Corporate Treasury, Project Management Office, Associate, London at Goldman Sachs
London, United Kingdom
Job Descrption
OUR IMPACT
We're a team of specialists charged with managing the firm’s funding, liquidity, capital and relationships with creditors and regulators. Corporate Treasury manages the firm’s financial resources and minimizes interest expense through liability planning, asset liability management, and liquidity portfolio yield enhancement. The division is ideal for collaborative individuals who have strong quantitative analysis skills and risk management capabilities since Treasury actively manages the firm’s financial resources which are constantly changing due to business activity, markets, risk appetite, regulations and other factors.
YOUR IMPACT Execute strategic initiatives across corporate treasury involving cross-functional teams through all stages of a project lifecycle:
Project initiation and scoping, including definition of plans, setting and managing realistic expectations for successful delivery with project stakeholders
Business analysis and requirements definition
Testing and implementation, in particular user acceptance testing
Ongoing project management and quality assurance throughout the project
Ensure that projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
Develop detailed project plans to monitor and track progress; leveraging tools such as Confluence and JIRA
Track, report and escalate issues to management as needed; maintain a RAID log
Establish and maintain relationship with cross divisional stakeholders
Drive appropriate change management rigor across the functional and technical workstreams (including all core competencies - issue/risk management, financial management, , stakeholder engagement, , etc.)
Detect, manage, and escalate project issues and risks, create mitigation plans and take corrective measures as necessary while providing timely updates to management
Prepare project-related materials for peer and senior audiences; communicate effectively using the right format and level of detail appropriate for the given audience
Ensure alignment of Corporate Treasury strategic priorities to program pipeline; manage the delivery of multi-year programs as part of the overall strategic vision by planning, organizing, monitoring, and controlling initiatives using appropriate tools and techniques
Help subject matter experts develop business requirements documents or user stories and translate requirements into project deliverables and measures of success, using both waterfall and agile methodology
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree in in Business, Economics, Finance, Management or a relevant field and
Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or a related role OR
SPECIAL SKILLS AND/OR LICENSES REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE JOB:
Must have three (3) years of experience with Project Management, including experience identifying and managing stakeholders, articulating problem statements; working with subject matter experts to agree on requirements/targeted solution; breaking action plan into milestones that can be tracked in order to meet desired solution on time; leading project execution, integration, implementation and testing; and ensuring project governance is in place through reporting and regular communication.
Must have two (2) years of experience with working on projects within the finance industry
Must have one (1) year of experience participating in agile projects
Must have two (2) years of experience with communicating effectively to multiple stakeholders within the project management lifecycle, including experience presenting to diverse stakeholder groups