Corporate Strategy Consultant/Sr Analyst

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 two different areas within Corporate Strategy- Strategic Consulting which provides strategic analysis and decision support to senior leaders and Competitive Intelligence which monitors the external environment to inform management decisions across the enterprise.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and lead complex strategic, competitive, and product 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provide thought-leadership by identifying strategic topics and presenting compelling ideas for research evaluation to the Corporate Strategy organization.
• Develop and present competitive intelligence research in addition to internal and external operational and strategic findings.
• 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.

What it takes:

• 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.
• Experience in stakeholder management required.  
• 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

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.