The Sponsor M&A Group is a key team within M&A at Goldman Sachs, focused on covering financial sponsor clients and their portfolio companies. We cover clients across all industries and provide M&A, financing and other corporate finance solutions utilizing dedicated resources

The Sponsor M&A Group has built a leading Secondary Advisory business that provides strategic advice to sponsor clients on a range of general partner (GP) led secondary transactions, including Single and Multi-Asset Continuation Funds, Strip Sales, Tender Offers and other related structures. The Secondary Advisory business is fully integrated within M&A and Sponsor / Industry Coverage, enabling the team to provide clients with differentiated insight and service. The team has unique experience in structuring and executing GP-led transactions, having helped develop many of the technologies utilized in today’s market.

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Roles and Responsibilities include:

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•     Working with senior professionals to execute secondary transactions during all phases of the
deal process
•     Preparing presentation materials for prospective clients
•     Conducting due diligence of prospective transactions through a variety of financial /
industry analyses
•     Assisting in the preparation of transaction marketing materials (e.g., financial models,
investor presentations, confidential information memorandums, process letters)
•     Assisting with the logistics of the capital raising and investor due diligence processes
(online data room, meetings / calls, investor requests, investor feedback)
•     Maintaining various information databases and tracking market data

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Qualifications

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•     Bachelor’s degree
•     History of outstanding academic achievement
•     Effective presentation, communication and writing skills
•     Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task
•     Highly collaborative and motivated to work as part of team
•     Strong quantitative and analytical background; experience in modeling and valuation
techniques is a plus
•     Demonstrated interest in private equity and other alternative investment strategies

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