Secondaries/Sponsor M&A Analyst

About the Role

Our division works on some of the most complex financial challenges and transactions in the market today. Whether advising on a merger, providing financial solutions for an acquisition, or structuring an initial public offering, we handle projects that help clients at major milestones. We work with corporations, pension funds, financial sponsors, and governments and are a team of strong analytical thinkers, who have a passion for producing out-of-the-box ideas.

The Sponsor M&A Group is a key team within M&A at Goldman Sachs, focused on covering financial sponsor clients and their portfolio companies. We cover clients across all industries and provide M&A, financing, and other corporate finance solutions utilizing dedicated resources. The Sponsor M&A Group has built a leading Secondary Advisory business that provides strategic advice to sponsor clients on a range of general partner (GP) led secondary transactions, including Single and Multi-Asset Continuation Funds, Strip Sales, Tender Offers, and other related structures. The Secondary Advisory business is fully integrated within M&A and Sponsor / Industry Coverage, enabling the team to provide clients with differentiated insight and service. The team has unique experience in structuring and executing GP-led transactions, having helped develop many of the technologies utilized in today’s market.

Key Responsibilities

• Working alongside senior professionals to execute secondary transactions at every stage of the deal process
• Preparing presentation materials tailored for prospective clients
• Conducting comprehensive due diligence on potential transactions using various financial and industry analyses
• Assisting in creating transaction marketing materials, including financial models, investor presentations, confidential information memorandums, and process letters
• Supporting the logistics of capital raising and investor due diligence activities, such as managing online data rooms, organizing meetings and calls, handling investor requests, and gathering investor feedback
• Maintaining multiple information databases and monitored market data

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree
• History of outstanding academic achievement
• Effective presentation, communication, and writing skills
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task
• Highly collaborative and motivated to work as part of a team
• Strong quantitative and analytical background; experience in modeling and valuation techniques is a plus
• Demonstrated interest in private equity and other alternative investment strategies

Compensation

• Expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $110,000–$125,000.
• In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.