Asset & Wealth Management

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential, while you discover your own. As part of one of the world's leading asset managers with over $2 trillion in assets under supervision, you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions, and building meaningful relationships with your clients. 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. Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As 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.

Multi Asset Solutions (MAS) is a multi-asset class investing group that sits within the Asset Management Division at Goldman Sachs. It designs and develops comprehensive investment management solutions customized to meet the investment objectives and relevant constraints of clients. These solutions bring together state-of-the-art techniques for multi-asset and liability-hedging portfolio design and reflect proprietary research and analytics conducted by the MAS team. With investment professionals across the globe, MAS invests or advises on assets for some of the world's leading corporations, sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, governments, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, and family offices.

Role

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate would become a member of the Lead Portfolio Management (LPM) Team within Multi-Asset Solutions (MAS) , predominantly working with North American corporate pension and insurance clients. The candidate would be responsible for leading the design, management, and communication of multi-asset class whole-of-wallet portfolios.

This role is client-facing and highly analytical, focusing on developing, investing, managing and communicating bespoke strategic asset allocations for clients.

Core responsibilities include:

• Advise clients and oversee implementation of strategic and implementation issues, such as asset allocation, investment manager / vehicle selection and oversight, risk / performance management and evaluation, and research on investment management strategies
• Lead day-to-day portfolio management for pensions and insurers, including strategic asset allocation analysis, portfolio construction optimization, and custom liability-hedging & asset-liability matching analysis
• In coordination with dedicated client relationship coverage, assist in client management including presenting results and ideas Investment Committee reviews, addressing client investment needs, proposing new strategies aimed at enhancing portfolio characteristics
• Lead enhancement of Canadian asset liability infrastructure in partnership with dedicated MAS liability strategists
• Support content development including client and prospect presentation books (including Investment Committee reviews), request for proposals, and other investment-related analyses

Other required skills/experience :

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mathematics, Economics, Finance, or related quantitative field
• Relevant actuarial designation
• 6+ years of relevant experience (relevant experience includes institutional investing, portfolio management, pension risk management, and insurance asset or liability management)
• Experience with Canadian pension actuarial and/or investment portfolios a plus
• Experience in either constructing multi-asset portfolios, pension risk management, insurance asset or liability management
• Experience leading client discussions, with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience leading and multi-tasking across internal and external projects in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented and meticulous, with strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Intelligent, creative, with good problem-solving abilities
• Strong understanding of portfolio investment metrics and characteristics (including that of multi-asset and liability-hedging portfolios)
• Expert in Excel and PowerPoint, including creating and providing detailed review of bespoke data analysis and presentations
• CFA designation a plus

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