Asset & Wealth Management, Regulatory Management, Regulatory Solutions, Associate, Birmingham

Goldman Sachs, Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global investment banking firm as an Associate in Asset & Wealth Management. You'll manage regulatory strategies, assess new regulations, and collaborate with stakeholders to enhance business operations. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree and experience in financial services, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Training and Development Opportunities

Wellness Programs

Mindfulness Programs

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in management consulting or financial services.
• Experience in regulatory strategy and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze regulatory policies and their impact on business areas.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to address regulatory challenges.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical

Problem Solving

Communication

Relationship Building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Asset & Wealth Management, Regulatory Management, Regulatory Solutions, Associate, Birmingham

Asset & Wealth Management, Regulatory Management, Regulatory Solutions, Associate, Birmingham

Job Description

YOUR IMPACT

The Asset & Wealth Management Strategic Transformation Office is a recently established entity tasked with overseeing comprehensive large-scale transformations. Our primary objectives are to enhance scalability, drive revenue growth, improve client experience, and elevate controls to optimize our operating platform. This group comprises of four critical functions, including (1) Product Management & Design, (2) Change Management, (3) Regulatory Management, and (4) Monitoring & Testing.

The AWM Regulatory Management team manages the regulatory strategy and roadmap for the AWM business globally. As the key business partner for regulatory matters, the team is responsible for: 1) Regulatory Solutions; assessing the impact of regulations on business activities and 2) Regulatory Controls; ensuring a robust control framework is in place to evidence compliance.

Regulatory Solutions represent the views of the business on regulatory change governance forums and act as co-sponsors of new regulations. The team is responsible for performing detailed assessments on new regulations, identifying the impact on existing AWM capabilities and supporting the design of appropriate solutions to deliver regulatory requirements. The team also supports the launch of new products, funds or trading activity by advising on current live and new upcoming regulatory considerations.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Build a deep understanding of the Asset and Wealth Management business through analyzing the applicability and impact of regulatory policies and rules to each business area (new regulations and new business activities)
• Simplify complex problems (regulatory challenges) by collaborating with the team, key stakeholders, and regulatory experts within the firm
• Exert influence and impact, to drive business engagement and lead strategic cross divisional discussions on regulatory change matters
• Deploy appropriate methodologies and governance tools, to drive the timely delivery of analysis and agreed solution approach (operational and technology driven)
• Build strong senior stakeholder relationships that will be required when performing complex analysis across multiple businesses

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience in management consulting or related field in financial services with active involvement in new regulation assessments and implementations
• Understanding of asset management products (closed/open funds, traditional and alternatives products), and the wider asset management operating model and ecosystems
• Experience working as part of business or regulatory function owning the regulatory strategy, roadmap, analysis and interpretation of new regulations for the business
• Strategic mindset with strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills to provide creative and innovative solutions
• Project Management experience including definition of business case and scope, articulation of issues, challenges, risks, dependencies and solutions
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Proven track record of supporting the design and execution of solutions for complex problems
• Experience in Reg product and platform management is preferable
• Multi-task and can manage and advance multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficiency in MS Office, PowerPoint, and Excel, with an ability to learn new tools quickly

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

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