Sotheby’s, the New York-based auctioneer under pressure to improve returns, said Patrick McClymont will resign as its chief financial officer and executive vice president effective Jan. 1, a little more than two years after assuming the post.

McClymont was a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. prior to joining Sotheby’s in 2013. He will receive $3.75 million in cash severance.