Job Description
GSAM
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is one of the world’s leading investment managers. GSAM provides institutional and individual investors with investment and advisory solutions, with strategies spanning asset classes, industries, and geographies. We help our clients navigate today’s dynamic markets, and identify the opportunities that shape their portfolios and long-term investment goals. We extend these global capabilities to the world’s leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, individuals and family offices.
OUR IMPACT
AWM Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all areas of the firm to deliver banking, sales, trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the world. Alongside this vital service delivery role, AWM Operations provides essential risk management and control to preserve and enhance the firm's assets and its reputation.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) delivers innovative investment solutions through a global, multi-product platform that offers clients the advantages that come with working with a large firm, while maintaining the benefits of a boutique. GSAM is one of the pre-eminent investment management organizations globally. Critical to the success of GSAM is our ability to leverage a global team of talented professionals to define solutions and lead change across the operational infrastructure.
The purpose of the European Shareholder Services team is to provide World Class Client Service to Investors in the GSAM Offshore Funds and to assist the GSAM Sales force in their Global Funds distribution effort. Within European Shareholder Services, Client Onboarding works with clients investing GSAM's Offshore funds from the decision to invest through to funding, ensuring a smooth and seamless onboarding process.
How You Will Fulfill Your Potential
The role is within the Platform Support area of the ESS team working on process improvements, providing business support, responding to reporting requirements, coordinating enhancements, and client or platform implementations. Specifically, the ideal candidate will be responsible for the following functions:
- Implementation of automated trading, settlement, reporting and service solutions to investors
- Increasing automation, scalability, and outsourcing of tasks to external vendors with appropriate controls and cost efficiencies
- Providing support in the resolution of daily issues and reporting requirements
- Co-ordination of new product launches and set-up on internal and external systems and platforms, working closely with distribution services, product development and the funds group teams
- The candidate will be required to work with people at all levels within the division and cover both day to day and project related tasks
- Ensure accuracy of data quality flowing downstream with other teams within shareholder services
- Provide consistent updates to management on ongoing initiatives
- Maintaining a relationship with vendors and fund platforms as the main point of contact
Basic Qualifications
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Bachelor’s degree with good academic record or equivalent gained through relevant work experience
- High level of accuracy and the ability to maintain this standard whilst under pressure
- Excellent communication, organisation, and multi-tasking skills with ability to set own priorities
- Highly motivated and independent but also able to work within a team
- Exposure to a fast paced environment with the need to remain in control of different items
- Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks as necessary
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of open ended mutual funds
- Integrations/Implementations experience
- Knowledge of API capabilities
- Knowledge of JIRA capabilities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience in the finance/asset management industry
About Goldman Sachs
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
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