Investing & Portfolio Management - Public

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 world’s leading asset managers with over $3 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.

Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions, within Public Investing, manages more than $1.7 trillion in assets for a variety of clients, including private wealth mandates and institutional clients such as insurance companies, pension funds, and endowments. The team has a long history of investing across public fixed income strategies including rates, currency and credit on behalf of our clients. Investment ideas are created through collaboration between portfolio managers, research analysts, and traders.

Fixed Income Portfolio Construction & Risk is a dynamic and cross-functional first-line risk team, integral to GSAM's Fixed Income & Liquidity Solutions business. The team is responsible for:

• Proactively monitoring portfolio positions, risk exposures, and performance across all fixed income mandates to ensure alignment with client objectives.
• Acting as a key partner to the fixed income CIO by sharing insights and escalating risks as needed.
• Overseeing investment processes across all desks and collaborating with senior PMs to drive process improvement.
• Owning and improving proprietary fixed income risk model.
• Establishing the platform's risk framework and thresholds.

We are seeking an Analyst/Associate in London to contribute to the initiatives below:

• Partner with investors, client portfolio managers and traders in the development and implementation of the platform's top-down risk allocation framework.
• Conduct continuous, in-depth risk monitoring of all GSAM Fixed Income mutual funds and managed accounts, developing a holistic view of risk exposures and performance drivers across the platform.
• Actively contribute to a global team, delivering actionable insights and collaborating on strategic, long-term projects to drive business growth and innovation.
• Engage with quantitative strategists to enhance the proprietary risk model and optimize risk processes.

Qualifications:

• Quantitative background, preferably a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering (minimum a minor), or related discipline.
• 1-4 years of experience in market/investment risk or a related analytical role.
• Highly collaborative team player that can form strong working relationships with global team members.
• Solid understanding of the foundations of fixed income.
• Strong analytical skills; ability to approach complex, open-ended problems with intellectual curiosity, and break them down to solvable steps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with programming languages (e.g., Python, VBA, SQL) for data analysis and process automation is a bonus.

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