Asset Management Private - Global Risk

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

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 $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 & Wealth 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.

We invest in corporate equity and debt, real estate equity and debt, and infrastructure-related assets and companies. Asset & Wealth Management operates on a global platform and our team works in a fast-paced, exciting environment. Within Asset & Wealth Management, the Risk Management function is charged with enabling the division to responsibly execute on strategic initiatives at a regional and global level, managing financial and non-financial risk through implementation of a global risk management framework, and driving returns though various capital and workflow efficiency initiatives. In addition, the Risk Management function serves as an important point of contact for funds & legal entity boards as well as regulators. 

The successful applicant will have an ability to understand various financial markets and products, and raise issues or concerns. He/she will have a high degree of integrity, strong attention to detail and be highly motivated and client-focused. Additionally, the successful applicant will be a team player, as the risk team is required to work closely with investment teams and other control functions across the firm.

As a risk manager within Asset Management Alternatives, you will be engaged in proactive management of financial and non-financial risk, through portfolio monitoring, market observations, and process oversight. The Risk team is an independent function within the business that develops and enforces the risk management framework. 

ABOUT OUR ROLES

• Collaborate across portfolio management, investment teams, and second line risk teams to monitor risk usage and emerging risks 
• Develop risk oversight processes, policies, and procedures, and monitor, ensuring compliance
• Perform deep-dive analysis on emerging risk areas and assess the potential impacts on various portfolios
• Engage the business to understand risk, and challenge / escalate to senior management where appropriate
• Monitor risk metrics against the thresholds and perform analytics where necessary
• Contribute to risk transparency and work with engineering to enhance risk capture
• Assess and draw attention to the risks of new products and businesses within Alternatives
• Quantitative Risk Surveillance: Perform risk metrics monitoring against established thresholds, performing advanced analytics to diagnose breaches and identify underlying volatility drivers.
• Risk Framework Architecture: Lead the development and implementation of risk oversight processes, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance.
• Strategic Analytics: Drive deep-dive assessments of emerging risk areas and complex portfolios, utilizing sensitivity analysis and stress testing to inform regulatory submissions.
• Business Partnership: Serve as a senior risk counterpart to investment teams, providing proactive challenge and escalation on risk usage and portfolio construction.
• Cross-Functional Risk Integration: Act as a primary liaison between Portfolio Management, Investment teams, and Second-Line Risk functions to synchronize risk usage monitoring and proactively identify emerging market threats.
• Data Quality Enhancement: Collaborate with Engineering to enhance risk capture capabilities and modernize transparency tools for the business.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Quantitative Risk Surveillance: Perform risk metrics monitoring against established thresholds, performing advanced analytics to diagnose breaches and identify underlying volatility drivers.
• Risk Framework Architecture: Lead the development and implementation of risk oversight processes, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance.
• Strategic Analytics: Drive deep-dive assessments of emerging risk areas and complex portfolios, utilizing sensitivity analysis and stress testing to inform regulatory submissions.
• Business Partnership: Serve as a senior risk counterpart to investment teams, providing proactive challenge and escalation on risk usage and portfolio construction.
• Cross-Functional Risk Integration: Act as a primary liaison between Portfolio Management, Investment teams, and Second-Line Risk functions to synchronize risk usage monitoring and proactively identify emerging market threats.
• Data Quality Enhancement: Collaborate with Engineering to enhance risk capture capabilities and modernize transparency tools for the business.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree
• Proven knowledge of quantitative analysis and modeling (strong Excel skills and a working knowledge of US GAAP is preferred)
• 4+ years of financial services experience related to risk management, portfolio management, trading, and/or asset management (AS)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, oral as well as written
• Ability to work independently in a small team, exhibit initiative and be proactive
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
• Familiarity with risk methodologies such as stress testing, sensitivities, limits
• Savvy in Microsoft Suite of products, including Excel and PowerPoint (experience with or knowledge of various systems used in GS are preferred)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with alternatives
• Strong quantitative skills
• Post graduate degrees / industry certifications (i.e. CFA, FRM, etc.)
• Familiarity with portfolio valuations and investment funds
• Familiarity and experience dealing with various regulatory frameworks a plus

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.  

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