GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential, while you discover your own. As part of one of the worlds leading Asset Managers with over $3.5 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. As a primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors, and individuals.

OUR IMPACT

Within Asset and Wealth Management, we seek to provide innovative investment solutions to help our clients meet their financial goals. We work with specialists and groups from around the firm to help individuals and institutions across industries navigate changing markets and to provide them with a diverse offering of product solutions. We value self-starters with an entrepreneurial spirit, providing the support and resources to ensure your success. 

Global Product Strategy, which reports to the Client Solutions Group and Public Investing within our asset management business, consists of specialized teams focused on Product Development, Strategy & Research for mutual funds, ETFs, collective investment trusts, and other pooled/registered vehicles across all public asset classes. The team evaluates and coordinates at all aspects of the strategy, research, analysis, design, management, and development of new and existing product vehicles for client distribution across third party wealth, institutional, consultant, insurance, and retirement channels. The team specializes in products mostly comprised of public securities, but also helps facilitate and support initiatives for separately managed accounts, private funds, and public/private products.

We are looking for an Associate to join the Product Strategy & Research team in London.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Identify market and product trends in the industry to enable GSAM to make informed product decisions. 
• Help with the curation of product priorities for various client segments by analyzing and distilling EMEA industry data, evaluating the relative strength of GSAM products vs. peers, understanding client feedback and preferences.
• Examine performance and structure of the existing fund lineup, helping to evolve the firms offering to stay relevant to the client base and market environment.
• Assist in the early-stage product design and development, ongoing oversight for pooled vehicles across asset classes including mutual funds, ETFs, dedicated and local market offerings.
• Help the team to prioritize and efficiently execute on new product ideas that leverage the firms investment capabilities and best thinking, drive scale and address meaningful and measurable client demand.
• Develop product messaging, competitive research and actionable ideas for growth and change that would be presented to senior management, governance forums, distribution, and investment teams.
• Utilize multiple external data sources (i.e. Morningstar, Broadridge, eVestment) to identify addressable firm priorities by client type and geography; building relationships with vendors and industry peers to garner useful data.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelors degree, CFA preferred, 3 years of financial industry experience minimum.
• In-depth knowledge of the asset management industry, client channels, and vehicle mechanics and requirements (Luxembourg/Irish SICAV products, unit trusts, ETFs, etc.).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially the ability to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms.
• Strong project management and interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with others across all levels and functions.
• Proactive problem solver with a strong work ethic, strategic mindset, and commercial perspective.
• Strong technical skills including high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; specific Alteryx, VBA, Python and coding knowledge preferred.
• IMC required (and will be sponsored by the firm if not already completed).
• Demonstrable experience with industry data sources: Morningstar Direct, eVestment, Broadridge, etc.

 ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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. 

Were 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