Sr. Business Continuity Analyst

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.