The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Executive Office, Government Affairs, Associate, Washington DC

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc • $100K — $160K *
Fort Washington, MD 20744In-Person
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of public policy issues and challenges for Goldman Sachs and small businesses.
  • Demonstrated experience in advocacy, government affairs, or political campaigns.
  • Highly motivated with a proactive portfolio ownership approach.
  • Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Quorum, and Salesforce.
  • Office-based in DC with occasional travel required.
  • An undergraduate degree is required.

Responsibilities

  • Support the firm's legislative engagement and regulatory advocacy efforts.
  • Execute initiatives to establish Goldman Sachs as a thought leader in financial services and small business advocacy.
  • Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders in the northeastern U.S. region.
  • Collaborate with the executive office and partners to develop informative materials and events.
  • Prepare briefing memos for senior executives and stakeholders.
  • Analyze advancing policy issues and assess their impacts on the firm.
  • Manage data and metrics for the Office of Government and Regulatory Affairs.

Benefits

  • Valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings for eligible employees.
  • Core component of providing a strong employee experience.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Office of Government and Regulatory Affairs:

The Office of Government and Regulatory Affairs promotes constructive relations with governments and regulators, and supports the firm's public policy agenda.

Responsibilities:
  • Work across verticals in the Office of Government and Regulatory Affairs, supporting the firm's legislative engagement, regulatory, and small business advocacy efforts.
  • Help to establish Goldman Sachs as a thought leader in the financial services and small business spaces by executing and promoting initiatives such as 10,000 Small Business Voices, which helps alumni of the firm's 10,000 Small Businesses program advocate for policy changes that positively impact their businesses and communities.
  • Cultivate relationships with key internal and external stakeholders in the northeastern region of the U.S., including 10,000 Small Businesses alumni, congressional offices, consultants, and teams within Goldman Sachs.
  • Collaborate across the executive office and external partners to deliver events, develop surveys, research, and newsletters that inform and amplify the firm's small business and overall policy initiatives.
  • Prepare briefing memos and brief senior executives and stakeholders for engagement with policymakers across legislative and regulatory bodies both in the U.S. and internationally
  • Follow and analyze policy issues as they advance through governmental bodies and work with internal partners to determine the impact to the firm.
  • Organize and drive strategy for managing data and impact metrics on behalf of the Office of Government and Regulatory Affairs, including in Salesforce, Excel, Quorum, and third-party advocacy platforms.

Requirements:
  • Strong understanding of the key public policy issues, processes, and challenges facing Goldman Sachs and small business community.
  • Have demonstrated experience working in advocacy, government affairs, political campaigns, congressional offices, or related roles. Experience covering policy is a plus.
  • The successful candidate is a highly-motivated individual who proactively takes ownership of their portfolios and works effectively in both independent and team settings.
  • Possess high-energy, and be a strategic thinker with exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
  • Highly proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Quorum, and Salesforce.
  • Office-based in DC, with occasional travel required.
  • An undergraduate degree is required.


Salary Range
The expected base salary for this Washington, DC, United States-based position is $100000-$160000. 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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