Risk Advisory Analyst, Senior Specialist

Vanguard • Malvern, PA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Builds and operates the FAS Risk Community of Practice and related capability, development, and organizational effectiveness activities. Strengthens connectivity across the FAS risk ecosystem by developing professional networks, facilitating learning and knowledge sharing, and supporting effective collaboration among business, Line 1, Line 2, and specialist risk and control functions. Provides connectivity to the broader GR&S organization and enterprise through communications and organizational initiatives.

The role builds and continuously evolves the FAS Risk Community of Practice, designs and delivers professional development and knowledge-sharing activities, and develops relationships across business-owned risk, controls, resilience, independent risk, Compliance, Legal, IMFR, Marketing Risk, Technology Risk, Security, Privacy, Financial Crime, AI, Resiliency, and other specialist functions. It captures lessons learned and good practices, facilitates collaboration across organizational boundaries, and supports the operational effectiveness of the FAS Risk function through communications, leadership materials, and coordination activities.

The role partners with risk leadership, business leaders, and specialist functions to identify capability-building opportunities and strengthen the FAS risk ecosystem. It develops broad knowledge of the FAS business and its risk and control environment, serving as a connector, facilitator, and capability builder. The position also participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Vanguard describes its working model as hybrid for the majority of crew members, supporting flexibility alongside in-person learning, collaboration, and connection.

Requirements

• Minimum of eight years of related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized, with willingness to personally execute and deliver outcomes.
• Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Comfortable working across organizational boundaries and influencing without formal authority.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in organizational effectiveness, risk, controls, compliance, legal, learning and development, community building, change leadership, or a related discipline.
• Graduate degree.
• Experience creating communities, development programs, professional networks, or organizational initiatives that produced measurable outcomes.
• Exceptional relationship-building and network-creation skills.
• Strong facilitation skills, including bringing people together around shared problems and shared learning.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and continuously evolve the FAS Risk Community of Practice, creating opportunities for practitioners across risk, controls, resilience, compliance, legal, and specialist risk functions to learn, connect, and collaborate.
• Design and deliver professional development programs, learning forums, workshops, case studies, and knowledge-sharing activities to strengthen capability and support risk-informed decision-making.
• Develop and maintain relationships across business-owned risk, controls, and resilience teams, independent risk, Compliance, Legal, IMFR, Marketing Risk, Technology Risk, Security, Privacy, Financial Crime, AI, Resiliency, and other specialist functions.
• Capture, curate, and share lessons learned, good practices, and insights from significant initiatives, risk events, business challenges, and operational experiences.
• Facilitate collaboration across organizational boundaries and connect individuals and teams with relevant expertise to mobilize specialist capabilities for business priorities, emerging issues, and strategic initiatives.
• Support the operational effectiveness of the FAS Risk function through communications, leadership materials, coordination activities, and other initiatives.
• Partner with risk leadership, business leaders, and specialist functions to identify capability-building opportunities and strengthen the FAS risk ecosystem.
• Develop and maintain broad knowledge of the FAS business, its risk and control environment, and the specialist disciplines that support FAS.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior