Global Banking & Markets – Regulatory Change Management – Associate – London

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is seeking an Associate for the Regulatory Change Management team. The role involves managing complex projects across divisions, requiring strong project management and analytical skills. Candidates should have a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, proficiency in Agile methodologies, and excellent communication abilities. This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment at the forefront of banking and markets.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years’ relevant experience in business analysis/project/program management.
• Proven track record of driving delivery of projects in a cross-functional team setting.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, including Kanban and Lean.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and deliver complex cross-divisional initiatives.
• Provide transparency to senior stakeholders on project scope and risks.
• Identify and manage project risks with proposed solutions.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

JIRA

Agile Testing practices

Job description

Global Banking & Markets – Regulatory Change Management – Associate – London location_on London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

ABOUT GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

Global Banking & Markets: Regulatory Change Management

Are you looking for a new opportunity to showcase your intellectual curiosity, advisory and project management skills? Do you have a strategic mindset and the ability to influence change? Do you wish to be valued for your innovative approach to problem-solving? We have an excellent new position available within our Regulatory Change Management team for Global banking & Markets.

The Global Banking & Markets Regulatory Change Management Team is searching for dedicated individuals who thrive in a collaborative and challenging environment to join our team. Global Change Managers serve as program managers on high priority initiatives within the Global Banking & Markets Division. You will work alongside other Change Managers, Business Analysts, Engineers, Product Managers, Sales, Strats and Designers to ensure solutions are designed and implemented for the Global Banking & Markets Division in true “front to back” fashion. You will leverage your technical expertise and project management skills to influence and drive the team to deliver these complex projects within budget and with a high quality.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Work with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to develop, implement and deliver complex and strategic cross divisional initiatives
• Leverage Agile methodologies and governance tools to provide transparency to senior stakeholders on project scope, timelines, budget and delivery risks
• Identify and manage project risks from inception to completion while proposing solutions and mitigants
• Perform complex analysis which will be used to enhance operational workflows
• Facilitate communication on key project matters (including reporting and escalations) across GBM teams, including Sales, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Compliance and Product.
• Provide oversight over the project book of work, ensuring cross project dependencies, risks, and budget are aligned and proactively managed
• Facilitate the performance of quality assurance testing, migration plans and post implementation reviews alongside Product.
• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum 4+ years’ relevant experience, preferably in a business analysis / project / program management function
• Strong analytical and business analysis experience, including process analysis
• Project management skills including project scope definition; project issues, challenges, risks definition; status reporting; User Acceptance Test execution
• A proven track record of scoping and driving delivery of projects. Has delivered results in a cross functional team setting, on time and to budget
• Familiarity with non-Scrum flavours of Agile (Kanban, Lean, etc.)
• Use facilitation skills to lead data gathering, analysis and design efforts
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with senior stakeholders
• Strategic thinker able to identify cross functional issues, provide innovative solutions, and communicate the implications of solutions across existing processes, systems and teams, e.g. costs, risk, service

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of products and processes related to the financial services industry would be an advantage, as is related experience in technology strategy or in a client service or business function and / or management consulting
• Core knowledge base of Global Banking & Markets
• Demonstrate understanding of Financial Services & Operations processes and procedures
• Hands-on Agile program leadership experience in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.),
• Experience developing products using customer and design-centric practices
• Knowledge of automated testing tools and frameworks, Agile Testing practices
• Experience on tools like JIRA and JIRA Portfolio or similar applications
• Knowledge of OKR frameworks and roadmaps, as well as other governance and project planning tooling
• Knowledge of Regulatory implementation or reporting

Equal Employment Opportunity

Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all job applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.