Human Capital Management, Talent Insights and Analytics, Associate

HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT   Our division recruits, develops and rewards the people of Goldman Sachs.  Our teams advise, design and implement strategies, processes and technologies that help our people advance professionally, drive productivity and help the firm and our clients achieve superior results.  We look for individuals with strong problem solving and analytical skills, innovative thinking and intellectual curiosity who want to make an impact on the success of the firm’s most valuable asset, our people.

The Talent Insights and Analytics team works closely with Talent Development organization, including Performance Management, Talent Strategy, Employee Listening & Surveys, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Learning & Engagement, and Recruiting functions to provide Insights & Analytics on key performance indicators, process impact, data intelligence, project and process management, strategic advisory and expertise around talent data. The team partners both with internal and external HCM clients to provide data-driven insights that empower HCM to meet its strategic goals and improve Talent Insights & Analytics delivery to the divisions. Services include streamlining processes through re-engineering and automation, data governance, enhancing reporting and analytical capabilities, and strengthening our stakeholder engagement.

JOB SUMMARY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Are you passionate about driving innovation in talent management processes by implementing strategic & regulatory initiatives for improved efficiency and productivity in Talent Insights & Analytics delivery to the end consumers?

From application of design thinking, storytelling, process mapping and workflows, data strategy and governance, researching progressive Talent Insights & Analytics solutions to evaluating their impacts, the ideal candidate will be a detailed planner, skilled project manager, expert communicator, and top-notch Talent Insights Specialist. This profile will also be wholly committed to the discovery and development of innovative solutions in an ever-changing technology landscape.

We are looking for a business analyst to join our Talent Insights and Analytics team, where you will work with a dynamic, fast-paced team to fulfill below responsibilities:

• Business analyst requires strong business acumen and organizational abilities to balance strategies against what is functionally and technologically feasible; balancing assessing availability of key data 
• Analytical mindset and experience while being solutions oriented in working closely with HCM and business stakeholders to understand their needs, objectives, and data assumptions and challenges.
• Comfortable in communicating complex technical and data insights to non-technical audiences while presenting findings, recommendations, and insights to both internal HCM and business stakeholders
• Managing the data strategy, analytics, and reporting for various global talent management processes including Goal Setting, Recognition, Leadership Pipeline and Succession Planning, Promotions, Feedback360, Ongoing Feedback, and Performance Ratings
• Prepare visually appealing presentations and intuitive strategy blueprints
• Drive automation of reporting structures by partnering with our Business Intelligence teams through data transformation and visualization using Alteryx, Tableau and Business Objects
• Organizing, governing, and analyzing Key Design Decisions, designing process KPI, MoS, establishing benchmarks to measure process RoI, interpreting results and presenting meaningful business insights to various stakeholders including chief talent development officer, and heads of performance management and talent strategy
• Leading impact analyses and measuring the success of various talent programs and diversity initiatives with regards to performance, promotion, and retention
• Engaging with global team members, stakeholders, and senior leadership to understand their business priorities, and advise, conceptualize and develop new analytical platforms to support them
• Drive awareness of requirements across stakeholder functions and identify substandard systems processes through evaluation of functional and technology ecosystem
• Serve as techno-functional thought leader for business processes, developing systems prototypes that promote increased efficiency and productivity on multiple levels
• Create and implement precise management plans for every project, with attention to transparent communication at all levels
• Perform, evaluate, and communicate thorough quality assurance at every stage of systems development
• Determine and develop user requirements for systems in production, to ensure maximum usability  to support the development of futuristic Talent Insights strategy and initiatives fo