Gbm Public, Ficc Franchise Manager, Executive Director, Singapore

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 that includes individuals who have a passion for the markets and who thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments on a trading floor.

At Goldman Sachs, our culture is one of teamwork, innovation and meritocracy. We often say our people are our greatest asset and we take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally.

BUSINESS SEGMENT AND ROLE OVERVIEW
FICC and Equities:
We make markets in and clear client transactions on major stock, options and futures exchanges worldwide. Through our global sales force, we maintain relationships with our clients, receiving orders and distributing investment research, trading ideas, market information and analysis.

Job Summary &
Responsibilities
The Franchise management team is seeking an Executive Director to support FICC teams in Asia. We partner with Global Markets Leadership to identify and assess strategic opportunities, and drive initiatives across the division and our client franchise. The ideal candidate should have an interest in pursuing a career focused in strategy and financial analysis, be interested in solving complex business problems and playing a pivotal role in shaping Goldman Sachs forward strategy.

Franchise managers:

A successful candidate will:

• Play a primary role in analysing business performance
  
• Work closely with Business Managers to develop deep understanding of their franchises
  
• Develop dynamic and intuitive desktop tools for senior leaders to manage their business
  
• Drive business initiatives involving the following key activities
  
• Manage the development and implementation of business plans, including measurement of impact and success
  
• Generate recommendations and manage the implementation of key process improvements
  
• Partner with sales people, traders, and strats to develop franchise technology and analytics
  
• Own senior management presentations, regulatory requests and responses to market events
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Quantitative analytical skills
  
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
  
• Excellent academic record
  
• Strong interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills and ability to interact with global stakeholders and senior management effectively
  
• Ability to solve problems and explain the ideas that underline them
  
• Interest and desire to learn about financial markets
  
• Understanding of the global markets business and FICC products