Goldman Sachs Alternatives - Investment Grade Private Credit - Analyst - The Hague

Job Description

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 $3.2 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
  
  

Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management Private Credit is one of the world’s largest alternative credit investing platforms with approximately $125bn of AUM and investment professionals based in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. GS Private Credit is a dynamic platform with significant cross-pollination across strategies – direct lending (middle market and large cap performing credit), opportunistic and structured investments across debt and equity.

The Investment Grade Private Credit Analyst

The Investment Grade Private Credit (“IGPC”) team originates, executes, and manages primarily investment grade credit investments across comingled credit funds and separately managed accounts (SMA) on behalf of pension and insurance clients. IGPC focuses on corporate and infrastructure debt for public and private companies with an investment grade profile. Analysts support the business by serving as the primary coordinator between key stakeholders as well as work as part of small deal teams responsible for identifying, conducting due diligence, structuring, executing, and monitoring investments, and are involved in a wide variety of exciting transactions across the capital structure in a variety of industries.

Responsibilities

• Support investment ideas across the product suite via engagement with relevant parties (e.g., agent banks / company management teams for the private-side investing platforms)
• Liaise with the investment operations team to assist in trade booking, capital calls, and data capture
• Actively monitor existing investments in the portfolio
• Service client requests such as pricing, reporting, and ad-hoc portfolio inquiries
• Engage in all aspects of due diligence and business analysis to develop and refine investment theses
• Build relationships with sponsors, management teams and internal GS stakeholders
  
  

Qualifications

• More than 1 year of experience in investment banking or investment roles
• Strong quantitative, financial modeling, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Passion for investing with specific interest in credit / other structured products
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible and creative mindset; ability to analyze a variety of industries and businesses
• Ability to self-direct, analyze and evaluate and form independent judgments
• Ability to interact and build relationships with a wide variety of people
  
  

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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Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, it maintains offices around the world.