The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Asset & Wealth Management, Global Stewardship Team - Global Proxy Voting Implementation Lead, Vice President

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc • $125K — $290K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in proxy voting and engagement research in asset management.
  • Proven ability to engage with publicly listed companies and develop stewardship strategies.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
  • Self-starter with capability to lead and manage diverse teams.
  • Demonstrated partnership skills with portfolio managers.

Responsibilities

  • Design and manage internal working groups, co-chairing moderation meetings and preparing meeting documentation.
  • Maintain a centralized repository for all proxy-related information.
  • Lead approval coordination across EMEA, Americas, and APAC for voting positions.
  • Act as liaison between regional teams and the Head of Stewardship.
  • Engage with investee company management on corporate strategy and governance.
  • Coordinate the annual update of regional Proxy Voting Policies and manage necessary approvals.
  • Gather and report global proxy voting and engagement statistics for stewardship reports.

Benefits

  • Valuable and competitive benefits offerings including wellness programs.
  • Strong overall employee experience with comprehensive benefit options.
  • Available for active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees working at least 20 hours per week.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Asset & Wealth Management

Global Stewardship Team

Within the public markets investing business, the Global Stewardship Team helps drive the continued enhancement of our global approach to stewardship, in collaboration with our equity and fixed income investment teams. The team also works closely with other areas of the firm, including request for proposal (RFP), risk and performance analytics, legal and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Organization and Governance
  • Design and manage the structure of internal working groups and serve as a co-chair for moderation meetings, including the preparation of all meeting materials and documentation.
  • Maintain a centralized repository for all proxy-related information, including, but not limited to: the source book, voting reports, policy documents, and voting backup information.

Regional Coordination and Decision-Making:
  • Lead the coordination of approvals and decision-making across the EMEA, Americas, and APAC regions to ensure global alignment and differences on voting positions.
  • Act as the primary liaison between regional teams and the Head of Stewardship.
  • Review and approve proxy voting decisions in Americas region and coordinate voting decisions across regions to ensure global consistency

Company Engagement:
  • Engaging with the management of investee companies on corporate strategy and governance throughout the year, both independently and with portfolio managers;
  • Collaborating with internal stakeholders to propose the annual engagement roadmap for the team;
  • Coordinating and strategizing with Portfolio Managers to evaluate investee companies for material risks and opportunities;
  • Tracking meetings and documenting meeting discussions to identify areas of success and opportunities

Policy and Compliance Monitoring:
  • Coordinate the annual update of regional Proxy Voting Policies by drafting updates and obtaining necessary approvals from investment teams.
  • Manage the Proxy Voting Council by preparing all necessary materials.
  • Draft approved public policy changes, ensuring policy changes are published on the website and internal document repositories.
  • Prepare materials for annual mutual fund board meetings.
  • Maintain comprehensive desk procedures to ensure regulatory and internal compliance.

Strategic Reporting and Data Management:
  • Gather global proxy voting and engagement statistics for biweekly, quarterly, and annual stewardship reports.
  • Lead the coordination and drafting of the annual Proxy Season Review, managing the framework, division of sections, and the internal approval process.
  • Ensure the accuracy of quarterly proxy vote disclosures and sign off on final reports before public release.

Vendor and Platform Management:
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for third-party proxy service providers to ensure policy alignment
  • Work closely with the technology team to build out platform capabilities (such as Fluent) that increase efficiency and automate voting processes.
  • Serve as the point person to direct and resolve any technical issues related to proxy voting technology platforms.

Thought Leadership
  • Serve as a key subject matter expert for the organization on proxy voting and corporate governance, representing the firm in appropriate forums and industry working groups
  • Provide a strategic voice by authoring internal briefings and content regarding emerging governance and proxy voting trends
  • Develop voting related research insights to provide insight to investment teams

Basic Qualifications:
  • 12 + years of experience executing proxy voting and engagement research within the asset management business, performing shareholder engagement with a publicly listed company, developing stewardship strategies
  • Strong communication, interpersonal skills, and attention to detail
  • Strong professional character, self-starter, and ability to both work and manage a diverse team
  • Demonstrated willingness and ability to partner with portfolio managers


Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $125000-$290000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.

About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments concerning mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, and restructurings and spin-offs; and underwriting services comprising public offerings and private placements of a range of securities, loans, and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company’s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution services, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as executes and clears institutional client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment originates longer-term loans; and invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, distressed assets, currencies, commodities, and power generation facilities. The company’s investment management segment provides investment products and services, as well as offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services.

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Learn more about The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Size
45,100 employees
Market Cap
$115.8 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
NASDAQ
GS
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