Goldman Sachs India | Asset & Wealth Management- MAS PMR - Associate- Bengaluru

Core responsibilities

• The successful candidate will become a member of our Bengaluru Portfolio Management team within MAS, responsible for management and construction of multi-asset class portfolios and investment strategies in line with MAS investment philosophy, client guidelines and regulatory constraints.
• This role is highly analytical and detail-oriented, focusing on managing investment exposures across many asset classes and investment strategies.
• The Bengaluru-based team is a fully- integrated front-office investing function, operating on an equal footing to peer teams globally.
• Advisors, understanding our clients’ priorities and poised to help provide investment advice and strategies that make sense for their portfolio.
• Managing multi-asset class portfolios in line with client guidelines, internal investment policies, and regulatory constraints.
• Creating investment and portfolio construction frameworks across asset classes, enhancing expertise in terms of investment alternatives.
• Managing portfolio risk across various investment vehicles and product desks, including exposure, currency and cash management, investment manager/vehicle oversight.
• Managing derivative-based overlay strategies to enhance risk management profile of overall portfolios and/or capture market risk premia.
• Reviewing new portfolio design and investment strategies for client portfolio suitability, with specific focus on our ability to effectively manage and implement such portfolios and strategies.
• Providing PM's review and sign offs on new business and investment opportunities and leading strategic planning for effectuating the portfolio management, trading and risk management processes.
• Leading small to medium-sized projects aimed at enhancing trading and risk management processes, infrastructure and analytics to further empower the team’s oversight over portfolio management activities and mitigate trading risks.
• Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, we provide clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance.
• Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success.
• Structuring trades to facilitate portfolio activity across asset classes (equities, fixed income, currencies, alternatives) and instruments (futures, forwards, ETFs, options, swaps, funds).
• Working closely with senior PMs to execute strategic and dynamic investment ideas with consistency and scale, including determining optimal instruments to trade based on client-specific, regulatory and market- related considerations.
• Structuring trades across asset classes to manage the portfolio in line with hedging and flow considerations, in collaboration with AWM’s trading desk.
• Participating and at times serving as a project lead in complex portfolio events, including onboarding of new client mandates, fund launches and portfolio restructurings, requiring coordination across multiple internal investment teams throughout the firm, as well as external managers and trading counterparties.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of investment management experience, with successful track record of employing qualities and functional abilities referenced above.
• Experience in working within a dynamic, global team; demonstrated leadership potential.
• Advanced degree or CFA designation preferred.
• Detail-oriented and organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Intelligent, creative, with good problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong interest in the financial markets, good investment awareness, intermediate or advanced knowledge of asset allocation principles and of factor investing approaches.
• Ability to communicate investment strategies and rationales to audiences of varying levels of sophistication.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint; Bloomberg, Reuters or financial data systems knowledge preferred.
• Master's Degree or equivalent preferred
• Excellent project management skills

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking, securities and asset and wealth management firm, founded in New York in 1869.

Its Indian offices work on engineering, operations, finance, risk and other global functions. Finance professionals typically join controllers, tax, treasury, loan operations and risk teams.

• Industry: Investment banking, securities and asset & wealth management
• Headquarters: New York, USA
• In India: Offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai