Corporate Planning

Goldman Sachs Overview

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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. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

Divisional Overview

The Corporate Planning & Management (CPM) Division unifies Finance & Planning, Spend Management, Operational Risk and Resilience, and CPM Engineering teams to deliver business planning and analytics, expense management, third party risk management, and governance strategies across the firm.  CPM have 5 operating pillars. 

Finance & Planning supports the execution of the firm's strategic objectives through the management of the planning process, firmwide reporting and analytics and insights into the firm's business plans and budgets. They develop consistent framework for revenue division projections creating transparency, accountability and efficiency around projections. This pillar also includes the CF&O, EO and Engineering divisional CFOs, who are strategic finance advisors helping the firm and the non-revenue divisions achieve commercial financial opportunities. Product Finance is responsible for the overall governance and proactive management of the firm's non-compensation expenses. Spend Management encompasses the functions responsible for managing all aspects of the firm's spend with third parties - advising commercial agreements and driving operating efficiency. Departments include Strategic Sourcing, Procure to Pay, Integrated Travel and Expense, Infrastructure and Transformation and Sustainable Operations. Operational Risk & Resilience drives firmwide Operational Risk programs along with second line teams and implements required changes within CPM. The Corporate Insurance & Advisory team in this pillar identifies, procures, and manages corporate insurance needs for the firm and its investing businesses. The CPM Engineering team provides engineering solutions that enable the firm to manage third-party spend, data and automation, plan budgets, forecast financial scenarios, allocate expenses and support corporate decision making in-line with the firm's strategic objectives.

Position Summary

Professionals in CPM have an analytical mindset, exhibit intellectual curiosity and are from diverse academic backgrounds. The Associate level role is based in Bengaluru and sits within CPM's Product and Reporting team which is responsible for the design and implementation of the firm's Third Party Risk Management program and control framework. The team ensures compliance with Program requirements and data accuracy and completeness. 

The role requires collaboration with different functions across the firm on a regular basis, an ability to work independently, and ability to interact with senior professionals across the firm. It also entails in-depth analysis and reporting for senior management, requiring diligence and a commercial mindset. The candidate is required to work closely with global counterparts. Should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Principal Responsibilities

As a Product Owner for Inter-Affiliate Service(ISP) Program within TPRM,

• Define functional and non-functional requirements for new features and work with Engineering and Strategic Delivery Partners to ensure that the delivery of these requirements aligns with business objectives.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and demonstrations to align stakeholders and gather feedback.
• Create detailed documentation, including business process flows, user stories, and use cases.
• Act as a liaison between business users and Engineering Teams to ensure successful implementation and adoption. 
• Lead the creation of detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on business requirements
• Coordinate and oversee end-to-end system testing, including UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
• Identify, track, and manage defects using test management tools and deliver test status reports, dashboards, and recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Support post-go-live validations and ensure defect-free production rollouts
• Constantly grow your knowledge and experience, staying close to industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Prioritize flexibility and a 'how can we make this work' approach to the most difficult problems to solve.
• Communicate progress and relevant updates to project drivers, relevant functions and maintain key documentation of approvals where required.

Experience / Skills

• Relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification with an excellent academic record 
• Knowledge on Agile change management and platforms like JIRA and Confluence or similar.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to summarize and present information at a management level 
• Clear and effective communications skills both verbally and in writing. Experience working in a global organization preferred 
• Strong networking skills to establish contacts and partnerships with other teams in Goldman Sachs 
• Impeccable attention to detail, ability to organize own time and work independently
• Ability to work in a team based environment and to interface with employees at all levels 
• Willingness to challenge current practices, suggest new ways of working, and offer value-added ideas
• Adapt easily to a dynamic organization and ability to work well under pressure 
• MS Office skills – Advanced MS Excel knowledge, basic proficiency on MS PowerPoint
• Proficiency with Hyperion / Essbase, Smart View preferred

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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. 

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