Human Capital Management, Analyst, Zurich

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Job Summary & Responsibilities

WHO WE ARE

The Goldman Sachs Group is a bank holding company and a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Goldman Sachs provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centres around the world.

BUSINESS UNIT AND ROLE OVERVIEW

Goldman Sachs Bank AG is a premier private investment bank, well established in the Swiss financial community and a member of the Swiss Stock Exchange. Goldman Sachs Switzerland attracts clients from across the globe, in keeping with the importance of Switzerland for off-shore private banking.

Human Capital Management plays a critical role in managing the firm’s most important asset, its people. As the firm’s business principles state, the quality and performance of our people is what sets us apart in an intensely competitive market. HCM is responsible for a broad range of activities, including identifying and recruiting the best talent and partnering with managers to retain, develop and motivate our people to help them reach their full potential.

As a member of the HCM team, you will be assisting the HR Manager and cover a wide range of responsibilities for the Swiss Bank employees based in Zurich and Geneva.  This role is a 1.5 years fixed term employment contract.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

 Recruitment assistance, contacting agencies, coordinating interviews, handling rejections
 Managing temporary employees and campus hires
 Issuing employee reference letters
 Preparing employment contracts
 Advising employees on local benefits
 Organising local training programs
 Managing vacation days and absence tracking of employees (entering sick leaves, injury leaves, liasion with company insurances)
 Processing employee data changes (address changes, marriage)
 Support in international relocation of employees (handling work permit issues)
 Issuing certificates of employment and invitation letters
 Processing invoices
 Managing employee’s tenure
 Processing incoming mail and maintaining employee files (filing and year end archiving)
 Assistance with daily business and general administrational tasks
 Reporting on HCM statistics
 Working on projects and local events

 SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
 Commercial apprenticeship or equivalent education
 Further education as HR Assistant (e.g. Personalassistent/in)
 Experience in Human Resources ideally in an international and banking environment
 Fluency in German and English are essential, French is an advantage
 Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
 Strong desire to learn and to work in a team oriented environment
 Attention to detail and a commitment to excellence along with a capability of multi-tasking in a
fast-paced environment
 Strong oral and written communication skills
 Proficient in MS Office

COMPETENCIES

 Functional Expertise  - Keeps up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and market trends
 Technical Skills - Demonstrates strong technical skills required for the role, pays attention to detail, takes initiative to broaden his/her knowledge and demonstrates appropriate financial/analytical skills
 Drive and Motivation - Successfully handles multiple tasks, takes initiative to improve his/her own performance, works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles or setbacks
 Client and Business Focus - Effectively handles difficult requests, builds trusting, long-term relationships with clients, helps the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations
 Teamwork – Gives evidence of being a strong team player, collaborates with others within and across teams, encourages other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions
 Communication Skills - Communicates what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and shares information/new ideas with others
 Judgement and Problem solving - Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions and identifies clear objectives.  Sees the big picture and effectively analyses complex issues
 Creativity/Innovation - Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical value
 Influencing Outcomes - Presents sound, persuasive rationale for ideas or opinions.  Takes a position on issues and influences others' opinions and presents persuasive recommendations

YOUR CAREER

Goldman Sachs is a meritocracy where you will be given all the tools to help you develop. At Goldman Sachs, you will have access to excellent training programmes designed to improve multiple facets of your skills portfolio. Our in-house training programme, ‘Goldman Sachs University’ offers a comprehensive series of courses that you will have access to as your career progresses. Goldman Sachs University has an impressive catalogue of courses which span technical, business and leadership skills training.

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer. © The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2015. All rights reserved.

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