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Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all areas of the firm to deliver banking, sales and trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the globe. Alongside this integral service delivery role, Operations provides essential risk management and control, preserving and enhancing the firm’s assets and its reputation. Behind every trade executed, every new product launched, every market entered, and every transaction completed is an Operations team that develops the foundational processes and controls that make our business flow.
Within Global Markets Divisional Operations, the Interest Rate Product Sales and Trading Services team provides risk management by facilitating the intraday processing and exception management of trade breaks both internally and externally for Interest Rate Derivatives. Various operational reconciliations are performed on trade date and post trade date to ensure successful trade flow and books and records balancing. Additionally, the team works closely with legal, compliance and other federation teams to interpret and implement key operational controls to support various Dodd Frank regulations such as Mandatory Clearing, Mandatory SEF execution clearing. The team also executes various projects aimed at gaining operational efficiency.
The team works closely with team members across regional offices in London and Asia to facilitate the above functions. The team supports a cross section of products ranging from highly complex structured transactions to more vanilla cleared Interest Rate Derivatives.
YOUR IMPACT
A successful candidate will become part of the leadership team, collaborating with other managers and groups across the globe. There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from the markets, events and products covered by Interest Rate Derivatives on a day-to-day basis, along with a unique opportunity to interact heavily with various businesses and operational units across the firm. The candidate will work directly with institutional clients, sales & trading desks, technology and other business partners to offer best in class client service, solve complex problems and influence change. This is a great opportunity for an analytical/client service individual to utilize their professional skills by controlling risks and driving efficiencies in a fast paced environment.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
This role provides a fantastic opportunity to broaden product and market expertise and to develop management skills across a broad range of topics. This role also provides substantial exposure to senior stakeholders, offering excellent opportunities for career progression. The firm provides a range of development tools including Goldman Sachs University courses and a formal Feedback 360+ review process to enhance management effectiveness and equip individuals to progress in their careers. The candidate will be required to demonstrate strong product, industry, and technical knowledge in order to facilitate the transaction flow and to anticipate and avoid potential trade problems. This position requires a high degree of communication with traders and salespeople in a fast paced setting and ongoing interaction with other Operations teams, Compliance, Credit, and Technology to resolve issues arising from trade execution, client queries, and new business. In addition, we are looking for a strong candidate that can help to drive workflow improvement across the organization.
DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
We are searching for an experienced Operations professional to join the Interest Rate Derivative business unit in New York. Responsibilities include:
Communications – Identify key objectives for the organization and offer strategic vision and innovative ideas
- Articulate issues clearly and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization (analyst to managing director)
- Understand complex situations and communicate with senior leadership ‘in the moment,’ offering opinions and solutions
- Demonstrate great interpersonal skills and ability to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders both inside and outside of Operations
- Share credit with others and create opportunities for others to build relationships with and present to key stakeholders
Functional & Technical Expertise – Leverage deep technical operational expertise to drive strategic change across the front to back of the function and across the global organization
- Possess robust financial industry knowledge and experience and takes initiative to broaden skill sets
- Exhibit strong analytical skills with an ability to understand complex workflows and provide day-to-day issue resolution
- Deliver consistently in spite of multiple demands through effective time management, prioritization and delegation
Innovation – Partner in the definition, review, and execution of the FICC Operations Strategy
- Enhance the control environment through business intelligence-related initiatives to increase scalability, adapt to regulatory changes and deliver creative solutions to clients
- Proven track record as an agent of delivery and change, challenging existing processes to evolve businesses and industry to align with Operation’s Strategic objectives
- Create a culture of innovation whereby teams proactively investigate how they may be able to leverage new or alternative technologies and working practices
Client Focus – Identify client needs and optimize operational efficiency by offering innovative and tangible solutions
- Effectively handle difficult requests and build trusting, long-term relationships with clients
- Balance priorities of ensuring optimal outcomes for clients and simultaneously pursuing the firm’s interests
- Act as a senior point of contact in supporting the business and assessing new opportunities
- Coach others actively on the importance of client focus and how to apply it in day to day roles
Risk Management – Partner with global management team to provide effective oversight of key Interest Rate Derivatives functions
- Challenge existing risk and control framework and the status quo to further reinforce the control environment
- Proven ability to effectively manage operational risks and develop control enhancements
- Understand and articulates firm wide risk impact of business decisions
- Provide guidance and advice from a risk and control perspective to ensure the proper remediation of risk arising from new products, business, migrations, etc.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Sees the big picture and keeps current with emerging business, economic and market trends.
