Global Shareholder Disclosure, Sr. Specialist

The Global Post-Trade Compliance team plays a key role in Vanguard’s commitment to protecting investors and supporting strong oversight across our global fund complex. The team is responsible for substantial shareholder monitoring, assessing regulatory obligations, and helping ensure timely and accurate compliance outcomes across a broad range of investment products and markets.

As part of this group, the Global Shareholder Disclosure team focuses on ownership-based reporting requirements in jurisdictions around the world. This work sits at the intersection of regulation, data, market structure, and investment activity, giving team members the opportunity to solve complex challenges in a highly visible and evolving area of global compliance.

You will lead the analysis and oversight of shareholder disclosure obligations across global markets. Responsibilities include evaluating ownership scenarios, providing regulatory guidance, influencing strategies, and partnering with Legal, technology providers, and business stakeholders to enhance monitoring capabilities and support timely reporting. The team's work spans substantial shareholding, takeover, and sensitive industry disclosure requirements, providing broad exposure to global regulatory frameworks and ownership-based reporting obligations.

This is an exciting opportunity for a compliance professional who enjoys operating at the intersection of regulation, data, and global markets. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor on disclosure matters, help shape compliance practices in an evolving regulatory environment, and collaborate with experienced professionals across the organization. The position provides broad exposure to international regulations, meaningful engagement with senior stakeholders, and the opportunity to make an impact in a highly specialized area of global compliance.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead analysis of ownership positions, investment activity, and regulatory requirements to determine disclosure obligations and drive compliance outcomes.

• Partner with Legal and business stakeholders to interpret regulatory requirements and translate guidance into effective monitoring, reporting, and compliance practices.

• Oversee preparation and execution of regulatory filings, inquiries, and other compliance deliverables, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance.

• Lead resolution of complex compliance matters and influence risk-based decisions across business, Legal, regulators, and other external stakeholders.

• Drive enhancements to monitoring capabilities, controls, data quality, and reporting processes while overseeing compliance technology vendors and holding providers accountable for service delivery, regulatory changes, issue resolution, and platform enhancements.

• Provide mentorship, quality oversight, and subject matter expertise to support strong compliance outcomes and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience, with at least two years within financial services, compliance, or regulatory reporting. 

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience; advanced degree 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.