CA Experienced required at Goldman Sachs as Analyst
CSRE - GLOBAL FINANCE & PLANNING - ANALYST / SR ANALYST - BANGALORE
Job Summary & Responsibilities
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.DivisionalOverview:
Corporate Services and Real Estate (CSRE) acquires, develops and manages the firm’s global real estate portfolio and delivers innovative and commercially managed market development, document management and hospitality related services.
CSRE’s areas of responsibility are Real Estate, Business Services, Finance and Administration & Communications.
Business Services delivers high-quality, commercially managed services to internal partners throughout the firm.
Real Estate plans, builds and operates the firm's facilities worldwide, and is critical to ensuring that our core businesses operate efficiently 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Finance, comprised of regionally based teams and a central hub in Bangalore, India, provides financial analysis, decision support, procurement, contract administration and reporting for all initiatives within the Services Division and for business partners across the firm.
Administration and Communications oversee organizational development and internal and client communications.
Role and Function Summary:
The Services Finance team, is a ‘Centre of Excellence’, which plays a commercial, planning, accounting and control role for the global business lines of the Services Division. The team manages and analyses operating expenses and capital expenditure related to Goldman Sachs’ real estate and infrastructure.
The role demands engaging with various stakeholders throughout the globe, including teams responsible for managing the GS real estate portfolio and related finance activities (accounting, payments, legal transactions etc)
The successful candidate will develop core skills in financial management and assume enhanced responsibilities over a period. Strong performance will result in challenging assignments and of time and career development opportunities.
Principal Responsibilities:
• Develop expertise in key expense accounts for global business lines and manage related accounting and control activities
• Analyze financial and operational data from various business lines around the globe. Present findings clearly to enable effective decision-making
• Work in close coordination with global finance leadership annual budget and quarterly reforecast related assignments. Consolidate inputs and translate business assumptions to quantify financial impact
• Ensure accurate allocation of CSRE expenses to other divisions of Goldman Sachs. Explain trends and key changes to internal finance teams
• Own key accounting and control processes (including balance sheet substantiation, audit and disclosure requirements)
• Work closely with other members of the real estate and business services finance team to ensure integration and collaboration with other business managers across various geographies
• Drive improvement and automation of current processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy and control
Experience/ Skills:
• Finance Professional - Chartered / Cost Accountant (cleared final exam in 2011 / 2012) in the first attempt or MBA (Finance) from a premier institute, with prior graduation in commerce
• Prior work experience with multinational firms in financial planning and analysis roles would be preferred
• Clarity and understanding of accounting concepts acquired during professional training.
• Strong analytic skills and ability to summarize and present information at a management level
• Clear and effective communications skills both verbally and in writing)
• MS Office skills – Advanced MS Excel knowledge.
• Exposure to financial tools and applications such as Essbase or data visualization tools like Tableau
• Functional understanding of any ERP system (especially PeopleSoft 8.9) would be an advantage
• 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, without close supervision
• Courage to challenge current practice and initiative to suggest new ways of working
• Initiate by look for value-added ideas, approaches, and recommendations, to enhance existing methods and procedures
• Ability to work in a team based environment and to interface with all levels of employees
• Flexibility to Adapt easily to a dynamic and changing organization and able to work well under pressure
• Demonstrate a willingness to get involved and get the job done
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