AMD Public-Salt Lake City-Associate-Confirmations

Goldman Sachs • Salt Lake, UT

5d

About The Position

OPERATIONS Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all parts of the firm to provide banking, securities, and asset management services to clients around the world. In addition, Operations provides essential risk management and controls to preserve and enhance the firm's assets and its reputation. For every new product launched and every trade executed, it is Operations that develops and manages the processes and controls that enable business flow. YOUR IMPACT Are you looking to expand your understanding of financial products and be well versed on the life cycle of a trade? Our Trade Management team is seeking a professional who is looking to collaborate with traders, portfolio managers and external counterparties to ensure all trades are communicated, confirmed, and settled to safeguard our clients and funds. OUR IMPACT Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is the investment management arm of the firm. As a leading player in the asset management world, GSAM makes pioneering industry improvements a priority across all of its sectors. The Trade Management team has primary responsibility of mitigating risk throughout all aspects of trade flow, settlement, and collateral management. JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES Prepare to gain a comprehensive understanding of the trade lifecycle by interacting with traders,strategists, clients, and technologists to work toward the shared goal of risk mitigation. Connect daily with traders, brokers, custodians to resolve issues and ensure timely settlement of trades. Understand and improve problem solving capability for complex trade flow, accounting issues, and transactional discrepancies. Showcase leadership in project management skills toward aims of improved cross-product support, increased efficiency, reduced risk and enhanced client experience. Leverage your quantitative skills to decompose processes to improve control and scale of the business. Provide reporting to senior leadership and produce insightful analyses of the business upon request for management. Grow with the team; develop a deeper understanding of complex transactions and work with our business partners to progress our trade management capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3-7 years of professional experience.
• Knowledge of financial products, trade lifecycle whether academically or professionally acquired.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Demonstrate willingness to deep dive into an issue or problem to establish and address root cause.
• Attention to detail and interest in problem solving.
• Proven ability to effectively manage competing priorities and to work well under pressure in a team environment.
• Demonstrate strong team player skills.
• Effectively collaborate with others both regionally and globally.
• Work experience in financial services.
• Comprehension of industry trends and platforms.
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn.
• Lead by example to challenge status quo and look for innovative/creative ways to improve current processes and procedures

Responsibilities

• Interact with traders, strategists, clients, and technologists to work toward the shared goal of risk mitigation.
• Connect daily with traders, brokers, custodians to resolve issues and ensure timely settlement of trades.
• Improve problem solving capability for complex trade flow, accounting issues, and transactional discrepancies.
• Showcase leadership in project management skills toward aims of improved cross-product support, increased efficiency, reduced risk and enhanced client experience.
• Leverage your quantitative skills to decompose processes to improve control and scale of the business.
• Provide reporting to senior leadership and produce insightful analyses of the business upon request for management.
• Develop a deeper understanding of complex transactions and work with our business partners to progress our trade management capabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees