Global Banking & Markets, Divisional Finance and Strategy, Associate, Bengaluru

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is 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 high-net-worth individuals.

The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Bangalore, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

Divisional Overview: This is a Divisional CFO role requiring management of divisional P&L and supporting desk managers inany kind of Adhoc request relating to expenses/revenues.

The role requires working with the Global Divisional CFO and business unit managers across regions/businesses.

This requires keeping effective control over expenses, preparing quarterly forecast/annual budgets and managing regulatory and other requirements including presentations to senior management in NY.

Should have excellent verbal and written communication skill and solid attention to detail.

Role overview: The role would entail in-depth analysis and reporting for the management to take decisions, therefore, eye to detail is a prerequisite for this role.

The candidate is required to work with the counter parts across regions on adhoc reports, apart from regular reporting and analysis.

Job Responsibilities:

• Preparation of weekly expense estimates to assist with divisional performance reporting
• Improving management decision making capabilities through effective reporting and analysis of data, primarily focused on expenses
• Analyzing variances and trend of spend and provide business with regular cost reports supported by well written commentaries
• Playing key role in expense management initiatives including automation
• Support Business Planning / Forecasting exercise
• Managing month-end close activities including creation of journal entries, accruals for key expense categories
• Support the team in finalizing presentations and documentation activities
• Support other adhoc projects and analysis for senior leadership

• 4-6 years of experience in Banking industry in an expense management/ analytical function
• Educational Qualification: CA or MBA in Finance
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Advanced understanding of Microsoft Office products, tools and utilities for business use
• Strong creative presentation aptitude

• Experience in tools like Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI is preferred
• Strong interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills and ability to interact with global stakeholders
• Inquisitive, enthusiastic flexible self-starter with a strong analytical mind-set and capability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work in a team-based environment and coordinate and interact effectively with global colleagues

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