Job Description

Asset & Wealth Management

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset Management is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential, while you discover your own. As part of one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $2 trillion in assets under supervision, you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions, and building meaningful relationships with your clients. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. 

Multi-Asset Solutions

Multi Asset Solutions (MAS) is a multi-asset class investing group that sits within the Asset & Wealth Management business at Goldman Sachs. MAS is responsible for managing customized multi-asset class portfolios and funds in a discretionary manner for institutional clients. Our clients include US and international corporate and public pension plans, insurance balance sheets, endowments, foundations, healthcare institutions, and sovereign wealth funds. The team is comprised of professionals with deep and varied investment backgrounds who specialize in designing and implementing customized multi-asset class portfolios. The team applies rigorous techniques to strategic and dynamic asset allocation, asset-liability analysis, portfolio design and implementation, risk management, and portfolio reporting and analytics. The team has been managing customized multi-asset class mandates since 1995 as a committed partner to large institutions globally. 

Summary of Role:

The successful candidate would become a member of our investment team based in Chicago, as part of the Portfolio Construction and Manager Research group within MAS. The team is responsible for maintaining and developing portfolio construction best practices, developing model portfolio’s, research new strategies, review and select GS proprietary strategies and overseeing platform wide manager changes. This role is critical to the continued success of our multi-asset platform and will coordinate closely with the research team, client teams, product teams across the Asset Management, and the external manager research team. 

Core Responsibilities:

• Due diligence and monitoring of investment strategies
• Provide portfolio construction advice to internal and external stakeholders 
• Partner with the MAS Research team to model products and strategies
• Support the development of best practices and model portfolio’s
• Support research of new strategies
• Maintain and further develop investment cases

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in financial economics, econometrics, or related discipline. 
• Work experience is not a prerequisite for the role but appreciated.
• Strong understanding of financial markets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Risk management and control orientation
• Detail-oriented and organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment 
• Takes initiative, is pro-active and has the ability work with cross-functional teams spread globally. 
• Strong work ethic and strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to think creatively, critically and clearly.

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. Learn more 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. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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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 Chicago, Illinois, United States-based position is $70000-$125000. 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.

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