Business Analyst

As a Business Analyst, Specialist you will work in the Corporate Change team within Vanguard’s European Strategic Services. Working with the team’s project managers, you will have a unique opportunity to lead and represent requirements and potential solutions to key stakeholders across the business. The primary objective of this role is to support a key initiative enhancing Financial Crime oversight procedures, so experience in Financial Crime is a key requirement. This role can be Manchester or London based. Applicants will be curious and motivated initiative-takers, who demonstrate a passion for the asset management industry and Vanguard’s opportunity to significantly improve outcomes for all investors.

Core Responsibilities in the role

• Working collaboratively with the project manager to support them with analysis, requirements documentation, current state / future state planning, risk management, delivery assurance and issue resolution.
• Identify and scope the data sources and paths between our third-party platform provider, other third parties and internal systems.
• Work with internal and third-party teams to produce required documentation to move projects towards completion.
• Find and propose creative ways to solve problems and work closely with internal and external teams to evaluate business opportunities, documenting requirements and areas for improvement.
• Align with the project manager to be an advocate for change, by clearly articulating the benefits and promoting acceptance, across functional team members and leadership teams, of ‘to-be’ models and frameworks.
• Be able to estimate effort for requirement elicitation and analysis across the project.
• Ensures that all deliverables align to the business objective and align with IT strategies and methodologies.
• Define and document the requirements for system integrations and assist in implementing solutions.
• Participate in other projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What it takes

• Business Analyst with Financial Crime experience (e.g. AML, KYC, fraud, sanctions etc.) across asset management and/or financial services firms.
• Experience to include requirements gathering, gap analysis, as-is / to-be process mapping, requirements definition etc.
• Demonstrable experience in using tools, analysis, documentation and strategic problem solving to successfully progress projects to completion.
• 5+ years of experience in the financial services industry, ideally with retail investment platforms experience.
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communications skills, able to influence and negotiate whilst showing business judgment and work ethic.
• Diligence with strong organisational, interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Ability to deliver multiple concurrent projects and manage competing priorities.

Special Factors

This position follows a hybrid working model that will require you to be in our Manchester or London office three days per week.

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.

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.