Global Banking & Markets

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Data Review and Extraction: Elevate our risk management for new and/or existing client relationships by ensuring systematic analysis of their trading documentation and extracting key data points in line with GS risk governance framework.
• Process: Develop and enhance processes that will optimize risk management and decision making through providing greater transparency to ensure appropriate governance and identification of counterparty risk initially and throughout the relationship.
• Key Results: Tracking, recording and reporting data extraction results for new and/or existing clients and other efficiencies to senior management. Provide strategic insights and drive informed decision making.
• Query Management/Knowledge Sharing: As a member of the Regulatory Uplift team, you will interact extensively with a range of stakeholders across business areas, both regionally and functionally. You will also coordinate and work with our core group of negotiators and leadership team, playing a pivotal role in driving change. This role involves keeping senior management appraised of the implementation of a global training programmed, KPIs and managing queries from different parts of the Firm.
• Policy: Identify new themes and recommend updates to playbooks for second line of defense Risk Division approval.
• Tech Uplift: Work with our internal Engineering team on developing platforms to seamlessly integrate core contractual margin and credit terms from our documentation into risk and other internal systems.
• Risk Optimization: Working closely with GS Risk Division and PDO negotiators to stay informed about industry best practices, regulatory and legal changes affecting core contractual margin and credit terms and partnering with this group to evaluate and enhance existing rules in response.

Qualification & Experience  

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent or JD. Prior experience in Legal/Trading Documentation role (including within a Credit, Risk or Treasury function) or attorney/paralegal experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of derivatives and financial products and familiarity with trading documentation (such as ISDA/CSA/GMRA/GMSLA, etc.) desired.
• Proven excellent organizational and prioritization skills and attention to detail, especially under pressure.
• Ability to ensure consistency across documentation and know when to escalate issues.
• Strong commercial acumen with a keen interest in derivative, repo, securities lending markets and products and/or prime brokerage products and services.
• Proficient in IT (incl. Microsoft Office) and able to adapt to various databases/systems.
• Sound analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills, ability to bring clarity to previously undefined problems, experience explaining technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and presenting data-insights to senior audiences.
• Flexibility and willingness to learn new skills and develop full job ownership.
• Enthusiasm and interest in development of documentation skills and using such skills for the completion of negotiation process.
• Ability to supervise, motivate and provide guidance to junior team members (Associate and above).