Asset & Wealth Management - External Investing Group, XIG, Private Alternatives Investment

Asset Management 

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.

External Investing Group (XIG)

The External Investing Group (XIG) is one of the world's largest and most active private markets investing platforms, deploying capital across private equity funds, co-investments, secondaries, continuation vehicles, GP stakes, private credit, hedge funds and special situations. XIG maintains longstanding relationships with many of the world's leading investment managers and has privileged access to many of the most attractive opportunities in alternatives. The platform is fundamentally focused on identifying differentiated investments, underwriting assets and executing transactions across the private markets ecosystem.

Investment professionals at XIG are responsible for sourcing opportunities, conducting company-level due diligence, building financial models, assessing management teams, structuring and negotiating transactions, and constructing portfolios across a broad range of strategies. Rather than investing through a single lens, XIG participates across multiple levels of the private markets value chain, including direct investments in companies through co-investments, secondary acquisitions of private equity fund interests, continuation vehicle transactions, and strategic ownership stakes in alternative asset management firms.

With more than 400 professionals across 12 global offices and almost $600 billion of client assets, XIG combines the scale and resources of a leading global asset manager with a highly selective investment process. As one of the broadest, deepest and longest-standing open-architecture platforms globally, XIG manages both customized and commingled solutions while evaluating thousands of investment opportunities annually. Investment teams work directly with sponsors, portfolio companies and management teams across buyouts, growth equity, venture capital, private credit and opportunistic investments, frequently accessing proprietary, capacity-constrained or otherwise difficult-to-source transactions. Investors access these capabilities through primary fund commitments, secondary investments, co-investments and other solutions designed for institutional and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

For candidates considering careers in private markets, XIG offers a differentiated opportunity at the intersection of direct investing and alternatives. The platform combines the analytical rigor and asset-level underwriting experience associated with leading private equity firms with exposure to a broad range of transaction types and investment strategies. Professionals engage with senior investment partners across many of the world's leading private market institutions while developing expertise in company analysis, valuation, transaction execution, portfolio construction and manager assessment. As a result, XIG investment professionals build a highly transferable investing toolkit while participating in some of the largest and most innovative segments of the alternatives industry.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct due diligence and evaluate private equity opportunities; secondary private equity transactions, with a specific focus on asset-level valuation within portfolios or continuation vehicles; primary fund commitments for a variety of private market strategies; co-investment opportunities across a broad range of deal types and sectors
• Support the deal team on direct investment opportunities (single asset secondaries, co-investments) by evaluating financial, legal and commercial due diligence materials and building operating and buyout models in various asset classes, meeting with management and GPs
• Perform due diligence on private market fund managers across Asia-Pacific, including assessing the quality of investment teams, investment strategies, alignment and track record
• Present investment opportunities to the Investment Committee through written and oral presentations, and conduct required follow-ups
• Coordinate the execution of investments across all deal types, including working closely with internal (e.g., internal counsel, compliance, cash management) and external parties (e.g., private equity managers, external counsel)
• Monitor the performance and risk profile of existing portfolio investments

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-7 years of experience in Corporate Finance/ M&A/ Leverage Finance/ Private Equity/ Other Private Markets Investing in Asia-Pacific; position will be commensurate with experience
• Proven academic performance with a degree from a top university; MBA a plus for more senior positions
• Excellent modeling, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills to oversee production of a high volume of quality work within tight timeframes, often including multiple simultaneous projects
• Attention to detail – proven experience of delivering high levels of accuracy
• Candidate must be a team player, self-motivated and demonstrate a willingness to take on responsibility
• Knowledge and understanding of Excel, PowerPoint and Word and adaptability to other software products

Written and verbal communication skills in English. A second language (Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, etc, will be strongly preferred).

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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