Private Wealth Management, PWM COO team, Analyst/Senior Analyst, Zurich

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Travel insurance

Wellness programs

Employee assistance program

On-site health centers

Fitness center reimbursement

Child care centers

Retirement plan

Job summary

Goldman Sachs’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) COO team seeks a candidate to drive regulatory change, strategic initiatives and efficiencies within PWM. The role involves designing and scoping initiatives, collecting and presenting data for decision-making, and collaborating with PWM, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and Engineering to support growth.

You will also represent PWM in working groups and identify risks.

Qualifications

• Must have experience collecting, analyzing and presenting data to support decision-making.
• Strong stakeholder relationship skills with senior stakeholders.
• Experience driving regulatory change or regulatory projects is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to interact with executives.

Responsibilities

• Involvement in design, scoping and implementation of key projects to meet regulatory obligations.
• Collect, analyse and present data to support COO and stakeholders in decisions.
• Collaborate with PWM Business, Legal, Compliance, Operations, Engineering and other teams.
• Represent PWM in project working groups and identify operational risks.
• Help develop PWM growth strategy and align platform with strategic direction.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Regulatory change

Strategic thinking

Communication

English proficiency

Job description

OUR IMPACT

Private Wealth Management (PWM)secures, develops and manages relationships with high net worth individuals, their families, family offices and foundations. PWM assists clients with building and preserving their financial wealth by creating and implementing long-term asset allocation within the context of each client’s particular risk tolerance, and by providing access to innovative investment ideas and opportunities. PWM professionals develop customized investment strategies and offer a full array of wealth management products and services, including private banking and trust company services.

YOUR IMPACT

Successful applicant will be a key member of the COO Team, responsible for assisting the COO in implementing regulatory change, strategic initiatives and efficiencies into the PWM business.

The role will include:

• Involvement in the design, scoping and implementation of key projects and initiatives to meet regulatory obligations and make strategic enhancements to the PWM business
• Collecting, analysing and presenting data to support the COO and key stakeholders in project decision-making
• Working closely with and communicating effectively with key stakeholders to help develop and implement PWMs growth strategy and change within the business
• Representing the PWM business in project working groups
• Identifying operational risks to the business within projects
• Developing the PWM platform to align with PWMs growth strategy
• The employee will have a strong stakeholder relationship with PWM Business, Legal, Compliance, Operations, Engineering and other functional teams, who they work with closely with on the above processes.

REQUIREMENTS

• 1-5 years’ relevant experience, in a comparable role preferably including regulatory change, consulting, and/or experience in a wealth management client facing role
• English language is required, any additional regional language (German, French or Italian) would be considered beneficial
• Have a strategic mindset with strong problem-solving skills, data analysis skills, and able to provide creative & innovative solutions
• Proven experience in building and managing senior stakeholder relationships, and influencing them to focus on the key problems and outcomes
• Drive to execute, ability to collaborate and learn from others in the team and deliver high quality deliverables
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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