Senior Associate - Asset and Wealth Management Operations @ Goldman Sachs

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ASSET MANAGEMENT

Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, we provide clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As the firm’s primary investment area, we provide investment and advisory services for some of the world’s leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors and individuals, for which we oversee more than $2 trillion in assets under supervision. 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. We are:

Investors, spanning traditional and alternative markets offering products and services
Advisors, understanding our clients’ priorities and poised to help provide investment advice and strategies that make sense for their portfolios
Thought Leaders, providing timely insights across macro and secular themes to help inform our clients’ investment decisions
Innovators, using our suite of digital solutions to help our clients address complex challenges and meet their financial goals

OPERATIONS

Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted function that partners with all parts of the firm to deliver banking, sales and trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the world. In addition, Operations provides essential risk management and control to preserve and enhance the firm’s assets and its reputation. For every trade agreed, every new product launched, or market entered, every transaction completed, it is Operations that develops the processes and controls that makes business flow.

OUR IMPACT

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset 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 $2 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 Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long- term performance. As 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.

JOB SUMMARY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The position of Client Onboarding Associate in Shareholder Services is ideal for someone who is interested in learning all the requirements for new clients to invest in various Goldman Sachs Asset Management products (e.g. mutual funds, alternative investments, separately managed accounts) and streamlining the process with a client service mindset. To successfully onboard client relationships, this role involves communication and coordination across many internal teams, such as Tax, Legal, Compliance, Sales and Service. This position requires adhering to laws and regulations, a thorough understanding of a client service/onboarding environment, and an in-depth knowledge of the industry, our client base, and our systems.

Facilitate a smooth client onboarding experience by efficiently processing AML/KYC cases and collaborating with Client Onboarding and Financial Crime Compliance teams to conduct due diligence reviews on a wide range of client legal entity types
Responsible for managing the day-to day relationship with the vendors including performing appropriate due diligence, ensuring a contract is in place and applying the correct level of oversight
Demonstrate strong analytical and problem solving skills with meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to communicate complex items to a wide array of internal counterparties
Utilize internal and external sources and partner with other stakeholders (as necessary) to research and investigate cases
Participate in certain strategic initiatives/projects relating to the Onboarding strategy for the division and firm; developing and proposing recommendations to address identified issues/risks as well as areas and processes requiring optimization and improvement
Develop expertise in the Firm's Anti Money Laundering/Customer Identification Program due diligence policies and partner with the sales organization, client onboarding counterparts, Financial Crime Compliance, and other control-side teams to ensure a seamless client onboarding from start to finish
Capture, analyze, and document evidence by processing and approving AML/KYC cases, in order to demonstrate that due diligence is performed on new clients/investors to comply with jurisdictional AML/KYC regulations
Support ongoing optimization to the effectiveness of KYC monitoring systems, scenarios, rules and tools
In the context of selected project work: Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan; working with cross-divisional partners, including Compliance, Technology, Operations and business personnel through all aspects of strategic and tactical builds of critical program elements
Provide feedback on KYC control effectiveness and partner with management to design enhancements and/or new approaches

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum of 4 years of professional experience within Client Onboarding & AML operations
Be highly collaborative and strong consensus builder
Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills both written and oral
Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Experience in vendor relationship management
Bachelor’s degree required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to prioritize and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
Ability to contribute as an individual contributor in a cross team working group
Accuracy, attention to detail and strong organizational skills
Strong analytical and project management skills
Good understanding of the financial industry
Compliance and/or regulatory experience a plus, not 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

Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer

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Senior Associate - Asset and Wealth Management Operations

Client Onboarding

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