Human Capital Management, Benefits & Wellness, Vice President, Tokyo

YOUR IMPACT
Do you have a passion for delivering best-in-class benefits and wellness programs to an audience across many diverse backgrounds? Do you thrive through innovation and strengthening firms into becoming employer of choice?
We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic, motivated individual to be part of our Benefits and Wellness team at Goldman Sachs and focus on developing and managing our benefits and wellness programs in Japan and the APAC region.
OUR IMPACT
Human Capital Management (HCM) recruits, develops and rewards the people of Goldman Sachs. Our teams design and implement strategies, processes and technologies that help them 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, its people.
The Benefits and Wellness team provides high value benefits packages across 14 locations with a focus on engagement, innovation, education and local compliance. We work closely with vendor partners and expert advisors to provide a high-quality offering to employees.
The ideal candidate will leverage their substantial benefits expertise to design and deliver comprehensive benefits programs, working with other internal groups (e.g., Legal, Tax, Finance, and the Vendor Management Office) to deliver a best-in-class programs. You will also be partnering with global counterparts in Americas, EMEA and India as well as colleagues across the HCM function to develop and implement regional and global policies and initiatives.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Manage Japan-specific benefits and wellness programs and act as an expert advisor to our people on specific benefits and wellness related matters. There may also be a requirement to manage regional programs
• Partner with regional and global counterparts to deliver coordinated services to our people
• Be the firm's risk manager as relates to benefits and wellness activities and provide strategic advice to mitigate and manage risks
• Be an advocate for inclusive-benefits and drive innovation on this front
• Project manage and drive development and flawless implementation of new and existing benefits and wellness programs
• Innovate and oversee benefits and wellness program communications and events strategy to drive engagement and efficiencies
• Manage, liaise and cultivate relationships with the team, key vendors and stakeholders ensuring effective delivery of our services
• Stay abreast of market development, trends, best practices and regulatory changes and advise on its implications towards our strategy through internal and external benchmarking
• Engage firm's branding externally through employer awards participation and being a firm advocate of our programs
• Manage program budget, payroll, operations and financial reporting requirements in partnership with internal groups and external vendors on a monthly and annual basis
• Define, track and analyze key metrics, monitoring success of initiatives, optimizing the approach and reporting to key stakeholders to support program strategy development

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree with minimum 5 years of experience in relevant roles such as benefits, wellness, compensation or mobility
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Japanese

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Project Management - Strong project manager who is highly organized with excellent attention to detail and follow through, holds task owners accountable and works effectively to deadlines
• People Management - Proven ability to manage a team and motivate individuals to deliver at their best
• Analytical skills - ability to review current process and/or data and to draw and communicate conclusions
• Commercial/Financial acumen - ability to understand budget processes, vendor commercial structures, benefits operations and payroll and financial reconciliations/reporting and to take responsibility for approvals
• Organizational Skills - Strong organizational skills; ability to project manage and multi-task effectively and provide overall organization to multiple concurrent projects and initiatives
• Communication - Excellent communication skills (written and oral in both English and Japanese) and interpersonal relationship management skills with an ability to lead meetings, develop print and online communications, and present to key stakeholders and employees where required
• Problem Solving - Ability to identify an issue, apply judgement to the situation to inform relevant stakeholders and proactively work towards a resolution
• Teamwork - Function as part of a team in a fast-paced environment that demands energy, creativity, and collaboration
• Relationship Building / Client Service - ability to build relationships and work effectively with others including consultants, vendor partners, external and internal stakeholders and senior leaders across levels, functions and regions
• Flexibility - Partner and take initiative from various managers and leaders with different approaches to work and desired outcomes
• Stakeholder Engagement - Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, driving consensus and influencing outcomes
• Results-oriented - Balance multiple, time-sensitive projects while maintaining a longer term, strategic focus