Description

The Executive Office (EO) plays an integral role in setting and advancing Goldman Sachs’ strategy and in supporting and enhancing the firm’s distinctive culture. Our goal is to provide our people, clients, shareholders and the broader public with information about the breadth of our global efforts, highlight our focus on delivering sustainable, long-term returns for our shareholders, and demonstrate our commitment to making an impact on the communities where we live and work and on society more broadly.

The Cross Divisional Strategic Execution (XDIV) team within the EO, has a mission is to deliver impactful revenue, control, regulatory and efficiency projects requiring cross-divisional management for the firm.

XDIV is a dedicated execution team within the Executive Office. Using established methods of effective program delivery, functional and technical expertise, and stakeholder management skills, XDIV provides senior management with execution capabilities to deliver their most complex initiatives. XDIV is uniquely positioned to be the glue that binds diverse divisions, functions, requirements, and stakeholders together.

Role Summary/Responsibilities

We are seeking a Project Manager / Business Analyst with excellent analytical, communication and co-ordination skills to support needs across the Divisions. Roles will include:

  • Manage the execution of high priority, strategic initiatives for our EMEA business by leveraging best-in-class project management skills and strong knowledge of Banking processes
  • Meeting with Business users to identify, define & document requirements
  • Preparing business workflow diagrams, use cases, requirement specifications, logical data model, business test scenarios, status reports, etc.
  • Supporting the project team during the entire development lifecycle by clarifying business requirements, testing applications and reports, and ensuring that the technical solutions meet business requirements
  • Contributing to the analysis and decision-making of strategic objectives of specific projects
  • The candidate will expect to acquire detailed knowledge of multiple areas within the firm
  • Set agenda for requirements working sessions and meetings, running steering groups and other project governance meetings
  • Communicate updates, statuses and timelines to stakeholders, escalate items that are unresolved or at risk
  • Prioritize analysis based on risks and demonstrate ability to work with incomplete information
  • Conduct detailed problem tracking, resolutions and completion of all actions and issues by their deadlines

  • Highly motivated individual with the ability to work autonomously as well as in a team and collaboration oriented environment
  • Must demonstrate considerable energy, focus, drive and a sense of urgency
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively articulate business cases and drive consensus with senior management
  • Ability to coordinate activities with multiple interdependencies
  • Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent
  • 6+ years of experience as a Project Manager and Business Analyst within the financial services industry
  • Understanding of Investment Banking Business and Financial concepts, products and services
  • Understanding of the Technology Concepts and System Development Life Cycle fundamentals
  • Experience in developing test plans, strategies and conducting User Acceptance Testing
  • Understanding and experience of project management from initiation to implementation (risks, issue management, etc.)
  • The ability to critically examine current processes to propose and develop functional improvements
  • German language skills not required