Asset & Wealth Management Operations-Client Onboarding & Configuration-New York-Analyst

Goldman Sachs • New York, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Asset & Wealth Management Operations team is seeking an Analyst to join their Client Onboarding & Configuration group in New York. This role involves holistic ownership of client accounts and the trade lifecycle, serving as a primary contact for investment guideline issues. The Analyst will decipher business logic from various client documents, implement and maintain guideline rules on compliance platforms, and liaise with investment teams and operations/technology partners to enhance processes and data quality. Responsibilities also include collaborating with post-trade monitoring teams, representing the team in client due diligence meetings, partnering with client implementation teams, and providing thought leadership on regulatory changes and technological solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Analyst level with around 2-4 years of professional experience in the financial services industry
• Knowledge of operational aspects of trade management or investment guidelines surveillance
• Be highly collaborative, team-oriented, and strong consensus builder
• Demonstrate ability to partner across product groups, regions, and functional responsibilities
• Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills both written and oral
• Flexibility to be available for occasional time-sensitive pre-trade support needed after hours prior to Asia market opening

Nice To Haves

• Solid base understanding of equities, fixed income, bank loans, private credit, currencies, and derivative instruments
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) / Financial Risk Manager (FRM) by GARP) / Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) certifications will be a plus
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience in coding and/or monitoring investment guidelines using systems such as Sentinel, Charles River, Aladdin, Bloomberg AIM will be an advantage
• Be a strategic thinker, possess strong facilitation and data gathering skills
• Effective problem solver, multi-tasking, attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Risk management focus

Responsibilities

• Holistic ownership and understanding of client accounts, trade life cycle and act as a single point of contact for AMD business for any investment guideline issues or queries.
• Understand and decipher into business logic from sources including investment management agreements (IMA), fund prospectuses and statement of additional information, Investment Policies, Pre-Contractual Obligations (PCDs) and other client investment restrictions including an ever-evolving landscape of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) client and regulatory requirements.
• Implement and maintain client and regulatory guideline rules on compliance platforms.
• Liaison with Investment Teams to ensure understanding and adherence to investment guidelines.
• Partner with various operations and technology engineering teams to improve data availability and quality, and improvements/modernization of existing processes.
• Collaboration with post-trade guidelines monitoring partners to provide advice and assistance in helping to resolve live guideline exceptions and issues, exceptions reduction, and manually monitored guidelines.
• Represent the team in client meetings for due diligence purposes.
• Partner and liaise with client implementation teams to qualify new business, implement account events, and ensure the adequacy of account surveillance.
• Providing effective thought leadership in navigating evolving financial regulatory landscape and helping to develop technological solutions to build appropriate architecture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level