Legal, Regional Legal, Employment Law, Vice President, Sydney

Legal, Employment Law Attorney, Vice President, Australia

We work at the intersection of finance and law, providing counsel and advice that support activities across the firm. We handle litigation and arbitration, perform research and due diligence, aid in financing and legal filings, deal with contracts and intellectual property rights that show our commitment to clients, shareholders, and regulators. Whether you're an experienced attorney or a quick learner with a strong interest in financial law coupled with critical thinking skills, our dynamic group might be right for you.

ROLE OVERVIEW

The Employment Law Group (ELG) seeks an experienced employment attorney. ELG provides legal support to all divisions across the firm. ELG is responsible for all employment related litigation, including regulatory matters. Working closely with the Human Capital Management (HCM) Division, ELG provides advice and strategic input to the handling of employee relations matters as well as providing support and advice in relation to (among other things) the firm's benefits and mobility programs, diversity, recruitment, compensation, performance assessment, restructurings, acquisitions and divestitures.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Handling employment-related disputes, including managing external counsel where appropriate and coordinating with internal teams including employee relations, HCM business partners, business managers and firm leadership
• Drafting and reviewing employment documentation such as offer letters, severance letters, workplace rules and policies
• Reviewing and monitoring employment law developments in areas of coverage and addressing potential impact on the firm's HCM strategy
• Coordinating with other relevant groups throughout the firm, including Legal, Compliance, Tax, Compensation and ensuring that Goldman Sachs standards are incorporated into the handling of all personnel matters
• Providing counsel on internal investigations of employment-related complaints and escalations
• Preparing and delivering training programs for management and HCM on employment law topics
• Upholding the firm's principles, business controls, ethics, policies and procedures and professional standards

QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years' PQE employment law advisory and significant litigation experience gained in private practice and/or with a large multinational corporate organization
• Excellent organizational, drafting and communication skills (oral and written): commitment to excellence; ability to draft communications easily understandable to clients (whether legal advice, scripts for manager discussions, or broad internal communications); confident and strong project management and presentation skills
• Excellent global project skills; ability to develop, manage and drive to conclusion multi-faceted cross-divisional team efforts including generating initiatives and upgrading current processes and programs
• Excellent interpersonal and client skills: ability to build and maintain strong relationships with relevant business groups within the firm; ability to work with a team of diverse individuals; ability to work collaboratively and as part of an International Legal team that is dispersed geographically
• Highly motivated and proactive; the ability to respond calmly, creatively and quickly in a fast-paced, high-pressure, changing environment; takes ownership and has a strong work ethic
• Excellent judgment and ability to assess risks; ability to take firm positions to protect the firm's interests; keen business acumen

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

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We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

Holiday & Vacation Policies

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees' priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Vice President
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
Sydney
JOB FUNCTION
Regional Legal
DIVISION
Legal