Compliance, Strategy, Finance and Governance, EMEA Global Banking and Markets – Public (GBM-Pub[...]

Compliance, Strategy, Finance and Governance, EMEA Global Banking and Markets – Public (GBM-Public), Executive Director, London location_on London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom OUR IMPACT Global Compliance manages the firm’s Compliance, regulatory and reputational risks by ensuring adherence to laws, rules and regulations. We monitor trends and changes in regulations in all jurisdictions in which the firm does business, and we develop and implement firmwide policies and procedures. In addition to advising the firm’s businesses, Global Compliance is responsible for managing audits and inquiries, educating our people on our policies and procedures, surveillance and testing the firm’s risk management infrastructure. YOUR IMPACT We are recruiting for a Vice President / Executive Director position to join the Strategy, Finance and Governance team within EMEA Global Banking and Markets – Public (GBM-Public) Compliance. The team focuses on delivering key strategic initiatives, implementing ‘change the bank’ regulatory initiatives (new rules and regulations as well as remediation programmes), curating governance management information to senior management (MI) and designing, scaling and executing strategic Compliance core programmes to ensure their long-term sustainability. The role provides direct exposure to senior EMEA GBM-Public Compliance leadership, businesses and other control functions. The successful candidate will help drive operational effectiveness, enhance governance processes and ensure the timely delivery of regulatory and strategic initiatives impacting EMEA GBM-Public Compliance. RESPONSIBILITIES * Manage the lifecycle of ‘change the bank’ regulatory initiatives for EMEA GBM-Public Compliance, including horizon scanning, participation to trade associations, advocacy, impact assessment and implementation support. * Coordinate EMEA GBM Public Compliance’s contribution to strategic remediation programmes across Equities and FICC ensuring consistent regulatory interpretation and execution of the regulatory, policy and control framework, including preparation of materials, analyses, and responses for regulatory exams and reviews. * Partner effectively with the wider EMEA GBM-Public Compliance team and the First Line of Defence (1LoD) stakeholders across GBM-Public to support alignment of regulatory, strategic and business initiatives, control/framework implementation and Compliance core program delivery. * Prepare effective MI and reporting for boards, leadership forums, committees and regulatory governance meetings to enable appropriate oversight by senior Compliance leadership. * Design and execute strategic Compliance core programmes, with early identification of tooling, resources and support required to ensure the long-term sustainability of the regulatory intake programme in line with regulatory expectations. * Co‑ordinate the support and delivery of Compliance initiatives aligned with regulatory requirements and internal programs (e.g., reg traceability, policies and procedures, training, remediation, testing and governance). QUALIFICATIONS * 7 years+ experience within Compliance, Regulatory Implementation or Strategy roles within a global investment bank or consultancy firm. * Excellent understanding of rules, regulations and regulatory expectations impacting global markets businesses based in EMEA (e.g., MIFID II, MAR, CRD VI) as implemented in past roles. * Pro‑active, self‑motivated, enthusiastic, well organised and keen to make an impact on the function’s effectiveness. * Ability to work independently as a strong team player. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management across all levels. * Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills. ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. Were committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. BENEFITS We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance. We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year. We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities. We provide medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state‑of‑the‑art on‑site health centers in certain offices. To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on‑site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre‑approved amount). We offer on‑site child care centers that provide full‑time and emergency back‑up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available. Read more about the full suite of class‑leading benefits our firm has to offer. J-18808-Ljbffr