduce business financial risk. Ensures that the processes are performed within the prescribed tolerances and control framework. Oversees the completion of deliverables for assigned tasks as needed to support the team's oversight activities.

  • Supports the management team with review of daily, weekly and monthly fund accounting deliverables. Serves as subject matter and technical expert, identifies and resolves complex operational issues.

  • Independently identifies issues, investigate root cause of errors and recommends solutions to mitigate risk. Exercises judgment in elevating material issues to management.

  • Prepares reporting for internal and external clients and maintains effective working relationships with them as well as business partners.

  • Provides technical expertise and guidance to other team members to achieve highest levels of performance. Serves as an escalation point for junior or new team members.

  • Adheres to various control standards to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures. Documents any areas of control weaknesses and recommended improvement measures to the management team.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of two years related work experience.

  •  Finance or Accounting degree preferred.

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.