Global Technology Strategy Associate

Our Global Technology (GT) group is a world-class technology team employing an innovative, disciplined and business focused approach to develop a wide variety of high-quality products and solutions. Across 14 technology hubs worldwide, our team of 40,000+ technologists design, build and deploy everything from enterprise technology initiatives to big data and mobile solutions, as well as innovations in electronic payments, cybersecurity, machine learning, and cloud development. Our $12B+ annual investment in technology enables us to hire people to create innovative solutions that will not only transform the financial services industry, but also change the world.

The Global Technology Strategy team works with the GT Executive Team to drive technology strategy and enable innovation across the firm. Our goal is to lead the creation of strategies and plans that define how technology should be utilized to enable an organization's overall business strategy. This role will apply knowledge of best practices to define and shape the overall strategy, governance, organization structure/staffing, architecture and processes for Global Technology.

As a Global Technology Associate, you will help project teams in solving complex problems and implementation issues critical to the company.

Responsibilities:

• Contributing to concise communication materials for senior management
• Defining and deconstructing problems for the Global Technology organization
• Performing competitor/industry research leveraging both public and non-public sources
• Analyzing operational and financial data
• Structuring and building quantitative and qualitative/conceptual analyses
• Identifying implications and “so whats” of data and analysis with the team
• Working collaboratively with team members across LOBs and staff areas

Qualifications:

• A demonstrable passion for and understanding of great user experiences and technology
• 2+ years of work experience including business analysis and creating management presentations
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently
• Diverse problem solving experience, such as experience with a top management consulting firm or in other generalist problem solving environments across technology sectors
• Comfortable working with all levels of the organization including senior executives
• Execution-oriented, and able to complete tasks independently
• An outstanding ability to analyze problems, apply quantitative analytical approaches, communicate effectively and confidently (both oral and written), work well in cross-functional teams
• Excellent and efficient skills using MS Excel and PowerPoint tools (absolutely required)