- Works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles and setbacks
- Strong team player who collaborates readily with others within and across teams
- Encourages other team members to participate and contribute, and acknowledges others' contributions
- Forward-thinker who anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, and identifies clear objectives
- Improves current processes and develops creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical value
- Influences outcomes by taking a position on issues and presenting sound, persuasive rationale for ideas
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.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. : https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html
© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2025. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $80000-$135000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.
Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.
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
Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Associate
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
New York
JOB FUNCTION
Trade Processing
DIVISION
Global Banking & Markets
SALARY RANGE
USD 80,000 - 135,000
OUR IMPACT
Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all areas of the firm to deliver banking, sales and trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the globe. Alongside this integral service delivery role, Operations provides essential risk management and control, preserving and enhancing the firm’s assets and its reputation. Behind every trade executed, every new product launched, every market entered, and every transaction completed is an Operations team that develops the foundational processes and controls that make our business flow.
Within Global Markets Divisional Operations, the Interest Rate Product Sales and Trading Services team provides risk management by facilitating the intraday processing and exception management of trade breaks both internally and externally for Interest Rate Derivatives. Various operational reconciliations are performed on trade date and post trade date to ensure successful trade flow and books and records balancing. Additionally, the team works closely with legal, compliance and other federation teams to interpret and implement key operational controls to support various Dodd Frank regulations such as Mandatory Clearing, Mandatory SEF execution clearing. The team also executes various projects aimed at gaining operational efficiency.
The team works closely with team members across regional offices in London and Asia to facilitate the above functions. The team supports a cross section of products ranging from highly complex structured transactions to more vanilla cleared Interest Rate Derivatives.
YOUR IMPACT
A successful candidate will become part of the leadership team, collaborating with other managers and groups across the globe. There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from the markets, events and products covered by Interest Rate Derivatives on a day-to-day basis, along with a unique opportunity to interact heavily with various businesses and operational units across the firm. The candidate will work directly with institutional clients, sales & trading desks, technology and other business partners to offer best in class client service, solve complex problems and influence change. This is a great opportunity for an analytical/client service individual to utilize their professional skills by controlling risks and driving efficiencies in a fast paced environment.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
This role provides a fantastic opportunity to broaden product and market expertise and to develop management skills across a broad range of topics. This role also provides substantial exposure to senior stakeholders, offering excellent opportunities for career progression. The firm provides a range of development tools including Goldman Sachs University courses and a formal Feedback 360+ review process to enhance management effectiveness and equip individuals to progress in their careers. The candidate will be required to demonstrate strong product, industry, and technical knowledge in order to facilitate the transaction flow and to anticipate and avoid potential trade problems. This position requires a high degree of communication with traders and salespeople in a fast paced setting and ongoing interaction with other Operations teams, Compliance, Credit, and Technology to resolve issues arising from trade execution, client queries, and new business. In addition, we are looking for a strong candidate that can help to drive workflow improvement across the organization.
DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
We are searching for an experienced Operations professional to join the Interest Rate Derivative business unit in New York. Responsibilities include:
Communications – Identify key objectives for the organization and offer strategic vision and innovative ideas
- Articulate issues clearly and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization (analyst to managing director)
- Understand complex situations and communicate with senior leadership ‘in the moment,’ offering opinions and solutions
- Demonstrate great interpersonal skills and ability to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders both inside and outside of Operations
- Share credit with others and create opportunities for others to build relationships with and present to key stakeholders
Functional & Technical Expertise – Leverage deep technical operational expertise to drive strategic change across the front to back of the function and across the global organization
- Possess robust financial industry knowledge and experience and takes initiative to broaden skill sets
- Exhibit strong analytical skills with an ability to understand complex workflows and provide day-to-day issue resolution
- Deliver consistently in spite of multiple demands through effective time management, prioritization and delegation
Innovation – Partner in the definition, review, and execution of the FICC Operations Strategy
- Enhance the control environment through business intelligence-related initiatives to increase scalability, adapt to regulatory changes and deliver creative solutions to clients
- Proven track record as an agent of delivery and change, challenging existing processes to evolve businesses and industry to align with Operation’s Strategic objectives
- Create a culture of innovation whereby teams proactively investigate how they may be able to leverage new or alternative technologies and working practices
Client Focus – Identify client needs and optimize operational efficiency by offering innovative and tangible solutions
- Effectively handle difficult requests and build trusting, long-term relationships with clients
- Balance priorities of ensuring optimal outcomes for clients and simultaneously pursuing the firm’s interests
- Act as a senior point of contact in supporting the business and assessing new opportunities
- Coach others actively on the importance of client focus and how to apply it in day to day roles
Risk Management – Partner with global management team to provide effective oversight of key Interest Rate Derivatives functions
- Challenge existing risk and control framework and the status quo to further reinforce the control environment
- Proven ability to effectively manage operational risks and develop control enhancements
- Understand and articulates firm wide risk impact of business decisions
- Provide guidance and advice from a risk and control perspective to ensure the proper remediation of risk arising from new products, business, migrations, etc.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Sees the big picture and keeps current with emerging business, economic and market trends.
