Senior Advice Data Analyst

Join our team as a senior data analyst and shape the future of Personal Investor Advice! In this exciting and fast-paced role you’ll harness the power of data to drive impactful decisions, create high impact operations, and personalize client experiences.  This role will enable you to transform data into actionable insights and influence the strategy of Vanguard’s innovative engine 2 business. If you’re passionate about using analytics to make a real difference in business, this is an opportunity to elevate your career and help clients achieve their financial goals.  Analysts will partner directly with Senior business leaders and will work on their most complex business opportunities ranging across client experience, operations, and business strategy.  The ideal candidate will thrive in working within a fast-paced and technical environment with executive level visibility. 

 

What it takes:

• Minimum of eight years related data analysis/science work experience
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Coding knowledge in SQL and Python
• Expert level data storytelling through visualization
• Experience in designing and executing end to end experiments.

 

In this role you will:

• Engage with internal partners to understand business strategy, questions, and goals. Bring structure to business requests, translate requirements into an analytical project approach, and complete analyses.
• Acquire and compile structured and unstructured data and verify its quality, accuracy, and reasonableness.
• Perform analyses of historical data to surface trends and insights using advanced analytical methods.
• Prepare and deliver visualizations and internal presentations that translate analytic insights into tangible, actionable solutions for business partners to implement.
• Develop, own, and manage recurring analytic or reporting processes.
• Mentor, coach, train, and develop junior data analysts. Proactively expand knowledge of business and analytics and shares with team members.
• Share and document best practices.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Core Responsibilities

1. Engages with internal partners to understand business strategy, questions and goals. Brings structure to business requests, translates requirements into an analytical project approach, and leads complex projects through completion. Delegates tasks and provides tactical and strategic guidance to peers. Serves as the analytics expert on cross-functional teams for enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
2. Acquires and compiles structured and unstructured data and verifies its quality, accuracy and reasonableness. Leads the development of data quality standards, and the tools and methods used to measure and improve data quality.
3. Performs analyses of data from multiple sources to surface trends and insights using advanced analytical methods and machine learning. Validates analytical techniques employed by other analysts.
4. Prepares and delivers expert level visualizations and internal presentations that translate analytic insights into tangible, actionable solutions for senior leader stakeholders to implement.
5. Develops, owns and manages recurring analytic or reporting processes. Demonstrates expertise in data visualization and mentors analysts on data visualization best practices.
6. Develops the analytics community at Vanguard by mentoring, coaching and connecting others with resources and training. Stays abreast of emerging trends and external best practices. Participates and presents during scheduled analytics seminars.
7. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight year related work experience

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

We are Vanguard. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests.

For us, investing doesn’t just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you can get so much more in return. We invest with purpose – and that’s how we’ve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.

We want to make success accessible to everyone. This is our opportunity. Let’s make it count.

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.