Corporate Strategy Consultant, Specialist

Vanguard • Malvern, PA

55d

About The Position

Owns specific projects on corporate strategic analysis, competitive research, and product/service evaluation. Derives key insights for Vanguard through competitive research. Informs firm-wide strategy and decision making by analyzing complex data, diagnosing operational issues or inefficiencies, evaluating Vanguard's strategy compared to our competitors, and uncovering ways to improve investor outcomes across business offerings. At Vanguard, we are changing the way the world invests. By living our values and working with care, clarity, and courage, we are making success accessible to everyone. It is about doing the right thing for our millions of clients around the globe-and making every asset, minute and decision, count. If you are 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Financial Services experience preferred.
• Client service experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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 This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees