Compliance, Project Manager, Implementation & Execution, Associate, NY New York · · Associate

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Project Manager to lead critical compliance projects in New York. This role offers the chance to engage in high-priority initiatives that mitigate regulatory risks and enhance operational efficiency. You will collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders, leveraging your project management expertise to drive impactful results. If you thrive in dynamic environments and are passionate about compliance and regulatory frameworks, this opportunity promises to be both challenging and rewarding. Join a firm committed to fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.

Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

Competitive Vacation Policies

Financial Wellness & Retirement Support

On-site Fitness Centers

Child Care & Family Care Services

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services project management and regulatory compliance.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage project plans for regulatory remediation efforts.
• Coordinate with internal teams and regulatory bodies for project success.

Skills

Project Management

Regulatory Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Compliance, Project Manager, Implementation & Execution, Associate, NY location_on New York, New York, United States

Global Compliance

Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risk across the firm and helps to strengthen the firm’s culture of compliance. Compliance accomplishes these through the firm’s enterprise-wide compliance risk management program. As an independent control function and part of the firm’s second line of defense, Compliance assesses the firm’s compliance, regulatory and reputational risk; monitors for compliance with new or amended laws, rules and regulations; designs and implements controls, policies, procedures and training; conducts independent testing; investigates, surveils and monitors for compliance risks and breaches; and leads the firm’s responses to regulatory examinations, audits and inquiries. You'll be part of a team with members from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds, such as law, accounting, sales, and trading. We look for those who possess sound judgment, curiosity, and are able to adapt to a changing regulatory landscape.

Role Overview

Execute high priority and complex projects for the firm by using best-in-class project management skills and strong working knowledge of financial services andoperational processes. The role creates an opportunity to deliver key cross functional projects for the firm, engaging at all stages of the project life-cycle.

The role is located in New York as part of the Compliance Division within the Implementation and Execution Office. You will be part of a dedicated team responsible for executing strategic projects to advance the firm's priorities and deliver impactful revenue, risk and control, regulatory and efficiency opportunities.Using effective program delivery methods, functional and technical expertise, and stakeholder management skills, this team provides senior management with execution capabilities to deliver their most complex projects.

This role will initiallyfocus on a key regulatory programwhere you will lead workstreams and contribute to the delivery of a multi-year strategic initiative. By performing the role, the candidate will acquire detailed knowledge of multiple areas within the firm.

Should have related Project Management experience in Regulatory Remediation, Policies and Procedures. This is a non-IT/technical, traditional PM role.

Responsibilities will include:

• Project planning and execution:develop and manage project plans for regulatory remediation efforts, including scope, timelines, resources, and deliverables
• Stakeholder management:coordinate with internal teams, regulatory bodies, and external consultants to facilitate remediation efforts and communicate progress
• Risk Management:identify and manage risks associated with remediation projects, implementing mitigation strategies as needed
• Internal Audit Engagement:work closely with internal audit (IA) teams to address findings and recommendations, ensuring that remediation plans effectively resolve identified issues
• Audit Preparedness:ensure that remediation projects are prepared for internal and external audit, maintaining clear and comprehensive documentation of remediation activities
• Monitoring and Reporting:track project progress, prepare status reports, and present findings to senior management and stakeholders
• Documentation: maintain comprehensive documentation of remediation activities, including issue tracking, action plans, and outcomes
• Partnering with leadership / divisions to identify, define and document project objectives and requirements
• Working with and across businesses and CFO&E (Controllers, Finance, Operations & Engineering) teams to develop and execute project plans to achieve objectives; identifying key milestones and critical path
• Contributing to project and operating effectiveness by bringing a deep understanding of processes and systems used in Banking
• Structuring ambiguous problems and taking action to solve them without complete information
• Preparing materials for working groups and committees, project dashboards, operating model diagrams, requirement specifications, test plans, etc.
• Conducing detailed problem tracking, resolution and completion of all actions and issues by their deadlines
• Communicating updates, statuses and timelines to stakeholders, and escalating items at risk
• Delivering key results to senior management and addressing their queries
• Supporting teams with best practices, program-wide tools, dashboards and other enablers

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience in financial services project management, regulatory compliance, or related fields. Experience in internal audit, risk or remediation projects is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of regulatory requirements relevant to the industry
• Proven experience solving complex problems
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and meet competing deadlines- project management skills are a must
• Drive, motivation and resilience - ability to handle multiple tasks, taking initiative to improve his / her own performance, working intensely towards goals and persisting in the face of obstacles or setbacks
• Ability to build long-term relationships and consensus across divisions
• Collaborative and team-oriented,encourages other team members and acknowledges others' contributions
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills with confidence and ability to create, structure and present messages to senior audiences
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and MS Excel skills
• Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to coordinate activities with multiple interdependencies across a number of GS internal teams. You will be key in connecting various functions or teams and sharing information
• Creativity and innovation, with an ability to critically examine current processes to propose and develop improvements
• Ideally a strong understanding of Investment Banking businesses, financial concepts, products and services
  

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

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.

Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $85000-$140000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally availableto active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here .

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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