GLOBAL MARKETS

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

Description: The Market Structure Transition team create and manage implementation of strategies to guide Goldman Sachs and its clients through the changes that are occurring in the financial market landscape. We identify areas of particular risk and opportunity for the firm and its client base and develop strategies to address them. The role will include working closely with Divisional Leadership, Sales, Trading, Strats and other stakeholders like Operations and Engineering.



Responsibilities:

• Partner with stakeholders across Global Markets to achieve best-in-class regulatory implementation and develop front office market structure strategy.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to creatively problem solve and implement long-term strategic solutions.
• Help clients to navigate changing market structures and an evolving regulatory environment, through written educational material and direct conversations.
• Focus on driving strategy for GMD regulatory change focus projects, deploying a strong knowledge of GS's business practices, the regulatory backdrop and cross-asset market structure themes.
• Develop a good working knowledge of the themes which the Market Structure Transition team cover. Particular focus on EU and US regulatory topics can be expected.
• Carry out data handling and analysis in order to inform strategic decisions.
• Support the team in producing internal and external content (including newsletters, webinars and internal meeting preparations).
• Over time, participate in relevant industry forums and develop market relationships to help inform GS advocacy and strategy towards change.
  
  

Qualifications/skills:

• Attention to detail and an ability to distil large amounts of complex information into readily digestible work product.
• Excellent working use of Excel & PowerPoint and the ability to manipulate large amounts of data into usable reports.
• Entrepreneurial and self-motivated. Ability to create and enhance their own book of work and embrace opportunities as they appear.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize, as we expect the candidate to be self-sufficient assigning priorities.
• Excellent team work skills, intellectual curiosity and a strong work ethic.
• Basic understanding of sales and trading workflows from buy-side, sell-side and trading venue perspectives.
• Ability to communicate to a range of audiences, including clients and internal counterparts.
• Ability to build consensus - as the work will involve many stakeholders.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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