Supports the business by leading strategy projects and workstreams that include conducting business strategic analysis, competitive research, and product/service evaluation.

About Vanguard

More than 50years ago, John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs.Evidently, itwas as bold as it was brilliant. To this day, Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect, and no profits to generate for outside owners.

Today, Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies, serving more than50 million investorsworldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.

Team & Opportunity

The Senior Strategy Analyst is a critical member of VIA’s Strategy team, supporting the Head of Strategy and senior leaders to assessmarket insights andgrowth opportunities,deliverandmaintainenterprisestrategy artifacts, and turncomplex issues into decision-ready recommendations.

Combining consulting-style problem solving with enterprise strategy and portfolio governance, the role is well suited to someone with external strategy consulting experience who can bring structured problem solving, analytical discipline and executive-levelcommunicationinto an enterprise strategy environment.

Core Responsibilities

1. Lead Strategic Engagements

- Leadstrategyworkstreams across enterprise initiatives.
- Structure ambiguous business problems and develop fact-based recommendations.
- Evaluate strategic options, commercialimplicationsandexecutiontrade-offs.
- Build business cases that support investment,sequencingand portfolio decisions.
- Support enterprise strategy development and execution, including strategic planning, performance reporting, partnershipinitiativesand priority growth opportunities.

2. Support Enterprise Strategic Planning

- Support development of enterprise and divisional strategic plans.
- Support strategic planning and portfolio governance across enterprise and divisional prioritiesand steer performance tracking, benefitsrealisationand strategic initiative review.




- Develop andmaintaindecision-ready strategic planning materials for executive forums, clearly framing choices,risksand recommendations,including:strategyoverview,strategic initiative updates and investmentprioritisationframeworks.
- Coordinate and develop quarterly business review reporting processes and annual strategy cycle, including stakeholder input gathering, performanceanalysisand preparation of executive reporting materials.
- Manage the preparation and publication oforganisationalperformancescorecards,andoversee the tracking and reporting ofObjectives and Key Results (OKRs)and Strategic Initiatives, ensuring progress, risks and outcomes are captured and communicated to stakeholders.

3. Develop Market Intelligence & Strategic Insight

- Lead strategic intelligence and insight activities, including the coordination, synthesis and reporting of market,businessand competitive intelligence to support executive decision making.
- Monitor industry trends, competitor activity, regulatorydevelopmentsand emerging business models.
- Translate external market intelligence into implications for VIA’s strategy agenda.
- Conduct market sizing, customer,productand commercial analysis.
- Manage relationships with research providers and helpdisseminateinsights across the business.

4. Deliver Executive-level Communication

- Coordinate executive strategy forums and roundtables, including agenda development, stakeholderengagementandfinalisationof supporting materials.
- Translate complex analysis into concise, compelling narratives.
- Develop high-quality presentations, discussion papers,boardmaterialsand executive briefings
- Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

5. Drive Analytical Excellence

- Apply structured problem-solving methods and consulting disciplines to strategic work.
- Ensuringanalysis is robust, evidence-basedand commercially grounded.
- Coach junior analysts and contribute to Strategy team capability.




- Help lift the standard of strategic thinking,andanalysis across the team.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

- 5+ years’ experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, strategic planning, businesstransformationora relatedfield.
- Experience leading complex strategic analyses and workstreams.
- Demonstrated ability to solve ambiguous business problems using structured analytical approaches.
- Strong business case development and financial modellingcapability.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience developing executive and board-level materials.
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Commerce, Economics, Finance,Law,Engineeringora relateddiscipline.

Preferred

- Experience within a top-tier strategy consulting firm(strategy or equivalent).
- Experience working within financial services, wealthmanagementor asset management.
- Exposure to portfolioprioritisation, capital allocation, investmentgovernanceor enterprise transformation.

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 indelivering onVanguard’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.

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 cooperative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

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📌 Business Unit Strategy Specialist (Melbourne)
🏢 Vanguard
📍 Melbourne