Asset & Wealth Management Operations – Analyst – Alternative Fund Services – London

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is seeking a professional individual who wants to develop their understanding of a growing sector of financial markets and be at the heart of the Asset Management Business with a key focus on Alternative Funds. This role requires a motivated individual to ensure accurate and timely execution of Fund launches and life cycle events on behalf of the firm and our clients. The ability to project manage fund launches and change events, stakeholder expectations, prioritize, meet deadlines and communicate to all levels of the organization is critical to this role.

Your Impact 

Goldman Sachs Asset Management provides innovative investment solutions to help our clients meet their financial goals. We work with client coverage and product teams around the globe to help our institutional and retail clients across various industries navigate changing markets and make smart investments. We value self-starters with an entrepreneurial spirit, whilst providing the support and resources to ensure your success. 

The Global Alternatives Fund Services team within Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management Operations is primarily responsible for:

• Facilitating new business and product expansion via project management of new fund launches.
• Ongoing platform maintenance via co-ordination of fund mergers, fund terminations, restructures, other fund change events and regulatory uplifts.
• Acquisition integration through fund onboarding, consolidation and restructuring.

The Team interacts very closely with AWM Deal Teams, Sales, Portfolio Management, Capital Markets teams, and other numerous internal teams connected with design, setup, operation, and oversight of the Funds. The role will be varied and will allow the candidate to interact with a wide range of internal and external teams and be involved in a diverse range of products and projects.

How You Will Fulfil Your Potential

• You will effectively contribute towards the Asset & Wealth Management division product expansion initiatives by project managing fund launch and other fund change events for US and International funds.
• You will work closely and develop strong working relationships with the Portfolio Management, Product Development, Sales, Operations, external vendors and various other teams to determine product design, fund features and establishing support models. 
• You will develop a strong understanding of our Asset Management Business, and the investment products on offer.
• Your responsibilities for project managing and executing fund life cycle events such as fund launches, terminations and other fund restructure events will include, for example: 
  • Setting expectations for launch timelines and bringing together all internal and external working group stakeholders 
  • Managing the fund event workflow utilizing in-house workflow tools
  • Engaging in discussions to tackle various challenges in order to effectively meet design, portfolio manager and client needs
  • Facilitating internal systems and external system setups 
  • Drafting and agreeing investment trade flows making sure all Operational systems are ready for trading
  • Defining and getting approval for seed capital requirements 
  • Obtaining internal and external fund and share class identifiers 
  • Ensuring fund registration & governance requirements are in place prior to fund launch 
  • You will lead or assist with various projects including technology initiatives to uplift our infrastructure, driving workflow scalability, improving controls and reducing time to market.
  • You will make a good impression by:
    • Being proactive
    • Being curious
    • Effectively managing risk
    • Building personal relationships

Preferred Qualifications and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 1- 3 years of experience
• Experience in Asset Management, exposure to alternative funds or program management preferred though not required 
• Must work well in a team but also exhibit strong leadership capabilities in order to help drive solutions to complex issues 
• Attention to detail but also have the ability to see the bigger picture and manage competing priorities 
• Ability to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization 
• Strong organizational, communication, and time management skills 
• Desire to continually learn and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines
• Advanced Excel (formulas, PivotTables, Power Query, data modeling, Goal Seek, Solver, charting), VBA for automation, familiarity with SQL, or database connectivity is helpful