Asset & Wealth Management, Investment Risk, Analyst, London
Job Description
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $3 trillion in assets under supervision. As the 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.
TEAM & ROLE OVERVIEW The Global Risk Management team is uniquely positioned within the firm as part of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Our global fund complex and separately managed account portfolios cover a wide range of assets classes, global markets and strategies. The team is responsible for independent oversight and risk governance covering all elements of risks including market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk, operational risk as well as risk governance and oversight of dedicated regulated legal entities via designated CRO roles. The team regularly interacts with a wide range of teams across Goldman Sachs Asset Management including portfolio managers, embedded risk managers, and various Federation groups that cover Goldman Sachs Asset Management, including the Legal, Compliance, the Risk Division and Controllers in order to effectively monitor risk and continually improve upon our risk governance framework. The team is also responsible for risk monitoring and regulatory reporting for the global fund complex. RESPONSIBILITIES
- Daily/weekly monitoring of the risks associated with GSAM funds across different investment strategies
- Developing, implementing, and enhancing stress tests, scenario analyses, and risk attribution
- Building and maintaining relationships with portfolio managers and other key stakeholders
- Providing regular updates on changes in risk metrics and stress tests to senior AM Risk Management
- Ensuring adherence with the independent risk governance framework
- Assessing and quantifying market risk through a variety of metrics, including but not limited to drawdown controls, VaR, risk concentrations, risk factor analysis and other stress tests
- Providing information (reports, ad-hoc postings and analysis) to Divisional Risk Management
- Providing detailed market risk updates and reports to Boards of Directors and regulators as required
- Strong academic record with a degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Accounting or a related discipline
- Experience in Fixed Income Market Risk gained from working within investment management industry advantageous
- Must have strong experience in measuring, monitoring, analysing and reporting risk exposures especially as it relates to Fixed Income product suite
- Detail oriented with a strong control mentality. Ability to demonstrate involvement in process improvement initiatives required
- Acute and pro-active interest in financial markets
- Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and assertive with a “can-do” attitude.
- Strong team player, able to work with a wide range of stakeholders (e.g. from Portfolio Managers to Controllers to Technology etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills required
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.
We’re 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
- Locations London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Healthcare & Medical Services
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
We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.
Financial Wellness & Retirement
We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.
Health
We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.
Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.
Benefits at Goldman Sachs
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Asset & Wealth Management, Investment Risk, Analyst, London employer: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Goldman Sachs is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation in the heart of London. With comprehensive training and mentorship, employees are empowered to develop their skills and advance their careers while building valuable relationships across the firm. The opportunity to work in such a prestigious environment not only enhances professional growth but also provides a unique platform for impactful contributions within the financial sector.
