Portfolio Data & Trade Support Specialist

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking an experienced portfolio administration professional in Malvern to support data-driven decision making and risk mitigation across the investment lifecycle.

You will serve as a primary liaison among portfolio managers, traders, custodians, and internal partners, leading daily administration, data reconciliation, and dashboard development while adhering to defined procedures and control standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years’ experience in the Financial Services industry or related experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• **This group within Vanguard operates in a primarily on-site working model.**

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary liaison between portfolio managers, traders, relationship managers, custodians, and internal partners to provide guidance across portfolio administration and data issues, determining appropriate escalation, resolution paths, and risk mitigation.
• Lead daily ad-hoc portfolio administration and operational activities in accordance with defined procedures and objectives.
• Perform analysis and reconciliation of investment and portfolio data inputs, including evaluating data trends, modeling impacts to portfolio positioning, and identifying potential data, valuation, or trade readiness risks requiring further action or control enhancements.
• Support the maintenance, delivery, and validation of investment, market, and portfolio data across systems.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve data exceptions and operational issues through performing root cause analysis, assessing operational and portfolio risk implications, and recommending corrective actions or control improvements.
• Builds and maintains foundational knowledge of investment products, trade lifecycle processes, and operational risk considerations relevant to supported functions.
• Participate in the onboarding and administration of new portfolios, products, or market driven events by supporting requirements gathering, data validation, and testing activities.
• Support the development of dashboards, operational reports, and management information. Contributes to process documentation, standard operating procedures, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and control.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Portfolio administration

Data analysis

Operational risk

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

Vanguard is seeking an experienced portfolio administration professional in Malvern to support data-driven decision making and risk mitigation across the investment lifecycle.

You will serve as a primary liaison among portfolio managers, traders, custodians, and internal partners, leading daily administration, data reconciliation, and dashboard development while adhering to defined procedures and control standards.