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Human Capital Management, EMEA Head of Benefits, Vice President, London
Goldman Sachs
London, , United Kingdom
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MORE ABOUT THIS JOB
WHO WE ARE
The Goldman Sachs Group is a bank holding company and a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Goldman Sachs provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centres around the world.
BUSINESS UNIT AND ROLE OVERVIEW
Human Capital Management (HCM) is at the forefront of supporting business growth and change at Goldman Sachs, and our people are at the centre of driving that change. We are looking for professionals with strong analytical and communication skills, enthusiasm, and intellectual curiosity. Our team is comprised of individuals who understand data, people, process, technology and operations. Our work is fast-paced and requires individuals to be proactive and have strong business acumen. HCM works across the organization and has stakeholders at all levels of the firm across all business areas. Reporting to the Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") Reward with a functional reporting line to the Global Head of Benefits and Wellness, this position is primarily responsible for all aspects of the Goldman Sachs EMEA Benefits and Wellness programme (including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement plans, and wellness initiatives). The HCM Benefits and Wellness team in Reward provides high value benefits packages across 18 locations with a focus on engagement, innovation, education and local compliance. We work closely with vendor partners and expert advisors to provide a high quality offering to employees.
The ideal candidate will leverage their substantial benefits expertise to design and deliver a comprehensive benefits programme to over 5,000 employees across the region. This candidate will serve as a key member of the EMEA Reward Team as well as the Global Benefits and Wellness Management Team. This candidate will work closely with other internal groups (e.g., Legal, Tax, Finance, and the Vendor Management Office,) to deliver a best in class programme. This position is at the Vice President level and based in London
RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead the EMEA healthcare strategy ensuring that plan design maximises the employee experience and associated healthcare outcomes, whilst leveraging cost saving opportunities for the firm
• Lead the EMEA retirement plan strategy
• predominant focus on managing key stakeholders and vendors, ensuring compliance in local jurisdictions and leveraging opportunities to increase the quality of the retirement offering
• Oversee the effective delivery of the EMEA benefits administration process via a third party administrator including payroll files, tax data and vendor enrolment transactions. This role will look for ongoing opportunities to automate processes across all EMEA locations
• Oversee the management of vendor service providers including budget, performance and innovation
• Drive ongoing development of management reporting across all areas of benefits and wellness to enable global parity
• Lead service and policy reviews, steering the team to critically review ongoing policy
• Partner with the global team on cross regional healthcare / benefits projects including cross regional and cross functional working group activity
• Provide advisory service to the business including postings, presentations and other the delivery of other stakeholder management documentation
• Support and advice on merger, acquisition and sale activity as relates to UK benefits policies
• Oversee EMEA Benefits budget, working with both local and global teams to address questions, prepare budgets, and present analyses / reporting to senior stakeholders
SKILLS / REQUIREMENTS
• 8+ years of experience within Human Resources demonstrating mastery of project management skills in a related field
• Strong project management and organization skills with superior attention to detail and excellent follow-through
• Results-oriented; ability to successfully manage multiple tasks, take initiative to improve own performance, and ability to work intensely towards extremely challenging goals in the face of obstacles or setbacks
• Ability to develop relationships with people at all levels of the organization and a broad base of stakeholders
• Strong communication, influencing and persuasion skills and comfortable working in a global team that both welcomes and challenges new ideas
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills; ability to perform detailed analysis of problems and identify resolutions; understands when and how to escalate issues to manage risk
• Innovative approach with ability and appetite to challenge existing policies and processes
• Creative strength to transform abstract ideas into tangible actions/products
• Ability to operate in a virtual work environment where teams may be spread across multiple locations
• Self-starting and enthusiastic in approach to work
• Strong understanding of finance and metrics management and reporting
• Advanced computer literacy: Advanced Microsoft Office and Excel skills a requirement
• Ability to handle confidential information
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
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.
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