Asset & Wealth Management, Global Wealth Management COO Team, Vice President - Dallas

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Vice President for its Wealth Management COO Team. This role involves collaborating with global leadership to implement strategic initiatives that enhance business growth and efficiency. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical capabilities and interpersonal skills, ensuring effective solutions to complex challenges. With significant exposure to senior leadership, this position offers a unique opportunity for professional development in a dynamic environment focused on client service and innovative financial solutions.

Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

Generous Vacation Policies

On-site Fitness Centers

Child Care Services

Financial Wellness Programs

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement Planning Support

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in financial services.
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the Global Wealth COO and manage strategic initiatives.
• Liaise with cross-divisional businesses to achieve objectives.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Financial Data Analysis

Client Service

Self-starter

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

YOUR IMPACT

Vice Presidents on the Wealth Management COO Team have a unique opportunity to work directly with Global Leadership on the development and implementation of strategic and tactical initiatives that drive one of the firm’s core businesses forward in terms of both growth and efficiency.

OUR IMPACT

Wealth Management

Across Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world to reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Our consumer business provides digital solutions for customers to better spend, borrow, invest, and save. Across Wealth Management, our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and customers, and leading-edge technology, data and design.

The Wealth Management Global Leadership Team provides management and strategy oversight across all businesses within Wealth, including Private Wealth, GS Ayco, the Private Bank, Marcus and our Operations and Engineering counterparts.

You will be a key liaison for senior managers, business unit COOs and many other business enablers, with a global lens. The position requires deep analytical capabilities, complemented by strong interpersonal skills, to ensure delivery of solutions to complex macro and micro issues in the Wealth business.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Support the Global Wealth Chief Operating Officer and Leadership across Private Wealth, GS Ayco, Private Bank, Marcus and our Operations and Engineering counterparts.
• Facilitate and manage cross-functional efforts on a variety of strategic initiatives and special projects related to location and headcount strategy, business profitability / growth, and risk management.
• Liaise with cross-divisional businesses such as HCM, CWS, Legal, Compliance, Engineering, and Operations to develop and execute project plans in order to achieve business objectives.
• Execute on key operating initiatives for the business in partnership with COOs across multiple business lines.
• Solve ambiguous and ad-hoc problems; use organizational skills to project manage remediation.
• Partner with senior leadership to identify, define and document on-going project objectives and requirements.
• Proactively suggest new ways to further enhance our business through analysis and reporting.
• Deliver key results using Excel and PowerPoint to develop materials that help articulate progress in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to own key strategic initiatives while keeping a focus on expense discipline and process optimization.
• Gain exposure and access to senior Wealth Management leadership.
• Build expertise in business analytics, project management, real estate, and risk management.
• Significant potential for long-term career development.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Commitment to the highest standard of integrity and maintenance of the appropriate level of confidentiality and discretion on sensitive work assignments.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and display good judgment under pressure.
• Ability to leverage interpersonal skills to work with cross-disciplinary teams, globally.
• Outstanding analytical skills as demonstrated by ability to work with detailed financial data and understand commercial implications; proficient in excel and other Microsoft applications.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with ability to structure key assignment takeaways to dynamic audiences.
• Demonstrated interest in client service and/or financial services.
• Self-starter who learns quickly and is attentive to detail.
• Ability to work independently and cross-functionally.
• Ability to lead, motivate and build relationships within the team and with internal stakeholders.
• Prior Wealth Management experience is strongly preferred.
• SIE, Series 7 and 63 required (must be obtained within three months of employment)

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.

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.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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