The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Human Capital Management, Business Compensation, Vice President, Dallas

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$150K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, or HR-related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in compensation or a related field.
  • Proficient in analyzing large data sets and delivering clear insights.
  • Expertise in managing multiple, time-sensitive projects with quality focus.
  • Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, adept at relationship building.
  • Advanced Excel skills including vLookups and Pivot Tables.

Responsibilities

  • Advise HCM Business Partners and Leadership on aligning compensation programs with strategies.
  • Lead annual compensation processes and external benchmarking reviews.
  • Administer and improve the year-end compensation process for efficiency.
  • Oversee complex compensation transactions, ensuring policy adherence and budget discipline.
  • Manage headcount, payroll, and attrition metrics, translating them into executive insights.
  • Collaborate with finance teams to manage compensation budgets and forecast risks.
  • Drive process improvements and automation for enhanced function efficiency.
  • Provide coaching and leadership to junior team members with a focus on quality.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence and shape business compensation strategies.
  • Access to a collaborative and fast-paced global team environment.
  • Professional development through leadership and mentoring opportunities.
  • Involvement in critical compensation processes with high visibility finance execs.
  • Chance to work with diverse teams across the organization to meet client needs.
Full Job Description
Job Description

HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Business Compensation team drives implementation of our compensation philosophy, policies, and practices around the world, supporting our best efforts to attract and retain the best talent available. The team provides in-depth expertise in business-specific compensation approaches to ensure our strategies are tailored to the unique needs of each division.

JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Serve as a compensation advisor to HCM Business Partners and Divisional Leadership, partnering to implement and evolve business compensation programs aligned with firm strategy, talent priorities, and financial guardrails
  • Lead critical compensation processes including, but not limited to; the annual compensation cycle, external benchmarking reviews, and review of campus hire offer structure
  • Centrally administer and continuously improve the year-end compensation process, including governance, approvals, timing, analytics and stakeholder communications; identify opportunities to streamline execution and enhance controls
  • Oversee and approve complex compensation transactions (e.g., offers, transfers, make-wholes, exceptions), ensuring adherence to firm policy, internal equity, and budget discipline while exercising sound judgement and escalation when required
  • Manage analytical reporting across headcount, payroll & attrition metrics; translate data into concise, executive-ready insights, trends, and narratives for COO, CFO, and divisional leadership audiences
  • Partner closely with divisional finance teams to manage compensation budgets, forecasts, and trade-offs; provide proactive insights on emerging risks and opportunities across hiring, attrition, and pay decisions
  • Continuously seek improvement and automation opportunities, drive process change, and create efficiencies across the function
  • Provide thought leadership and coaching to junior team members, reviewing work for accuracy and quality, setting clear expectations, and supporting development through feedback and ownership opportunities

QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's degree in an analytical field such as Finance, Accounting, or Mathematics or a related field in HR preferred
  • 7 + years of work experience in compensation or related field
  • Proficient working with and analyzing large sets of data and presenting results that tell a clear and compelling story
  • Ability to handle multiple, time-sensitive projects while focusing on the quality of work delivered to clients; balances competing deadlines effectively
  • Highly organized, strong attention to detail, and excellent follow-through required
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to develop relationships with professionals across several HCM groups, and act as an effective liaison to meet client needs
  • Ability to work with Excel on a day-to-day basis including vLookups, Pivot Tables, and other advanced formulas.
  • Thinks multiple steps ahead; prepares for potential problems and escalates issues when appropriate
  • Ability to work well both independently and in a collaborative, fast-paced, and global team environment

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.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Careers

Join the prestigious team at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a global leader in finance and investments, and propel your career to new heights. Our firm is renowned for its commitment to excellence, innovation, and leadership in the financial sector.

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Goldman Sachs is not just a workplace. It is a community where you can build lasting relationships with colleagues and industry leaders. Our networking events, mentorship programs, and professional groups foster connections that can accelerate your career trajectory.

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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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