Vanguard · 15 hours ago
Strategic Analytics Lead, Legal and Compliance data
Scottsdale, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expVanguard is a company focused on the long-term financial wellbeing of their clients. The Strategic Analytics Lead plays a critical role in supporting the Office of the General Council by identifying emerging legal and regulatory risks and translating them into data-driven insights to strengthen governance and compliance.
FinanceFinancial Services
No H1B
Responsibilities
Partner with OGC leadership, program teams, and technology partners to understand evolving risks and data needs as new platforms are deployed
Provide thought leadership on how analytics can improve legal, regulatory, and control oversight across the transformation
Shape the analytical strategy for monitoring platform ecosystem changes, including risk indicators, control gaps, policy alignment, and data integrity
Serve as OGC’s analytics liaison to enterprise data and technology teams, ensuring that data quality, lineage, accessibility, and governance meet legal and control requirements
Proactively identify emerging legal, regulatory, operational, and entitlement‑related risks driven by new architectures, data flows, integrations, and control structures
Translate complex legal and control requirements into measurable metrics, dashboards, and insights for senior decision‑makers
Analyze platform ecosystem data to surface trends, issue patterns, risk hotspots, and areas requiring escalation or remediation
Design and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and reporting tools that track OGC‑aligned risk and governance metrics
Develop analytical tools and automated solutions to support early detection of legal, compliance, and control risks
Enhance reporting mechanisms using automation, scalable design, and advanced analytics
Ensure analytical outputs integrate into enterprise issue management, risk frameworks, and governance routines
Operate with independence, setting analytical priorities and driving execution across teams
Influence outcomes and align stakeholders without formal authority
Communicate complex analytical concepts clearly to leadership, technology partners, and senior stakeholders
Promote consistency and rigor in evaluating legal and control impacts of new platform capabilities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in data analytics, statistics, information systems, or related field preferred
8–12+ years of analytics experience in risk, controls, compliance, legal/regulatory functions, or enterprise transformation
Strong understanding of legal/regulatory risk domains, technology controls, data governance, and enterprise issue management
Proven ability to translate qualitative legal/control expectations into quantitative metrics and actionable insights
Proficiency with analytics and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, AWS, and Python
Exceptional analytical, problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills with the ability to identify emerging risks
Strong communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics for non‑technical audiences
Highly self‑directed and comfortable navigating ambiguity and leading work across diverse teams
Preferred
Experience applying AI or ML techniques to automation, risk detection, or process efficiency
Experience supporting large‑scale platform transformations or architecture modernization
Familiarity with financial services legal frameworks, regulatory environments, and control structures
Company
Vanguard
Check is a client-owned investment company that offers low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, advice, and related services.
Founded in 1975Kelayres, Pennsylvania, USA
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
ic@3401
2017-03-31Non Equity Assistance
Leadership Team
Salim Ramji
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Maack
Principal, Head of US Equity Index Portfolio Management
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