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Front Office Batch Support Analyst

Vanguard

The Vanguard Group is one of the world’s largest investment companies, advising clients and the general public on savings, investment, retirement, personal finance, the economy, and much more.

Vanguard is one of the world’s largest Investment Management firms, with around 380 low-cost traditional Funds and ETFs, operating in 19 locations worldwide with about 16,600 crew members. Our crew steward more than $5 trillion in assets for over 20 million clients and live our mission to take a stand for our investors, treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

There are many reasons Vanguard is unlike any other financial firm; but none as prominent or powerful as our people. Vanguard crew members form a trusting, supportive community in which all crew members worldwide feel a sense of belonging. We believe our culture of inclusion is essential for each of us to fully thrive in our careers and to provide superior value to our clients and communities.

We are looking for a batch analyst to join our Front Office Run team in UK to work alongside other application production support analysts. The front office team in UK has two primary functions. Providing local support to our Investment and operational teams as they manage the investment process for our clients and funds across the European geography.
In addition we play a critically important role in setting up the next region (North America) for their business day. The role of the batch analyst is to be front and centre on the monitoring of system jobs, alerts and notifications from our platforms and vendors. Overall we have responsibility, along side our global peers, for the support of systems used to manage over $8 trillion in AUM.

Core Responsibilities

  • Provides primary support and monitoring of batch processes used within the Front Office environment.
  • Monitors production systems for alerts, outages, and system issues. Researches issues and performs root cause analysis to minimize risk. Implements solutions for issues and appropriate development initiatives.
  • Ensures that support requests are resolved within the service level agreements and achieving targeted availability metrics at the enterprise level.
  • Understand and can deliver timely, clear communication and escalation for issues that will have a direct impact on the user experience be it system availability or data quality.
  • Works closely with 3rd party vendors to ensure the timely delivery of start of day processes across multiple applications and asset classes where Vanguard does not direct manage the application infrastructure.
  • Writes and updates production support documentation, policies, and procedures and coaches other teams on uptake and best practice.
  • Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes recommendations. Assists in implementing changes.
  • Investigates and develops automation within the aim of reducing manual interaction in the process and to allow growth of capacity to manage additional systems without an uplift in headcount.
  • Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with business partners.
  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of three years related work experience, with at least one year of Information Technology experience.
  • Demonstratable experience working in a systems operation of batch management environment.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems preferred.

About Vanguard

We are Vanguard. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests.
For us, investing doesn’t just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you get so much more in return. We invest with purpose-and that’s how we’ve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.
We want to make success accessible to everyone. This is our opportunity. Let’s make it count.

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.
Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

Special Factors

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position
INTERNAL CREW, CONTRACTOR & DIRECT APPLICATIONS ONLY

Please note, current suppliers and potential suppliers are not permitted to communicate with or contact or send or otherwise provide any speculative resumes to any department, business unit, subsidiary or affiliate of Vanguard, or any employee thereof, at any time unless expressly instructed or permitted by a member of Vanguard’s HR department. For the avoidance of doubt, Vanguard will not pay any fees to a supplier or potential supplier in respect of any candidate unless Vanguard has either requested the referral or given its prior written consent to the referral. If you would like to partner with Vanguard Europe, please contact recruitment_europe@vanguard.com

Future of Work

During the pandemic, we transitioned to a work from home model for the majority of our crew and we continue to interview, hire, and on-board future crew remotely.

As we have developed the path forward, we have taken a thoughtful approach that both maximizes the advantages of working remotely and the many benefits of coming together and collaborating in a shared workspace. We believe that in-person interactions among our crew are important for preserving our unique culture and advantageous for the personal development of our crew.

When our Crew return to the office, many will work in our hybrid model. A smaller proportion of our crew will operate in the Work from Home work model (for example, field sales crew); or in the Work from Office model (for example, portfolio managers).

The working model that your role falls into will be communicated to you in the interview process – please do ask if you are unsure. We encourage you to make the decision regarding your job interview and offer knowing which model your role will fall into. We will test and learn as our ways of working evolve and will continue to evaluate working models along the way.

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The Vanguard Group is one of the world’s largest investment companies, advising clients and the general public on savings, investment, retirement, personal finance, the economy, and much more.

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