About this role
Strategy Associate - GBM Engineering - Management & Strategy - Dallas
Job Summary & Responsibilities
GBM Engineering is seeking a highly analytical and strategic Associate to join our COO team to play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the organization's transformation agenda. This individual will be instrumental in developing robust strategies, translating complex insights into compelling narratives, and fostering collaboration across diverse global and cross-functional stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives for the organization and drive transformational change within the Division.
Global Banking and Markets Engineering
GBM Engineering is a world leader in developing quantitative and technological solutions to solve complex business problems. Working with the firm’s sales and trading teams, engineers use their mathematical and scientific training to create financial products, advise clients on transactions, measure risk, and identify market opportunities. GBM Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted segment that partners with all parts of the firm to deliver banking, sales, and trading capabilities to clients around the world.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree
- At least 3-5 years of relevant work experience in a strategy, management consulting, or an internal strategic planning role within a complex financial services or technology organization
- Experience working in a global environment across a matrixed organization
- Strong organizational skills, including good judgment and decision-making capabilities
- Proven track record of driving outcomes in complex, cross-functional business situations
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, complex, and time-sensitive strategic projects concurrently, prioritizing effectively to meet critical deadlines.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of distilling complex information into clear, concise, and persuasive strategic communications for diverse audiences
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including the ability, create compelling presentations and design insightful data visualizations that effectively communicate strategic narratives to senior leadership.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment and to navigate change
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Proactive, analytical problem-solving mindset, with the ability to navigate and adapt to a dynamic and evolving organizational landscape, particularly within a global engineering context.
- Demonstrated understanding of financial markets, banking, or related financial services domains, preferably gained through direct experience within a financial institution.
- Expertise in quantitative analysis and data interpretation, with a proven ability to translate complex data into actionable strategic insights.
- Highly self-motivated, autonomous, and capable of working independently
- Ability to work closely with senior level sponsors and stakeholders to create consensus around plans, activities, and measures of strategic initiatives
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About Goldman Sachs
We aspire to be the world’s most exceptional financial institution, united by our shared values of partnership, client service, integrity, and excellence.
Operating at the center of capital markets, we act as one firm, mobilizing our people, capital, and ideas to deliver superior results across our clients’ most complex challenges.
For 157 years, Goldman Sachs has delivered world-class execution on a global scale across our leading Global Banking & Markets and Asset & Wealth Management businesses.
Apprenticeship is central to our culture, with hands-on coaching and access to leaders who bring decades of experience and expertise. With office locations around the world, we offer a broad range of career opportunities to those who insist on excellence and thrive on performance.
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What you'll do
- The Associate will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the organization's transformation agenda. They will develop strategies, translate insights into narratives, and foster collaboration across stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives.
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