Analyst
Goldman Sachs
About the Role
The Platform Management team, within the Portfolio Management group, is focused on driving day-to-day portfolio decision-making for Asset & Wealth Management. This role partners with investment teams, capital markets, engineering, and investor relations to achieve superior outcomes for clients.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Management: Fund Management
- Perform daily liquidity management and prepare forecasts to evaluate current and projected funding needs.
- Develop liquidity recommendations and collaborate with stakeholders to execute capital activity and leverage facility actions.
- Conduct attribution analysis to break down historical portfolio returns and drive improvements in performance and risk management.
- Monitor investment guidelines and concentration limits, evaluate investment pacing, and analyze investable capital across actively investing funds and separately managed accounts.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to advise on fundraising and fund structure creation.
- Track, report, and analyze detailed performance metrics.
Platform Management: Deal & Structuring Management
- Facilitate portfolio allocations, deal execution, deal closing, and harvesting activities.
- Partner with internal groups and external advisors to resolve legal, compliance, tax, accounting, and operational matters.
- Drive fund and investment rebalancing across new fund launch closes.
- Coordinate with the fund management team on capital calls, cash distributions, and investor and regulatory reporting on fund performance.
- Support ad hoc requests from senior management, including data management, reporting, and presentations.
Shared Responsibilities
- Assist in responding to compliance and regulatory inquiries.
- Create management presentations and prepare analyses in support of ad hoc requests.
- Support and advance technology initiatives related to the above responsibilities.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Qualifications
- 1-3 years of experience in a financial services setting.
- Strong analytical orientation.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work across internal and external teams.
- Financial acumen to prepare cash flows and performance metrics that impact investor returns and product performance.
- Self-starter with strong desire to succeed in a fast-paced, high-pressure, results-driven environment.
- Strong judgment and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently in a small team, exhibit initiative, and be proactive.
- Collaborative team player.

