Asset & Wealth Management - Salt Lake City - Associate, Platform Management - 3476162

Goldman Sachs•Salt Lake, UT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This Associate, Platform Management role at Goldman Sachs and Co. LLC in Salt Lake City, Utah, is responsible for daily liquidity management, assessing current and future funding requirements, and preparing liquidity recommendations for investor actions. The position involves creating and implementing liquidity models to optimize fund performance and avoid cash drag. Key duties include monitoring investment pacing, analyzing investable capital for funds and separately managed accounts, and presenting recommendations to the deal team. The Associate will also participate in portfolio launches, restructuring, and rebalances, monitor Asset Backed Loan workflows, and perform allocation analysis for new deal activity. A significant aspect of the role is driving scale and enhanced fund performance through continuous improvement initiatives and acting as a point person for testing new system applications. The role is expected to progress to include oversight for a subset of functions, ensuring accurate analyses and timely deliverables.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Economics, Finance, or a related analytical field.
Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related role.
Three (3) years of experience with: using advanced Excel to manage thousands of data inputs to conduct data-driven analysis in order to create financial models and recommendations.
Three (3) years of experience with: Project Management skillset to create design requirements, track progress, deliver milestones, navigate matrixed group of stakeholders, and ensure successful delivery of strategic change.
Three (3) years of experience with: financial acumen to prepare cash flows and performance metrics that impact Investor returns and product performance.
Three (3) years of experience with: utilizing knowledge of Risk Management framework and associated controls to assess risk of financial products and recommend action such as adjusting risk reserve, altering risk profile & projection, and raising red flags.
Three (3) years of experience with: utilizing knowledge of Data Management practices and Technology associated with data organization and visualization to maintain data quality and initiate optimization/enhancement of data flows to improve the quality and efficiency of analysis and reporting.
Three (3) years of experience with: communicating updates impactfully with senior colleagues and Investment team professionals.

Responsibilities

Perform daily liquidity management function to assess current and future funding requirements.
Prepare Liquidity recommendations for Investor actions and work with stakeholder teams (Investment Team, Controllers, Operations) to approve and execute the calling or distributing capital.
Create and implement liquidity models to achieve best in class fund performance and avoid cash drag by optimizing balances.
Monitor and prepare investment pacing and investable capital analysis for a subset of actively investing funds and separately managed accounts.
Present recommendations to the deal team.
Participate in activities related to portfolio launches, restructuring and rebalances.
Monitor Asset Backed Loan workflows and optimize cash to enhance fund performance.
Perform allocation analysis for new deal activity and present recommendations to the Allocation Working Group (AWG) for approval.
Deliver scale and enhanced fund performance through execution of self-identified and “continuous improvement” initiatives.
Act as a point person in testing new system applications as the platform scales.
Progress to oversight for a subset of functions ensuring analyses have been prepared correctly and deliverables are being met on time.