Lead Data Analyst (Distribution Analytics)

In this role, you’ll collaborate with a team of experienced analysts dedicated to supporting the Personal Investor Distribution business. You’ll go beyond traditional reporting—enhancing and evolving key capabilities such as book construction, performance signals, and incentive compensation. You’ll also play a central role in piloting innovative initiatives that improve efficiency and accelerate revenue growth.

By partnering closely with program managers, you’ll help shape insights into strategies that fuel innovation and elevate both Financial Consultant and client outcomes. If you bring an ownership mindset and thrive on turning analytics into impactful solutions, we’d love to see you in the candidate pool

Core Responsibilities

• Engages with internal partners to understand business strategy, questions and goals. Brings structure to business requests, translates requirements into an analytical project approach, and leads complex projects through completion. Delegates tasks and provides tactical and strategic guidance to peers. Serves as the analytics expert on cross-functional teams for large strategic initiatives.
• Acquires and compiles structured and unstructured data and verifies its quality, accuracy and reasonableness.
• Performs analyses of historical data to surface trends and insights using advanced analytical methods. Validates analytical techniques employed by other analysts.
• Prepares and delivers expert level visualizations and internal presentations that translate analytic insights into tangible, actionable solutions for business partners to implement.
• Develops, owns and manages recurring analytic or reporting processes.
• Actively develops the analytics community at Vanguard by mentoring, coaching and connecting others with resources and training. Participates and presents during scheduled analytics seminars.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of seven years related data analysis/science work experience
• Undergraduate degree (advanced degree preferred)
• Coding knowledge in SQL and Python
• Experience with data storytelling through visualization
• Experience in designing and executing end to end experiments

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is 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.