Asset & Wealth Management, Portfolio Management, FX Trading Analyst, New York
About The Position
The FX Trading Analyst will join the Platform Management team within Portfolio Management at Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management, focusing on analytics and trading across foreign exchange and interest rates. The role supports macro risk management across AWM Private portfolios by using divisional tools to facilitate FX deal execution and interpret FX delta and interest rate risk. It contributes to risk management, workflow improvement, cross-team collaboration, and tooling innovation. The successful candidate will work closely with the trading team, investment teams, capital markets, investor relations, Portfolio Strategy, external counsel, and sell-side derivatives counterparties. The position supports hedging programs and portfolio risk strategies, manages trade-related workflows and documentation, and helps ensure new funds are operationally and legally prepared to trade derivatives.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in FX, interest rate, or other market risk management product areas.
- Understanding of FX and interest rate trading workflows and operational controls.
- Ability to analyze complex data sets and extract meaningful conclusions.
- Experience using financial and analytical tools to access and manipulate portfolio information.
- Proven ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working directly with clients and internal stakeholders to explain hedging strategies.
Responsibilities
- Assist in developing, implementing, and executing FX and interest rate hedging programs across AWM Private fund strategies and structures.
- Use divisional tools to access, analyze, and interpret portfolio data, providing actionable insights to the platform management and trading team.
- Work with the trading team daily and own workflow responsibilities related to exposure management and timely, accurate order management.
- Partner with investment teams to assist in implementing and executing risk management strategies for AWM Private portfolio companies.
- Work with external counsel to negotiate ISDA, CSA, and other trading-related documentation with sell-side counterparties.
- Develop and grow relationships with sell-side derivatives counterparties.
- Collaborate with internal capital markets teams to maximize wallet share across key counterparties for AWM Private.
- Maintain a pipeline of new fund launches and ensure funds are legally and operationally prepared to trade FX and interest rate derivatives.
- Partner with the trading team to provide insights on counterparties to prioritize for new trading opportunities, using historical trading data and broader relationship fact patterns.
- Liaise with the Portfolio Strategy team to ensure macro risk strategy is implemented effectively for each portfolio.
- Contribute to the design and enhancement of divisional tools and support innovation and process-improvement initiatives.
- Identify, escalate, and help mitigate operational risks within trading processes, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility for active employees as of fiscal year-end.
- Competitive benefits and wellness offerings, including training and development opportunities, firmwide networks, and personal finance and mindfulness programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
