Finance Planning & Analysis - Federation CFO Senior Analyst - Bengaluru

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Goldman Sachs

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

Divisional Overview

Finance Planning & Analysis ("FP&A") partners with firm and divisional leadership to understand and manage risks and create solutions through quantitative analysis, projecting and forecasting. We are responsible for firm-wide business planning and transformation initiatives. The business planning function collaborates with groups across the firm to develop and manage the firm's forward looking strategic and financial plans, including the firm's P&L and financial resources. We identify Key Performance Indicators ("KPIs") and measure the firm's performance against these metrics. FP&A is also charged with executing initiatives to transform, streamline and innovate business processes across the firm. These initiatives focus on the availability and reliability of financial information for internal stakeholders.

FP&A is responsible for effectively managing the firm's forward-looking business planning and strategic transformation initiatives. Our team collaborates with each of the firm's businesses, Controllers, Corporate Treasury, Risk, among other groups at the firm, to gain the expertise required to provide critical analysis to project and forecast financial results. We use our expertise to execute strategic initiatives to provide internal clients, such as firm and divisional leadership, access to financial information more efficiently and effectively. Professionals in the Finance division have an analytical mindset, exhibit intellectual curiosity and are from diverse academic backgrounds.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Role Overview

This role sits within FP&A (Divisional CFO). The sub-business unit Engineering CFO office manages Engineering divisions' total spend include compensation and non-compensation spend including divisional allocations.

The role would include managing Technology cost allocations:

• Monthly maintenance and review of Technology allocations to all divisions
• Conduct monthly Technology pre-allocation checks, mapping of sweeps
• Determine monthly drivers for businesses based on product or platform allocation changes
• Maintain mapping of department to Business Unit Aligned sweep cost pool
• Approve product activation and pricing updates

Business analysis and analytics:

• Perform end to end business analysis of product and consumer trends as well as investment opportunities
• Partner with product owners to resolve data quality issues and resolve over and under recoveries for their projects, applications, platforms, products, labor pools
• Create intelligent metrics and analytics around Technology allocations
• Drive commercial opportunities across businesses
• Conduct business reviews for Divisional CFOs with summaries, metrics, variance analysis, etc.

Competencies

• Candidates should have a strong analytical and financial skill-set, preferably working in global Financial Services company
• Demonstrate strong technical skills required for the role, pays attention to detail, takes initiative to broaden his/her knowledge and demonstrates appropriate financial/analytical skills
• Motivated self-starter, inquisitive, enthusiastic with impeccable attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills and comfortable handling large volumes of data and present information to senior management
• Excellent interpersonal, client relationship and communication (written and verbal) skills, including being comfortable dealing with people at a senior level
• Drive and Motivation - Successfully handles multiple tasks, takes initiative to improve his/her 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
• Creativity/Innovation - Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical value
• Influencing Outcomes - Presents sound, persuasive rationale for ideas or opinions. Takes a position on issues and influences others' opinions and presents persuasive recommendations
• Process Improvement - Review processes, evaluate risks and recommend improvements in the current operating procedures; Participate in re-engineering initiatives; Support the implementation of tools/systems to automate processes