Financial Crimes Compliance Analyst, Specialist

Are you passionate about protecting financial systems and ensuring compliance with global sanctions regulations? Join a key and growing team within our dynamic compliance organization, where you’ll play a central role in detecting and preventing financial crimes, with a primary focus on global sanctions compliance and additional support for Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) efforts. In this role, you'll lead critical compliance monitoring activities, collaborate across departments and jurisdictions, and help strengthen Vanguard’s global sanctions compliance program. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career and staying at the forefront of regulatory developments, this opportunity is for you.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day global sanctions compliance controls monitoring, including overseeing resolution of complex sanctions escalations. May oversee and guide junior team members in executing these responsibilities.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to enhance the sanctions and ABAC due diligence framework.
• Analyze due diligence reports and escalated cases, resolving complex or unusual issues in alignment with regulatory expectations. Collaborate with management to address the most sensitive or high-impact matters.
• Prepare internal and external reports related to sanctions compliance, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Develop and deliver sanctions and ABAC-related training and educational sessions for broader compliance audiences, fostering a culture of integrity and awareness.
• Maintain deep knowledge of global sanctions regulations, industry trends, and enforcement actions. Serve as a consultant on compliance-related issues and act as a subject matter resource and liaison to regulatory bodies as needed.
• Partner across Vanguard business units and with international compliance teams to ensure consistent application of sanctions controls and to support enterprise-wide risk mitigation initiatives.
• Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned, contributing to the continuous improvement of Vanguard’s global sanctions compliance program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Comfortable working in a critical regulatory role required.
• Project management skillset required.
• Experience with sanctions laws, regulations, and frameworks preferred.
• Experience with Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) compliance preferred.
• Experience with Anti-Financial Crimes preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

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.