Trade Management Senior Specialist

This role offers the opportunity to own global post‑trade processes within the Trade Management team under Fund & Investment Operations (EIS), directly influencing risk mitigation, control design, and operational resiliency across a complex fund ecosystem. You'll partner closely with Product and Technology leaders to shape solutions that support real‑world processing while driving global standardization, audit readiness, and end‑to‑end alignment at scale.

Responsibilities:

Global Risk Ownership:

Serve as the global risk owner for assigned Trade Management processes, overseeing risk identification, mitigation, and remediation across regions and products while partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams.

Operational-Technology Liaison:

Act as a bridge between Trade Management and Product/Technology teams, ensuring operational requirements, controls, and real‑world processing needs are reflected in solution design and delivery.

Global Process Alignment:

Drive global process standardization and alignment, clearly defining global versus regional variations, promoting cross‑training, and strengthening operational resiliency. Cross‑

Ecosystem Collaboration:

Partner with upstream and downstream teams (e.g., Fund Accounting, Custody, Technology) to ensure cohesive end‑to‑end processes, effective handoffs, and aligned controls.

Process Gap Resolution & Roadmap Alignment:

Identify and close process gaps, assess alignment between operational and product roadmaps, and track remediation efforts through completion to support operational stability.

Contingency Planning:

Develop, maintain, and coordinate global contingency plans for critical Trade Management activities, including testing and post‑incident enhancements.

Audit & Regulatory Readiness:

Support global audits and regulatory reviews through documentation, evidence coordination, and ownership of remediation actions.

Leadership Oversight Support:

Provide governance and oversight support, including Flight Tower review, SLA and risk monitoring, escalation of material issues, and execution of designated control responsibilities. Proactively identifies and mitigates external events and regulatory changes impacting Trade Management. Oversees and adheres to established control standards to ensure ongoing regulatory and policy compliance. Leads and participates in special projects and initiatives related to Trade Management, regulatory change, or operational enhancement, and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

3+ years of relevant experience in Trade Management, post-trade operations, middle office, custody/settlement operations, or a closely related investment operations role Demonstrated experience owning or supporting risk mitigation, controls, or governance for global operational processes (e.g., control execution, issue remediation, evidence collection, audit support) Proven ability to drive process alignment/standardization across multiple stakeholders (global and/or multi-regional), including documenting procedures and clarifying global vs regional variations Experience partnering with Product/Technology teams to translate operational needs into clear requirements and to validate solutions (e.g., UAT participation, acceptance criteria, readiness testing) Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of leading root-cause analysis and driving remediation through to completion Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to escalate risks/issues with clear context and recommended actions 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. Vanguard, one of the world's largest investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests. This website uses "cookies" to distinguish you from other users. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers placed on your computer or device. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site and services. The cookies are stored locally on your computer or mobile device. To accept cookies you can continue browsing as normal. Or you can go to our Privacy Policy to read more information and learn how to change your preferences.