Finance Manager

The Finance Manager leads a team of 5 financial analysts who work with their client subdivision to manage the process of translating business demand for software development into a financial plan and then tracking progress against that plan.

The Finance Manager:

• Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Leads initiatives and goals focusing on complex financial analysis supporting enterprise or divisional stakeholders. Conducts complex analyses such as forecasting and financial modeling.
• Provides thought leadership to the development of financial methodologies and approaches. Conducts ad hoc and periodic evaluation reviews to help assess the profitability of product lines and distribution channels.
• Establishes and deploys subject matter expertise across the financial, accounting and regulatory areas to support complex client matters. Creates presentations for senior leaders to inform on financial performance.
• Owns enterprise channel and product costing models and the production of end user cost matrices for internal team use. Implements systematic approach to maintaining and continuously improve the models. Provides support and input into client and product pricing.
• Manages responses to requests for information related to internal business statistics and trends. Engages appropriate resources to support requests, determines appropriate sources of information, collects, compiles, interprets, analyzes and summarizes results in alignment with the overall business strategy.
• Identifies opportunities to improve the delivery of financial services to internal clients and implements procedural changes, as needed. Structures and manages projects and ad-hoc requests.
• Supports the financial development and growth of the team.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

What it takes:

• Five years related work experience, with at least Two years financial analysis experience. Supervisory experience preferred.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Finance or Accounting degree preferred.
• CPA, CFM, CMA, or other financial designation preferred.

Keys to success are:

• •People leadership – with 5 direct reports, this role provides more opportunities and puts more weight on people leadership than the typical FPA managerial role.
• •Process ownership – with more than $1b flowing through over 200 projects, this role requires a disciplined process-oriented mentality
• •Stakeholder management – with the 5 SI subdivisions supporting all the divisions and finance teams (including accounting and ESM) across the company, this role has an unusually diverse and numerous set of stakeholders with at times competing interests.
• Provides industry-wide expertise to support the division's financial analysis needs. Leads goals and initiatives to advance Finance's vision and strategic goals.

Special Factor:

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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.

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.

Our commitment to equal employment opportunity

Vanguard is an equal opportunity employer. Vanguard is committed to providing all crew members a working environment that is free from discrimination, prejudice and bias. Through this Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy, Vanguard reaffirms its commitment to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and crew members without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status. In addition, Vanguard prohibits discrimination based on genetic information, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Vanguard. Please inform careers@vanguard.com if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.