Human Capital Management, Project Management, Analyst, London London · United Kingdom · Analyst

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Analyst to join their Project Management team. In this dynamic role, you will manage transformational initiatives that enhance employee experiences and drive automation benefits. Your exceptional organizational skills and strategic thinking will be essential as you oversee projects from inception to completion, ensuring effective change management throughout. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on a leading global investment banking firm, where your contributions will help shape the future of the organization and its most valuable asset—its people.

Benefits

Training and Development Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Wellness Programs

Mindfulness Programs

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in project management and change management.
• Proven track record of successful project delivery in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business processes to identify efficiencies and opportunities for improvement.
• Manage projects from initiation to completion, ensuring adherence to standards.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Data Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Project Management Tools

Job description

Opportunity Overview

CORPORATE TITLE: Analyst

OFFICE LOCATION(S): London

JOB FUNCTION: Project Management

DIVISION: Human Capital Management Division

Our division recruits, develops and rewards the people of Goldman Sachs. Our teams advise, design and implement strategies, processes and technologies that help our people advance professionally, drive productivity and help the firm and our clients achieve superior results. We look for individuals with strong problem solving and analytical skills, innovative thinking and intellectual curiosity who want to make an impact on the success of the firm’s most valuable asset, our people.

TEAM & ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking a motivated and experienced individual to join the HCM Strategy team as an Analyst in Project Management. The HCM Strategy team manages transformational initiatives – enhancing our employee experience, driving quantifiable automation benefits, and promoting resiliency – to serve our stakeholders within HCM and across the firm. Your role as an Analyst within this team requires exceptional organizational skills and strategic thinking. The ideal candidate must be able to manage projects from initiation to completion, with a strong focus on incorporating change management aspects throughout the implementation of new projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform analysis of business processes within HCM division to assess efficiencies and identify opportunities for risk reduction, automation, and process improvement.
• Interview business owners to discover key pain points and business needs to develop and formulate strategic roadmap and project plans.
• Develop functional specifications to meet business requirements while also complying with regulatory standards, propose alternative solutions, and present proposed solutions to business owners.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop and maintain project and/or program artifacts, such as scope, approach, solution, plan, resources, estimates; develop, track and manage project forecasts and costs; request budget allocation and reallocations; ensure project and/or program is within budget.
• Work with functional and technical teams to understand current state processes and pain points, to help formulate strategic solutions and future state vision.
• Coordinate UAT and QA testing, including test script creation and planning, to accomplish bug-free end products.
• Maintain an understanding of data architecture and validation mechanisms in each system impacted by identified technology solutions.
• Facilitate team meetings, publish meeting notes and action items, ensure follow up with team members, update project documents and systems, ensure timely completion of action items; adhere to project management standards and processes, including tools and reporting.
• Coordinate end-to-end project lifecycles and ensure successful completion of all phases, including due diligence and scoping, use case definition, functional design specification, development, testing using functional and operational test cases, production roll-out, and end-user training.
• Communicate project status and be the project advocate; take responsibility for proactive risk and issue management; ensure mitigating strategies or contingencies are appropriately applied to anticipated risks and issues.
• Establish positive and collaborative relationships with stakeholders and demonstrate a clear understanding of both internal and external requirements and success criteria.
• Integrate and align with other departmental processes and solutions; participate in and facilitate post project/phase reviews; identify, manage and control changes to scope.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and appropriate teams on behavioral change management plan to ensure user adoption of new systems and processes.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years of experience in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating a proven track record of successful project delivery and effective change management.
• Applying agile and waterfall project planning methodologies to multi-year projects.
• Writing user stories, detailed functional specifications, acceptance criteria for tech development.
• Coordinating test script planning and creation, with oversight for UAT testing.
• Understanding of data architecture and validation mechanisms.
• Driving consensus between program sponsors and senior business stakeholders.

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. 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.