Opportunity brief
Goldman Sachs is hiring for the role of Global Banking & Markets - Credit Settlements - Analyst!
Responsibilities of the Candidate:
- Develop a deep knowledge of Credit and derivative transactions
- Find and resolve booking discrepancies across complex derivative businesses
- Experience in Credit Confirmations and/or Settlements process
- Daily interaction with Trading & Sales to ensure discrepancies are resolved immediately
- Ability to manage and handle client communication on a day to day basis
- Engage with front office and technology to help facilitate the resolution of technical production issues
- Manage, monitor and investigate reporting breaks and process failures; identify and implement corrective actions
- Ensure that processes are continually reviewed and improved, risk is managed, and results are achieved that meet expectations for timeliness, quality and cost effectiveness within the department
- Understanding of Credit markets and products along with basic financial knowledge and terms
- Approvals for Credit and derivative transactions in terms of post trade processing and settlements
- Oversight & Escalation management from a risk perspective for breaks and issues
- Management of key stakeholders within the organization across different operations teams, Sales, Trading & Engineering.
- Key characteristics of Derivative Products (ex. expiration, strike, premium etc.)
- High Level understanding of ISDA terms
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree with competitive GPA
- Proficient with Microsoft applications
- Ability to demonstrate strong technical skills and keen attention to detail
Preferred Qualification
- Demonstrated attention to detail in previous role on an ongoing basis
- Experience in understanding and breaking down complex structured products would be a big plus
- Team player with a collaborative style and strong interpersonal skills
- Effectively handle difficult requests, build long-term relationships with the business and be able to manage expectations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to be clear and concise
- Self-starter who thinks ahead, anticipates questions, finds alternative solutions and identifies clear objectives
- Able to successfully multi-task, work towards extremely challenging goals and persist in the face of obstacles
- Able to adapt to changes and new challenges
- Strong analytical and organizational skills, critical thinking, and an ability to suggest improvements and identify risks
- Service orientation, sense of urgency, ability to manage internal clients' expectations and professionalism