Salt Lake City · · Associate

Marcus; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in the United States is seeking a results-driven professional to join the Strategic Analytics and Configuration Team within Equities Operations. You will partner with engineering, operations, trading and client services to optimize client configurations and drive process improvements while managing risk.

The role emphasizes delivering strategic projects, communicating progress to stakeholders, and socializing opportunities for improvements in a fast-paced, global firm that values

Qualifications

• 4+ years of prior work experience in a relevant field.
• Strong academic background with motivation and initiative.
• Proficient to advanced skills with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a drive to learn.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver strategic projects within Equities Operations.
• Communicate status to stakeholders and management.
• Escalate and mitigate execution risks and issues to minimize impact.
• Leverage technology to streamline processes.
• Investigate client issues and identify improvements for daily operations.

Skills

MS Office

Multi-tasking

Communication skills

Project coordination

Problem solving

Tools

MS Office

Job description

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. For us, it’s all about bringing together people who are curious, collaborative and have the drive to make things possible for our clients and communities.

YOUR IMPACT

Your role within Equities Operations provides opportunities to provide best in class service to our institutional client base. Through client configuration and optimization, you are directly engaged in solving the most challenging and pressing problems for our clients.

OUR IMPACT

Operations

partners with all areas of Goldman Sachs to deliver our institutional, consumer and asset management businesses and to provide a seamless experience for our clients. For every trade agreed, every new product launched or market entered, every transaction completed, it is Operations that enables business to flow.

We manage and process our clients’ business, including onboarding, post-trade processing and regulatory compliance. Our teams work closely across the firm to develop and deliver new products and services, while mitigating operational risk and enhancing the client experience. We drive process and technology change to scale and automate our businesses.

FICC and Equities Operations

provides client onboarding support, post-trade transaction services, and post-trade portfolio services for FICC and Equities. Client Experience Operations manages key client relationships to enhance the client experience front to back. We support the FICC and Equities businesses to develop and deliver new products, services, and markets.

Strategic Analytics and Configuration Team

works directly with engineering, operations, trading, and client services teams in Equities to optimize client configurations. We excel at finding commercial solutions that meet our clients’ needs without compromising risk and control.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Planning and ensuring delivery for strategic projects
• Communicating status to key stakeholders and management
• Escalating and mitigating execution risks/issues to minimize impacts to projects
• Leveraging technology and tools to streamline processes
• Tap into your investigative skills to find answers to client issues and solutions for problems that arise daily and socialize opportunities for improvements
• Investigate straight through processing rates to identify solutions, and elevate issues as they arise
• Analyze and improve processes and procedures with an eye to reducing risk and eliminating repetitive effort
• Help influence client behavior to achieve superior operational and client service outcomes
• Make recommendations on process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy
• Coaching the junior team members and providing guidance

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 4+ years of prior work experience in a relevant field
• Highly motivated with strong academic background
• Proficient to advanced skills with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• Ability to multi‐task and prioritize accordingly
• Thrives in a fast‐paced, dynamic environment, with a passion to learn at an exponential pace
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow‐through
• Team player with positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Constant drive to implement process improvement and challenge inefficiencies
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
• Ability to self‐direct, analyze and evaluate and form independent judgments
• Integrity, ethical standards, and sound judgment
• Ability to effectively interact and build relationships with senior management and global 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.

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.