Senior Data Analyst - Hybrid Finance Analytics

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Vanguard seeks a data analytics professional to lead analytical initiatives across Finance within the PPFA team. You will blend advanced analytics with business acumen and partner with FP&A, ESM, and Accounts Payable to drive insights that improve provider performance and costs.

You will build dashboards with Excel, Power BI, Tableau, and SQL, mentor junior analysts, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience in data analytics, finance, accounting, procurement, supplier management, or a comparable discipline.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, project‑management, and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to translate complex information into business recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage analytical work from requirements gathering and research through implementation and recurring process ownership.
• Ability to build effective cross‑functional relationships and communicate clearly with business partners and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Applies financial and business acumen to evaluate banking-service costs, contractual terms, budgets, forecasts, and performance results, to identify trends, variances, risks, efficiencies, and cost‑saving opportunities.
• Engages with internal partners to understand business strategy, questions and goals. Brings structure to business requests, translates requirements into an analytical project approach, and leads projects through completion.
• Partners across Corporate Accounting, FP&A, ESM, Accounts Payable, relationship management, and other teams to ensure analytical recommendations consider financial and operational impacts.
• Acquires and compiles structured and unstructured data and verifies its quality, accuracy and reasonableness.
• Performs analyses of historical data to surface trends and insights using advanced analytical methods; validates techniques.
• Leverages Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL and similar tools to analyze data and develop dashboards and scorecards.
• Prepares and delivers visualizations and internal presentations that translate analytic insights into actionable solutions.
• Develops, owns and manages recurring analytic or reporting processes.
• Standardizes and automates workflows, strengthens controls, documents methodologies, and promotes repeatable practices.
• Mentors and trains junior data analysts and shares best practices.

Skills

Data analysis

Finance analytics

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Data Analytics

Tools

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Vanguard seeks a data analytics professional to lead analytical initiatives across Finance within the PPFA team. You will blend advanced analytics with business acumen and partner with FP&A, ESM, and Accounts Payable to drive insights that improve provider performance and costs.

You will build dashboards with Excel, Power BI, Tableau, and SQL, mentor junior analysts, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for senior leaders.