ASSET MANAGEMENT
Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, we provide clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As the firm’s primary investment area, we provide investment and advisory services for some of the world’s leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors and individuals, for which we oversee more than $2 trillion in assets under supervision. 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. We are:
- Investors, spanning traditional and alternative markets offering products and services
- Advisors, understanding our clients’ priorities and poised to help provide investment advice and strategies that make sense for their portfolios
- Thought Leaders, providing timely insights across macro and secular themes to help inform our clients’ investment decisions
- Innovators, using our suite of digital solutions to help our clients address complex challenges and meet their financial goals
OPERATIONS
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
Are you looking to expand your understanding of financial products and be well versed on the life cycle of a trade? Our Trade Management team is seeking a professional who is looking to collaborate with traders, portfolio managers and external counterparties to ensure all trades are communicated, confirmed, and settled to safeguard our clients and funds.
OUR IMPACT
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is the investment management arm of the firm. As a leading player in the asset management world, GSAM makes pioneering industry improvements a priority across all of its sectors. The Trade Management team has primary responsibility of mitigating risk throughout all aspects of trade flow, settlement, and collateral management.
JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepare to gain a comprehensive understanding of the trade lifecycle by interacting with traders, strategists, clients, and technologists to work toward the shared goal of risk mitigation.
- Connect daily with traders and brokers to resolve issues and ensure timely settlement of trades.
- Understand and improve problem solving capability for complex trade flow, accounting issues, and transactional discrepancies.
- Showcase leadership in project management skills toward aims of improved cross-product support and relationship management.
- Leverage your quantitative skills to decompose processes to improve control and scale of the business.
- Provide reporting to senior leadership and produce insightful analyses of the business upon request for management.
- Grow with the team; develop a deeper understanding of complex transactions and work with our business partners to progress our trade capture capabilities.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree or above
- Knowledge of financial products, whether academically or professionally acquired.
- Proven ability to effectively manage competing priorities and to work well under pressure in a team environment.
- High level of discretion and awareness of accountability.
- Analytical skills and interest in developing problem-solving capabilities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Basic understanding of Fixed income, Equity, Money Market and Derivatives products.
- Understanding of trade life cycle of these products and experience in trade confirmation and settlement process.
- Work experience in financial services.
- Comprehension of industry agenda and platforms.
- Positive attitude and eagerness to learn.
