Risk Advisory Analyst, Senior Specialist

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Vanguard in Malvern, PA is seeking a seasoned professional to build and operate the FAS Risk Community of Practice, strengthening connections across risk, controls, compliance, legal, and specialist teams.

You will design development programs, lead learning forums, and capture insights from major initiatives to drive risk-informed decision making and organizational learning. This role emphasizes hands-on execution and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience.
• Experience in organizational effectiveness, risk, controls, compliance, legal, learning and development, community building, or change leadership preferred.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Builds, leads, and evolves the FAS Risk Community of Practice across risk, controls, resilience, compliance, legal, and specialist risk functions.
• Designs and delivers professional development programs, learning forums, workshops, case studies, and knowledge-sharing activities that strengthen capability and support risk-informed decision making across the FAS ecosystem.
• Develops and maintains strong 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 to improve coordination and connectivity.
• Captures, curates, and disseminates lessons learned, good practices, and insights from significant initiatives, risk events, business challenges, and operational experiences to improve organizational learning and capability.
• Facilitates collaboration across organizational boundaries by connecting individuals and teams with relevant expertise, supporting the effective mobilization of specialist capabilities in response to business priorities, emerging issues, and strategic initiatives.
• Supports the operational effectiveness of the FAS Risk function through communications, leadership materials, coordination activities, and other initiatives that enable effective execution of priorities.
• Partners with risk leadership, business leaders, and specialist functions to identify capability-building opportunities and strengthen the overall effectiveness of the FAS risk ecosystem.
• Develops and maintains broad knowledge of the FAS business, the associated risk and control environment, and the specialist disciplines that support FAS. Serves as a trusted connector, facilitator, and capability builder across the ecosystem.

Skills

Relationship building

Facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Communication

Organizational influence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field

Graduate degree

Job description

Job Description Summary

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 broader GR&S organization and enterprise through communications, and organizational initiatives.

Core Responsibilities

• Builds, leads, and continuously evolves the FAS Risk Community of Practice, creating meaningful opportunities for practitioners across risk, controls, resilience, compliance, legal, and specialist risk functions to learn, connect, and collaborate.
• Designs and delivers professional development programs, learning forums, workshops, case studies, and knowledge-sharing activities that strengthen capability and support risk-informed decision making across the FAS ecosystem.
• Develops and maintains strong 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 to improve coordination and connectivity.
• Captures, curates, and disseminates lessons learned, good practices, and insights from significant initiatives, risk events, business challenges, and operational experiences to improve organizational learning and capability.
• Facilitates collaboration across organizational boundaries by connecting individuals and teams with relevant expertise, supporting the effective mobilization of specialist capabilities in response to business priorities, emerging issues, and strategic initiatives.
• Supports the operational effectiveness of the FAS Risk function through communications, leadership materials, coordination activities, and other initiatives that enable effective execution of priorities.
• Partners with risk leadership, business leaders, and specialist functions to identify capability-building opportunities and strengthen the overall effectiveness of the FAS risk ecosystem.
• Develops and maintains broad knowledge of the FAS business, the associated risk and control environment, and the specialist disciplines that support FAS. Serves as a trusted connector, facilitator, and capability builder across the ecosystem.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Ideal Candidate

• Builder and operator rather than advisor or strategist.
• Exceptional relationship builder and network creator.
• Strong facilitator capable of bringing people together around shared problems and shared learning.
• Demonstrated experience creating communities, development programs, professional networks, or organizational initiatives that produced measurable outcomes.
• Comfortable working across organizational boundaries and influencing without formal authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized with a willingness to personally execute and deliver outcomes rather than coordinate work through others.
• Able to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience.
• Experience in organizational effectiveness, risk, controls, compliance, legal, learning and development, community building, change leadership, or a related discipline preferred.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Graduate degree preferred.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

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.