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About this Senior Corporate Accounting & Reporting Lead role at Vanguard

Vanguard · Onsite · Malvern, PA

The Global Transfer Pricing and Intercompany Accounting team plays a critical role in enabling accurate enterprise financial reporting, transparent cost allocation, strong governance, and effective decision-making across Vanguard’s U.S. and international operations. The team sits at the intersection of accounting, tax, technology, legal, reporting, and business operations, providing finance professionals with the opportunity to influence enterprise allocation strategy, strengthen controls, modernize processes, and support a scalable global operating model.

This role will lead complex intercompany accounting activities, including transfer pricing, allocation review, model governance, reconciliations, controls, audit response, dashboard maintenance, and process improvement. This role serves as a key subject matter expert, helping ensure intercompany results are accurate, well-supported, and aligned with accounting standards, corporate policies, and finance transformation objectives.

Responsibilities:

  • Manages intercompany responsibilities, including model methodology, annual cost center and model recertification, and reviewing data requests (new/closed departments, etc.)
  • Reviews and approves the work of team members to ensure the proper recording of financial activities in accordance with accounting and reporting standards, statutory reporting requirements and corporate policies. Provides financial expertise and leadership in coordinating and managing the financial closing process.
  • Leads the recommendation, design and implementation of internal control procedures that ensure proper recording of financial positions and prevents material errors in accounting records. Manages process changes to improve accuracy, consistency and efficiency. Documents all modifications and communicates to management and to the appropriate clients.
  • Serve as primary liaison for internal and external audits. Answers all auditor inquiries related to complex accounting topics.
  • Maintain reporting dashboards and process insights that support transparency, monitoring, and management review.
  • Advance automation, standardization, and process improvement opportunities across the intercompany operating model.
  • Builds and develops strong working relationships with business stakeholders.
  • Creates, updates, and presents training to accounting staff and management.
  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.


Qualifications:

  • Minimum of eight years’ related work experience in an accounting and financial reporting environment.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Finance or Accounting degree is preferred; CPA preferred.
  • Transfer Pricing operations exp. helpful
  • Intercompany Governance exp. helpful.

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.

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About Vanguard

Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests. This website uses "cookies" to distinguish you from other users. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers placed on your computer or device. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site and services. The cookies are stored locally on your computer or mobile device. To accept cookies you can co

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