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 responsible for identifying, researching and selecting leading third-party investment managers. The group provides investors with advisory and investment solutions across leading private equity funds, co-investment strategies, secondaries, hedge fund managers, GP stakes, real estate managers, public equity and fixed income strategies.
With over 350 professionals across 11 offices globally, XIG helps institutional and individual investors with their program design, manager diligence, portfolio construction and risk management. The investment solutions in XIG have a long history and our programs have seeded and partnered with many of the world's most prominent alternative investment managers.
Today, XIG oversees over $340 billion in client assets across portfolios of both customized and commingled fund solutions as one of the world's broadest, deepest and longest-standing “open architecture” programs. We manage globally diversified programs, targeted sector-specific strategies, customized portfolios, and a range of advisory services. Our investors generally access opportunities through new fund commitments, secondary market investments, co-investments, seed capital investments, investment manager equity / revenue share stakes, or fund of fund solutions.
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join a growing team in a fast-paced and high performance environment. The XIG – Private Equity Investment Vice President role exposes investment professionals to interactions with senior leaders in the private equity industry. In this role, you will have the opportunity to take part in complex investment transactions and execute deals across various fund, single asset, and other bespoke strategies. A successful candidate will challenge and develop his/her technical skills and expand his/her industry network given the broad range of investment processes he/she will be involved in, within a top tier global financial institution.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conduct due diligence and evaluate private equity managers for consideration as part of fund-of-funds and or separate account mandates; secondary private equity transactions, with a specific focus on asset-level valuation within portfolios; co-investment opportunities across a broad range of private equity deal types and sectors
- Work with the deal team on an increasing number of direct deal opportunities (single asset secondaries, co-investments) by evaluating financial, legal and commercial due diligence materials and building operating and buyout models
- 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
- At least 6 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 is a plus
- 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
