Foreign Exchange Trader, Specialist

Vanguard•Malvern, PA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The FX Trader will execute foreign exchange transactions across fixed income and equity portfolios, in support of portfolio management objectives. The role focuses on delivering best execution, minimizing transaction costs, and providing market insight through disciplined trading, analytics, and collaboration with investment teams and technology partners.

Requirements

Proven related work experience, including specific experience in investment management.
Undergraduate degree in finance or economics or equivalent experience required.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree preferred.
CFA designation preferred.

Responsibilities

Analyze, execute, and manage FX trades for fixed income and equity portfolios across active and passive strategies.
Deliver relevant, concise, and value‑added analysis to portfolio managers to support trading and investment decisions.
Monitor market conditions, liquidity, and volatility to optimize trade execution and manage execution risk.
Provide actionable market color and timely insights to portfolio managers and investment teams through market analysis and risk assessments.
Partner with the Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) team to generate and interpret performance attribution and execution reports.
Identify data or process gaps, investigate anomalies, and create feedback loops to continuously improve investment and execution outcomes.
Identify and recommend operational and workflow improvements to enhance efficiency, scalability, and control.
Collaborate with technology and product teams to design and implement new tools, platforms, and workflows to improve operational resilience and execution quality.
Maintain effective relationships with FX counterparties and trading venues to support liquidity access and best execution.
Work closely with investment teams, risk, technology, and operations to support broader organizational objectives.
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned