HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Our division recruits, develops and rewards the people of Goldman Sachs.  Our teams advise, design and implement strategies, processes and technologies that help our people advance professionally, drive productivity and help the firm and our clients achieve superior results.  We look for individuals with strong problem solving and analytical skills, innovative thinking and intellectual curiosity who want to make an impact on the success of the firm’s most valuable asset, our people.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The Executive Compensation team has a broad mandate spanning EMEA, with a significant role in shaping remuneration policy design, implementation and ongoing oversight across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory regimes. 

Core responsibilities include remuneration governance, regulatory reporting, public remuneration disclosures, and managing relationships with our primary regulators in the region. 

The team also leads other key activities such as determining and managing the Material Risk Taker population, addressing senior employee compensation matters and handling employee equity queries, as well as firmwide projects and initiatives arising from regulatory and global policy changes, and acquisitions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful individual will be involved in the following activities across various different entities across the EMEA region:

• Preparation / review of regulatory submissions, owning complex data reviews and applying analytical techniques to ensure accuracy and insight
• Determination of Material Risk Taker population with robust controls and governance
• Preparation / review of public remuneration disclosures
• Drafting responses to regulatory queries
• Preparation of materials for remuneration committee meetings
• Involvement in ad hoc projects, as required, to translate new remuneration rules and global policy changes into scalable, tech-enabled processes
• Identify automation opportunities and process improvements that enhance quality and speed
• Other annual executive remuneration processes
• Partner closely with colleagues in the Firmwide Compensation team and other departments such as Equity Compensation, Benefits, Mobility, Recruiting, Controllers, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Internal Audit and Tax to deliver cohesive, high-quality outcomes                                         

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

To be successful in performing and developing in this role, you will need to demonstrate exposure and experience in the majority of the following areas:

• Proven functional expertise in Executive Compensation practices and European remuneration regulations with ability to translate complex rules into practical, scalable designs
• Good communication and relationship management skills - ability to understand and articulate complex issues  
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills - an ability to review current processes and/or data, detect and correct errors, take responsibility for data quality, and have a solution-based mindset to work through challenges
• Project management - prioritize workload and meet deadlines
• Ability to understand and consider requirements of Firmwide functions, divisions and regions
• Client service focus, notable responsiveness and a "can-do" attitude
• Strong judgment and escalation instincts - comfortable making calls amid ambiguity and calibrating risk, combined with a willingness to be flexible
• Advanced Excel and data quality discipline 
• Thorough attention to detail

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Functional Expertise - keeps up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and market trends
• Technical Skills - demonstrates strong technical skills required for the role, pays attention to detail, takes initiative to broaden knowledge and demonstrates appropriate financial/analytical skills
• Drive and Motivation - successfully handles multiple tasks, takes initiative to improve own performance, works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles or setbacks
• Client and Business Focus - effectively handles difficult requests, builds trusting, long-term relationships with clients, helps the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations
• Teamwork – gives evidence of being a strong team player, collaborates with others within and across teams, encourages other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions
• Communication Skills - communicates what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and shares information/new ideas with others
• Judgement and Problem solving - thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions and identifies clear objectives.  Sees the big picture and effectively analyses complex issues