Asset Management Division, GSAM, Fixed Income Rates, Analyst/Associate - London

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Job Description

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the world’s leading investment managers. We provide institutional and individual investors with investment and advisory solutions, with strategies spanning asset classes, industries, and geographies. We help our clients navigate today’s dynamic markets, and identify the opportunities that shape their portfolios and long-term investment goals. We extend these global capabilities to the world’s leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, individuals and family offices.

The Fixed Income team manages over $500 billion for institutions, high net worth individuals and mutual fund investors. Our global investment process is coordinated across geographic regions with representation in New York, London, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney and China. Diversity is at the core of our ability to serve our clients and we make an unusual effort to identify and recruit the best person for every job.

The Government/Swap team is a portfolio management and trading team within GSAM Fixed Income with responsibility for executing developed market interest rate derivatives, government bond and futures trades across GSAM portfolios as well as identifying and implementing relative value strategies using these products. The team currently has a presence in London, New York and Singapore and is looking to hire in London at a junior level.

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

• Cash management, duration hedging, portfolio rebalancing and associated tasks on a daily basis
• Data and portfolio integrity management
• Portfolio construction, execution and management of trades for developed market interest rate strategies
• Provision of market colour and dynamics to the global team
• Driving innovation through process enhancements
• Development and management of market counterparty relationships
  

Basic Qualifications

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Strong academic track record
• Relevant investment management or sell-side experience of 1-2yrs
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
• Coding and data science experience
• Highly motivated with drive, determination and enthusiasm to excel in a trading role
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrable interest in financial markets
• Time management and organisational skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Passion for excellence, integrity and collaboration
• Ability to build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including the Global Fixed Income Portfolio Management Team
• Familiarity with interest rate derivative products and pricing is an advantage but not essential
  

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.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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