The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Global Banking & Markets - Finance & Strategy Analyst - New York

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$85K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, or engineering
  • 0-3 years of relevant experience in finance, strategy, consulting, or analytics
  • Genuine interest in financial markets and analytics with intellectual curiosity
  • Strong foundational Excel skills and polished PowerPoint for storytelling
  • Comfort with SQL for querying datasets is a plus
  • Working proficiency in Python (pandas) is preferred
  • Familiarity with BI tools like Tableau, Power BI, or QlikView

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain performance analytics and reporting on divisional revenue, expenses, and shareholder returns
  • Identify operational inefficiencies and partner with teams to automate and streamline processes using AI solutions
  • Develop and track new initiatives for multi-year and intra-year revenue and expense budgeting and forecasting
  • Deliver sophisticated benchmarking and market-share analysis of peer performance in FICC, Equities, and Banking
  • Act as a steward of the Division's cost base and deliver transparent reporting
  • Track, analyze, and manage progress toward firmwide goals in partnership with stakeholders

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits and wellness offerings
  • Focus on strong employee experience
  • Accessible to full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week
Full Job Description
Job Description

What You'll Do
  • Financial Analytics - Build and maintain performance analytics and periodic reporting on divisional revenue, expenses, and shareholder returns. Design executive-grade dashboards that serve as the single source of truth for decision-making.
  • Financial Process Modernization - Proactively identify operational inefficiencies and partner with cross-functional teams to automate and streamline them - increasingly leveraging AI tooling and solutions to eliminate manual effort.
  • Business Planning & Forecasting - Develop and track new initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional partners to support the execution of multi-year and intra-year revenue and expense budgeting and forecasting.
  • Competitive Intelligence - The Finance & Strategy team owns investment banking and trading competitive analytics for the GBM division. Deliver sophisticated benchmarking and market-share analysis of peer performance across FICC, Equities, and Banking to inform strategic positioning.
  • Expense Management - Act as a steward of the Division's cost base, partnering on efficiency projects and delivering transparent, accurate reporting.
  • Key Performance Indicator Tracking & Analysis - Track, analyze, and manage progress toward firmwide goals, with a focus on FICC & Equities, in close partnership with cross-divisional stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

Foundations
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, or engineering
  • 0-3 years of relevant experience in finance, strategy, consulting, or analytics (preferred)
  • Genuine interest in financial markets and financial analytics, with the intellectual curiosity to go deeper

Core Analytical & Technical Toolkit
  • Strong foundational Excel skills and polished PowerPoint for executive storytelling
  • BI & dashboarding familiarity - Tableau, Power BI, or QlikView (preferred) - with an eye for design and clarity
  • Data preparation & automation - comfort with SQL for querying large, complex datasets is preferred but not required
  • Working proficiency in Python (pandas, data wrangling, automation) is a strong plus
  • Familiarity with a modern development environment such as VS Code, and version control (Git), is highly valued

AI Fluency
  • Hands-on experience applying generative AI and LLM-based tools (e.g., Copilot-style assistants, enterprise chat tools) to accelerate analysis, automate reporting, and enhance productivity
  • Strong prompt engineering instincts and sound judgment on where AI adds value - and where human review remains essential
  • Enthusiasm for piloting emerging tools to improve personal and team productivity

Mindset & Communication
  • Exceptional analytical rigor and a natural aptitude for working with large, ambiguous datasets
  • Strong written and verbal communication, with the presence to interact credibly with senior management and global stakeholders
  • Ability to articulate financial results clearly and translate complex analysis into confident, data-driven recommendations
  • A problem-solver who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments - with uncompromising accuracy and attention to detail


Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $85000-$110000. 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
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
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