Data Analytics Lead in Financial Crimes

We are seeking a strategic analytics leader to join our Financial Crimes and Code team, responsible for developing analytical strategies to identify risk and crime trends. This role transforms complex data from the OGC 360 Data Lake into compelling stories and actionable insights that support financial crime prevention, enhance risk detection, and deliver measurable business value.

The role requires a blend of advanced analytical skills, strategic thinking, and leadership capabilities. The ideal candidate should possess expertise in advanced analytics, experimentation, proficiency in generating actionable insights, and experience with data visualization tools to create impactful reports and dashboards. Strong communication skills are essential for effectively interacting with senior stakeholders and conveying complex data insights in a clear and concise manner. Additionally, the ability to prioritize projects and maximize value delivery is crucial. Key responsibilities include designing executive-level dashboards, delivering advanced analytics, and fostering a data-driven culture through strong stakeholder engagement and data governance.

As a Data Analytics Lead in Financial Crimes, you will

• Drive strategic initiatives that enhance analytical capabilities to detect and mitigate financial crime and risk
• Optimize data-driven solutions for financial crime prevention and risk intelligence,  
• Strengthen analytics infrastructure to support financial crime detection and risk management.
• Elevate the strategic use of analytics in combating financial crimes and assessing risk exposure.
• Refine and scale analytical frameworks for financial crime insights and risk evaluation.
• Drive innovation in analytics to uncover financial crime patterns and emerging risk trends.
• Modernize analytics platforms using AI tools to improve financial crime surveillance and risk forecasting.
• Deploy targeted analytics to support proactive financial crime intervention and risk controls.
• Transform raw data into actionable intelligence for financial crime and risk operations.
• Integrate advanced analytics into financial crime strategy and enterprise risk oversight.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement analytical strategies to identify financial crime patterns and risk trends.
• Analyze large datasets from Data Lake to uncover insights and support decision-making.
• Create compelling data stories to communicate findings to stakeholders and leadership.
• Design and deliver executive-level dashboards and reporting frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align analytics with business goals.
• Utilize Bloomberg and Morningstar for industry insights and benchmarking.
• Foster a data-driven culture through relationship management and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance across all analytics initiatives.
• Solve complex and ambiguous problems with innovative analytical approaches.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data analytic. Experience in financial crime analysis is highly desired.
• Strong relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to solve big and ambiguous problems using data-driven strategies.
• Experience with Bloomberg and Morningstar for industry insights.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Strong ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives and achieve business objectives.
• Strong understanding of marketing mix modeling techniques, including multivariate regression and time-series analysis.
• Ability to analyze large datasets from various channels to understand the impact of different financial crimes activities and other key performance indicators.
• Proven track record in developing and maintaining advanced statistical models to estimate the effectiveness of marketing tactics and predict future performance.
• Experience with tools and technologies such as Tableau, Power BI, Python, SQL, Redshift, AWS.

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.