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

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Vice President for its Wealth Management COO Team. This pivotal role involves collaborating with global leadership to drive strategic initiatives that enhance business growth and efficiency. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and project management skills, with a commitment to integrity and client service. You will engage with senior management, manage cross-functional projects, and contribute to the development of innovative solutions. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will directly impact the success of wealth management operations and provide significant opportunities for career advancement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in financial services.
• Strong project management and analytical skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Global Wealth COO and manage cross-functional strategic initiatives.
• Deliver key results using Excel and PowerPoint for project updates.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Financial Analysis

Excel Proficiency

Problem-Solving

Client Service Orientation

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.

Wealth Management Global Leadership Team

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.
• Strong project management skills.
• 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.

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