- Works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles and setbacks
- Strong team player who collaborates readily with others within and across teams
- Encourages other team members to participate and contribute, and acknowledges others' contributions
- Forward-thinker who anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, and identifies clear objectives
- Improves current processes and develops creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical value
- Influences outcomes by taking a position on issues and presenting sound, persuasive rationale for ideas
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.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. : https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html
© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2025. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $80000-$135000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.
Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.
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
Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Associate
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
New York
JOB FUNCTION
Trade Processing
DIVISION
Global Banking & Markets
SALARY RANGE
USD 80,000 - 135,000
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Business Office Associate
Verify your degree meets specialty occupation
The E-3 visa requires a bachelor's degree directly relevant to the role. A business administration, finance, or accounting degree supports most Business Office Associate applications. A general arts degree paired with unrelated experience may not satisfy the specialty occupation standard.
Target employers with existing LCA filing history
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to identify employers who have previously filed Labor Condition Applications for business operations roles. Prior LCA activity signals that the employer understands the E-3 sponsorship process and its administrative requirements.
Frame your Australian experience in U.S. context
Translate credentials familiar to Australian employers, such as roles at a Big Four firm or ASX-listed company, into terms U.S. hiring managers recognize. Explicitly connect your business operations background to the responsibilities listed in the job description to strengthen the specialty occupation argument.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for your paperwork
Once you have an offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork end-to-end. This covers DOL certification, consulate preparation, and document review so your start date isn't delayed by filing errors.
Clarify sponsorship scope before accepting an offer
Confirm the employer will file and certify the LCA with DOL before your consulate appointment, not just support your application in principle. Some smaller employers conflate letter-writing with full sponsorship. Get the scope of employer obligations confirmed in writing.
Account for LCA certification in your start date timeline
DOL typically certifies a Business Office Associate LCA within seven business days, but your consulate appointment wait time adds to that. Build at least four to six weeks between your accepted offer and proposed start date to avoid rescheduling pressure.
E-3 Visa Business Office Associate: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Business Office Associate jobs that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically to surface U.S. jobs with E-3 sponsorship for Australian professionals. Searching there filters roles by visa eligibility so you're not manually vetting each employer. You can focus your outreach on companies that have already demonstrated willingness to sponsor, rather than raising the visa question from scratch in every application.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Business Office Associate role qualify as a specialty occupation for E-3 purposes?
It can, but the job description determines eligibility, not the title alone. The role must normally require a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as business administration, accounting, or finance. If the posting states a degree is preferred rather than required, or accepts any field of study, USCIS may not treat it as a specialty occupation. Review the job description carefully before applying.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for Business Office Associate roles?
For Australian professionals, the E-3 is substantially more accessible. There is no lottery, no annual cap backlog, and the 10,500-visa annual allocation has never been fully used. The H-1B requires registration in a randomized lottery with a roughly 25 percent selection rate. Both require a specialty occupation job offer and a bachelor's degree, but the E-3 lets you start employment as soon as your consulate appointment is approved.
Can I change employers while on an E-3 in a Business Office Associate role?
Yes, but you need a new LCA and a new visa stamp before starting with the new employer. Your E-3 status is tied to the specific employer and position. If your visa stamp still has validity and the new role meets the specialty occupation standard, the consulate appointment process is the same as your initial application. Plan for a four to six week transition window.