Job Description

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. For us, it’s all about bringing together people who are curious, collaborative and have the drive to make things possible for our clients and communities.

Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all parts of the firm to provide banking, securities, and asset management services to clients around the world. In addition, Operations provides essential risk management and controls to preserve and enhance the firm's assets and its reputation. For every new product launched and every trade executed, it is Operations that develops and manages the processes and controls that enable business flow.

YOUR IMPACT

The AWM Alternative Private Operations team is seeking a professional to support various business lines underneath the Asset & Wealth Management Private side. The role entails collaborating with controllers, fund management, technologists and other operational groups on implementing new businesses and products, position creation, journal entries, invoice and tax payments, custody and cash confirmations, financing facility interest calculations, exception management and risk mitigation across the various desks’ investing strategizes.

OUR IMPACT

AWM Alternative Private Operations members are subject matter experts within Operations. The teams sit directly with the desk and support multiple asset types, including Corporate Credit, Corporate Equity, Growth Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate Equity and Real Estate Credit. 

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Partner with the Business and Federation to provide subject matter knowledge in effort to facilitate smooth process and transaction flows
• Showcase your attention to detail by ensuring all transactions and positions are processed and correctly captured in relevant systems
• Completing various internal system setups for new transactions
• Escalating to senior team members when items are at risk of not be completed

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with relevant industry experience
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work with professionals across various levels both internally and externally
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to set own priorities and multi-task
• An ability to work to tight deadlines, with activities and targets which may change at short notice
• A high level of accuracy with the ability to maintain this standard while under pressure from deadlines
• Highly motivated individual and self-starter with a proven background of delivery
• Risk management focus

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of fund products (i.e., private markets, alternative investment funds and registered products) and regulatory environments would be beneficial
• Previous Operations experience
• Accounting background, including booking journal entries, reconciliations, and interest calculations
• Able to grasp new concepts quickly and work in a team environment
• Knowledge and understanding of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and adaptability to other software products 

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