GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.
At Goldman Sachs, our culture is one of teamwork, innovation and meritocracy. We often say our people are our greatest asset and we take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally.
BUSINESS SEGMENT AND ROLE OVERVIEW Equities & FICC: We make markets in and clear client transactions on major stock, options and futures exchanges worldwide. Through our global sales force, we maintain relationships with our clients, receiving orders and distributing investment research, trading ideas, market information and analysis.
Managed Portfolio Solutions (“MPS”) sits within the Equities & FICC division. MPS Structuring (Sales Strats) is a growing business that focuses on delivering customised solutions for clients to access their investment strategies, represented as a managed index, in various derivative wrappers, be it OTC or securitised. The team focuses on shaping the product offering by working with Strats and Engineering and monetising the platform by originating and executing transactions, in close partnership with Sales and Trading.
The team is looking to hire a junior member that can help accelerate the growth of the business by directly participating in the execution of the strategic business plan both from a product development standpoint and from a trade execution perspective. This role, therefore, requires a candidate who is able to balance strong technical capabilities with a good commercial acumen.
RESPONSIBILITIES - Work on the implementation of new features to complement the MPS offering (e.g. integration of options and expansion of the execution methods)
- Work on trade execution, initially of vanilla transactions, growing into more complex as the expertise is developed
- Preparation of marketing content including emails and brief marketing materials / powerpoint slides.
- Engaging with sales and clients on the demonstration of the platform’s capabilities, and working in partnership with sales to help originate new business.
- Identify opportunities and implement solutions to increase efficiency within the platform and the team’s day to day to accelerate time to market of each trade
- Build tools (e.g. Excel, python) to help the team manage more effectively its business metrics, origination pipeline, etc.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Minimum 2 years relevant experience in a sales, structuring or trading, preferably in derivative or equity financing
- Strong project manager who is highly organized with excellent attention to detail and follow through
- Demonstrated ability to code
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
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.
