Senior Corporate Strategy Consultant

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At Vanguard, we’re changing the way the world invests. By living our values and working with care, clarity and courage, we’re making success accessible to everyone. It’s about doing the right thing for our millions of clients around the globe—and making every asset, minute and decision, count. If you’re ready to change an industry through collaboration and commitment, then now is your time to join us.

At Vanguard, Corporate Strategy is a critical enterprise-wide function that proactively shapes Vanguard’s strategic agenda and develops future leaders of the firm. Our department’s mission is to serve Vanguard's senior leadership with objective high-quality intelligence, analysis, and strategic options to address complex enterprise challenges. We are hiring for our Strategic Consulting team which provides strategic analysis and decision support to senior leaders.

Responsibilities:

• Lead workstreams on high visibility strategy projects. Partner closely with senior stakeholders across the enterprise to shape recommendations and execute the work.
• Develop complex strategic analyses. Consult independently with internal clients to define the business problem, issues, and planned approach for research and analyses. Lead work planning and business problem diagnosis, coaching less experienced corporate strategy analysts in best practices and building business acumen.
• Interpret and analyze highly complex data using business acumen in order to derive key insights. Verify the quality, accuracy, and reasonableness of the data. Display, organize, and craft data into a compelling storyline with actionable insight for the client.
• Synthesize analyses, key findings, and potential solutions into actionable recommendations. Work with senior managers to prepare and deliver materials, including client presentations, white papers, case studies, etc.
• Stay abreast of industry, market, and competitive trends. Support efforts to keep the senior management team informed of key industry, competitive, and product trends. Recommend new and enhanced capabilities and services.
• Participate in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience (Master's degree preferred).
• Minimum of 5-8 years business experience, including significant experience in strategy consulting and / or analytical or financially oriented roles.
• Extensive experience with both conceptual and analytical problem solving.
• Extensive experience in stakeholder management required. 
• Demonstrated success leading complex, fast-paced workstreams.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft suite required.
• Financial Services experience preferred.
• Client service experience preferred.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're 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.