About this role
We are seeking a forward-thinking Business Continuity Analyst to join our Fund Ecosystem Resiliency & Oversight team. This role plays a critical part in advancing our resiliency strategy, strengthening business continuity capabilities, and enhancing supplier resilience across Investment Management Group Service & Counterparty Operations. As part of a global team, you will partner closely with Enterprise stakeholders to evolve operational resilience practices spanning business continuity, cyber resilience, third-party resilience, incident response, and crisis management.
This is a high-impact opportunity for an influential individual contributor who thrives in complex environments, builds strong cross-functional partnerships, and brings clarity, structure, and strategic thinking to emerging risks and evolving business priorities. The successful candidate will help foster a risk-smart culture while ensuring our people, processes, technology, suppliers, and response capabilities remain resilient in the face of disruption.
Key Responsibilities
Business Continuity & Operational Resilience
• Lead continuity planning, business impact analysis, and resiliency activities across IMG Service & Counterparty Operations. • Support the development, maintenance, testing, and certification of business continuity and cyber recovery plans. • Coordinate exercises and recovery validations, ensuring preparedness for operational disruptions. • Provide continuity and recovery expertise during operational incidents, partnering with business, technology, and risk teams to assess impacts, support response activities, and drive post-event improvements. • Identify resiliency risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities through analysis, testing, and lessons learned.
Supplier Resilience & Risk Oversight
• Support resiliency oversight of critical suppliers and third-party service providers. • Evaluate supplier recovery capabilities, alternate solutions, and exit strategies. • Partner with Vendor Management, Risk, and Technology teams to mitigate supplier-related risks and support remediation efforts. • Develop reporting and dashboards to monitor supplier resilience and operational readiness.
Stakeholder Partnership & Governance
• Build strong partnerships across Operations, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Vendor Management teams. • Provide reporting and insights on resiliency readiness, testing outcomes, and risk exposure. • Deliver training, guidance, and standards that strengthen organizational resilience capabilities.
What Makes This Role Unique
• You'll help safeguard critical investment operations and services that support clients and markets. • You'll operate across business continuity, supplier resilience, operational risk, and recovery planning. • You'll partner with senior leaders and enterprise teams to strengthen resilience across the organization. • You'll influence strategy and drive meaningful resiliency improvements in a complex, evolving environment.
Qualifications
Required
• Experience in business continuity, operational resilience, disaster recovery, risk management, or related disciplines. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to influence across teams and communicate effectively with leaders and partners. • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred
• Experience with business impact analysis, contingency planning, resiliency testing, or crisis management. • Familiarity with third-party risk management and supplier resilience practices. • Experience in financial services, investment operations, or custody environments. • CBCP, MBCP, ABCP, CISA, CISSP, or similar certifications preferred.
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.