Risk Advisory Analyst, Senior Specialist

The Vanguard Group•Malvern, PA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Builds and operates the FAS Risk Community of Practice and related capability, development, and organizational effectiveness activities. The position strengthens connectivity across the FAS risk ecosystem by developing professional networks, facilitating learning and knowledge sharing, and supporting collaboration among business, Line 1, Line 2, and specialist risk and control functions. It also connects the FAS risk ecosystem to the broader GR&S organization and enterprise through communications and organizational initiatives. The role is suited to a hands-on builder and operator who can create communities, development programs, professional networks, and organizational initiatives with measurable outcomes. The successful candidate will foster relationships and learning across organizational boundaries, influence without formal authority, and balance strategic thinking with personally executing and delivering outcomes.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Experience in organizational effectiveness, risk, controls, compliance, legal, learning and development, community building, change leadership, or a related discipline.
Graduate degree.
Demonstrated 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 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 that 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 disseminate lessons learned, good practices, and insights from significant initiatives, risk events, business challenges, and operational experiences.
Facilitate collaboration across organizational boundaries by connecting people and teams with relevant expertise and supporting the mobilization of 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 effectiveness of 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.
Serve as a trusted connector, facilitator, and capability builder across the ecosystem.
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.