Global Banking & Markets, Transformation Office, Associate, Singapore

GOLDMAN SACHS (SINGAPORE) PTE.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment bank in Singapore is seeking an experienced individual for a project management role in their Transformation Office. This position entails developing and implementing strategic initiatives to drive business growth and require strong analytical and project management skills. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree and over 5 years of relevant experience, showcasing excellent communication abilities and a strategic mindset.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion programs

Training and development opportunities

Benefits and wellness offerings

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in project/program management.
• Strong analytical and business analysis experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic initiatives for business growth.
• Manage project risks and provide oversight on project work.
• Facilitate communication on project status with stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic analysis

Project management

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

JIRA

Job description

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: Transformation Office

Are you a 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 Transformation Office team for Global banking & Markets.

The Global Banking & Markets Transformation Office Team is searching for dedicated individuals who thrives in a collaborative and challenging environment to join our team. Global Transformation Managers serve as program or product managers on high priority initiatives within the Global Banking & Markets Division. You will work alongside other Transformation Managers, Product Managers, Sales, Strats, Engineers 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 Sales, Trading, Engineering and Operations teams to develop and implement strategic complex initiatives to enable business growth, regulatory compliance and control improvements
• Leverage project management methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) 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 driving resolutions and risk & issue mitigants
• Perform detailed analysis to enhance business, system & operational workflows
• Facilitate communication on key project matters (incl. reporting and escalations) across GBM teams, including Sales, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Compliance
• Provide oversight on the project book of work, ensuring cross project dependencies, risks, and budget are proactively managed
• Facilitate the performance of quality assurance testing, migration plans and post implementation reviews alongside product

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience, preferably in a business analysis / project / program management function
• Strong analytical and business analysis experience, including process analysis
• 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
• 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
• Experienced in driving collaboration and facilitate discussions with stakeholders to perform problem solving and solution analysis
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with senior stakeholders

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
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and concepts, Project Management related certifications preferred but optional (e.g. PMP, Prince2, Agile, 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

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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