Europe Coordinator & IMG Resiliency & Access Management

Vanguard; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment firm is seeking a candidate for a critical role in business continuity management to support its investment management group. Responsibilities include leading regional practices and compliance with EU/UK regulations, conducting risk assessments, and developing effective communication metrics. The successful applicant should have relevant experience and an undergraduate degree. This role aligns with a hybrid work model to enhance flexibility while promoting collaboration and learning among team members.

Qualifications

• Proven related work experience.
• Experience with supporting investment areas such as trading and operational risk management.
• Desirable: Experience implementing automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement for business continuity practices in IMG.
• Conduct advanced business continuity and investment access risk assessments.
• Develop metrics to communicate status and lead reporting routines.
• Support development of risk assessments and controls assurance.

Skills

Business continuity management

Risk assessment

Regulatory compliance (EU/UK)

End user automation tools (PowerBI, Appian, Python)

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a globally expanding department that plays a critical role in supporting the investment management group. The successful candidate will help shape the regional mandate in partnership with the global head of the department and act as a trusted business partner to senior PMs and traders in the region. The role leads regional coordination and support for the global investment business continuity risk management program, ensuring robust continuity strategies are maintained. You will represent continuity practices to local IMG leaders and governance forums. While the primary focus is business continuity, you will also contribute to global initiatives in access management and market data vendor management.

Core Responsibilities

• Regional lead to drive continuous improvement for business continuity practices in IMG, working closely with IMG desks and leadership. A key component will be ensuring continuity practices align with EU/UK regulatory requirements.
• Supports the development of strong risk assessments, change management practices, internal risk monitoring and reporting infrastructure, targeted reviews, controls assurance, and external monitoring programs.
• Conducts advanced business continuity and investment access risk assessments. Analyzes and investigates results of testing and makes recommendations to management for business continuity risk reporting.
• Ensures consistent implementation of global business continuity and investment access risk policies and procedures.
• Develops and maintains metrics to communicate the status of measures effectively. Leads the development of effective and efficient risk monitoring and reporting routines.
• Develops and maintains knowledge of financial markets, securities and general investment themes in order to bring an informed perspective to investment access and business continuity risk management processes and policies.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
• Will contribute to local market data vendor management needs periodically, as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Experience with supporting investment areas, e.g., PM, trading, investment operations, operational risk management etc.
• Experience implementing end user automation tools (PowerBI, Appian, Python etc.) is desirable, but not required.

Vanguard is a different kind of investment company. It was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea: that an investment company should manage its funds solely in the interests of its clients.

This is a philosophy that has helped millions of people around the world to achieve their goals with low-cost, uncomplicated investments.

It's what we stand for: value to investors.

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: 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.