Corporate Planning & Management - Product Finance - Sr Analyst - Bengaluru

• *Why Join Us?**

Be at the center of Goldman Sachs’ expense management. Join a high\-impact team where you'll have a tangible effect on the firm's bottom line and strategic decisions. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to develop your core financial management skills and accelerate your career within a leading global financial institution. Strong performance is rewarded with challenging assignments and significant career development opportunities.

• *Introduction to Our Team**

The Product Finance team, a vital part of Corporate Planning and Management (CPM), is the financial backbone for all firm\-wide non\-compensation expenses. We provide financial decision support, rigorous expense management, and robust control, ensuring every dollar is strategically allocated. Our primary functions encompass accounting and financial control, in\-depth financial analysis, proactive business unit support, and astute commercial management. We are a diverse team of professionals with analytical mindsets and intellectual curiosity.

• *In This Role, You Will:**

• *Be a Strategic Partner:** Collaborate regularly with various functions and divisions across the firm, working independently and interacting with senior professionals on global initiatives.

• *Become a Financial Expert:** Master monthly financial closes, conduct balance sheet analysis, and deliver insightful financial reporting and analysis for non\-compensation expenses. This includes managing budgets, forecasts, and accounting schedules for crucial areas across Non\-Compensation expenses. You will also be responsible for budget governance, ensuring adherence to financial policies and efficient expense management.

• *Drive Efficiency and Control:** Strengthen internal controls by reviewing existing policies \& proposing new ones, leading financial/operational reporting to enhance transparency, and managing operating expenses to drive cost efficiencies.

• *Influence Decision\-Making:** Analyze financial and operational data from global projects, presenting findings clearly to enable effective decision\-making by senior management.

• *Ensure Regulatory Compliance:** Apply US GAAP in financial reporting. Evaluate accounting treatment of Non\-Compensation expenses in accordance with US GAAP. Ensure compliance with Sarbanes\-Oxley (SOX) requirements related to financial reporting and internal controls.

• *Innovate and Improve:** Drive the improvement and automation of current processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and control.

• *Basic Qualifications:**

• Finance Professional experience – Chartered Accountant/MBA
• 1\-3 years of relevant experience
• MS Office skills – Advanced MS Excel knowledge, basic proficiency on MS PowerPoint.
• Clear and effective communication skills both verbally and in writing. Experience of working in a global setup will be of advantage

• *Preferred Qualifications:**

• Strong networking skills to establish contacts and partnerships with other teams in Goldman Sachs
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Ability to organize own time and work independently, without close supervision
• Courage to challenge current practice and suggest new ways of working, value\-added ideas/ approaches
• Ability to work in a team\-based environment and to interface with employees at all levels
• Flexibility to adapt and perform in a dynamic and evolving organization
• Demonstrated data literacy, including the ability to interpret, analyze, and communicate insights from complex datasets.
• Proficiency with BI/data prep tools (e.g., Alteryx) and modern data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), plus foundational AI literacy to leverage generative/chat tools would be considered a strong asset

• *About GS**

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.

We Offer Best\-In\-Class Benefits

Healthcare \& Medical Insurance

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.

Holiday \& Vacation Policies

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.

Financial Wellness \& Retirement

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.

Health Services

We offer a 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.

Fitness

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).

Child Care \& Family Care

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.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

Read more about the full suite of class\-leading benefits our firm has to offer.

Opportunity Overview

CORPORATE TITLEAssociate

OFFICE LOCATION(S)Bengaluru

JOB FUNCTIONProduct Finance

DIVISIONCorporate Planning \& Management