Asset & Wealth Management, Alternatives Capital Formation, Co-Investment Team, Analyst - NY

Job Description

Position: Alternatives Capital Formation, Analyst (Co-Investment Team)

Location: 200 West Street, New York, NY

About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the world's leading asset managers with over $2 trillion in assets under supervision. As a primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors, and individuals.

Alternatives Capital Formation (ACF) is a part of the Client Solutions Group (CSG) within Asset & Wealth Management (AWM). ACF manages capital raising and strategy for alternatives investments across the full spectrum of alternatives including private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, growth equity, sustainability, secondaries, GP stakes, and hedge funds / liquid alternatives. Within ACF, team members work within distinct product verticals and partner with investment teams, CSG, and wealth management, to drive and identify solutions for clients. This specific role sits within ACF's Co-Investments vertical.


The Co-Investment Team within ACF coordinates the syndication of co-investment opportunities to AWM's key investor base, enabling these clients to invest alongside Goldman Sachs in private investments across all major asset classes. In addition, the Co-Investment Team plays a significant role in the structuring of the firm's investments, working with the investment deal teams and investor clients, as well as various functional areas within the firm and across divisions (Global Markets and Banking, wealth management, etc.).

The work is deal and investor focused, with access to a wide range of businesses, industries, investment structures and investor types. The team follows the full life cycle of the deal execution process - getting involved with deal structuring, investor targeting, marketing of the investment to external clients, book-building and allocation process, negotiation with investors on terms and economics, coordination of funding and closing of the investment, as well as ongoing client updates on investment performance and coordination of investment exits alongside GS.

ANALYST

Principal Responsibilities:

• Marketing and Fundraising: Assist with all aspects of the marketing and syndication of new co-investments to clients across all alternatives investment strategies (private equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, growth equity, sustainable investing) on a deal by deal basis
• Client Engagement and Investor Relations: Client investor interaction with new and existing investors on new co-investment opportunities, ongoing investment portfolio updates and client investor requests, and ad hoc client projects
• Due Diligence Support: Help prepare marketing materials for co-investment offerings and support investor due diligence, including fulfillment of client investor inquiries, and manage and organize data rooms
• Cross Functional Coordination: Collaborate with stakeholders across ACF, investment teams, client advisors, and fund administration, operations, legal / compliance and tax functions to successfully close co-investment syndications, including marketing / due diligence, legal documentation, and operations / funding workstreams
• Internal Reporting: Prepare internally reporting related to the co-investment platform, including tracking co-investment activity by deal, by investor, by investment strategy, as well as analyses / updates on client investor relationships and activity levels for senior AWM and firm leadership

Skills & Qualifications:

• Excellent communication (written and oral), analytical and interpersonal skills
• Strong judgment and problem-solving capabilities
• Attention to detail with proven experience of delivering high levels of accuracy
• Strong organizational skills to manage production of a high volume of quality work within tight timeframes, including multiple simultaneous projects
• Teamwork orientation and self-motivation, demonstrating a willingness to take on more responsibility over time
• Background in quantitative field / area of study preferred