Global Banking & Markets Associate​/Vice President - Business Analyst Unit

Global Banking & Markets
- London
- Associate / Vice President
- Business Analyst  London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action.

Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets. Engineering, which is comprised of our Technology Division and global strategists groups, is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here. Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more.

We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. Transaction Banking (TxB) aims to bring innovative solutions to traditional banking and lending activities. We are a global team of lenders, investors, risk managers, skilled marketers, web experts and banking specialists. We provide a suite of solutions to help our customers meet their financial goals.

We make direct investments in and manage risk for a portfolio of corporate loans and securities. We help transform distressed communities through investments and loans of private capital.

Payments lay at the heart of what we are doing in Corporate Cash Management and our mission is to build a market leading payment platform that meets our corporate client's needs. We are starting with a clean slate and one singular goal in mind:
Build a highly scalable, resilient, 24x7 available cloud-based payment platform that our corporate clients can rely on to run and grow their businesses.

As a Technical Payments Business Analyst (Associate / Vice President) within our Payments Engineering organization, you will bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution. Leveraging your software engineering or technical background, you will dive deep into the system architecture, understand complex data flows, and translate high‑level business and product requirements into robust technical specifications and system designs. You will collaborate closely with developers, architects, product managers, and operations teams to design scalable payment solutions.

Your domain expertise in global payment rails and messaging standards (such as ISO 20022) will enable you to guide the engineering team through complex implementations, manage application life cycles, and coordinate key compliance and attestation processes. This is a highly flexible role with significant growth potential, offering a clear path to transition into technical leadership or management.

• Partner with product managers and business stakeholders to elicit requirements, and translate them into detailed technical specifications, system designs, and clear user stories for the engineering team.
• Leverage your technical background to understand system dependencies, data models, and API integrations, ensuring proposed solutions are technically feasible and align with platform architecture.
• Act as a key liaison and trusted partner between Payments Engineering, Product Management, Operations, and Compliance to align on priorities, manage expectations, and drive delivery.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on payment processing, messaging standards (e.g., ISO 20022), and clearing networks, helping to guide the technical implementation of payment features.
• Coordinate and support annual scheme attestations, audits, and evidence collection for key payment rails, ensuring the platform meets all…