Goldman Sachs Asset Management - Asset Finance - Vice President - London

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment firm is seeking a Vice President for Asset Finance in London. This role involves sourcing and evaluating asset-backed finance opportunities, alongside leading transaction teams. The ideal candidate will have 6-8 years of experience in asset-backed finance with a strong understanding of financial modeling and credit judgment. You will mentor junior team members and collaborate with various departments, including legal and compliance, to drive objectives. This position offers competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Competitive vacation policies

Financial wellness support

On-site fitness centers

Childcare services

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years experience in asset-backed finance or structured credit.
• Prior experience at leading alternative asset manager or private credit platform.
• Demonstrated experience with private asset-backed transactions.

Responsibilities

• Source and evaluate asset-backed finance opportunities.
• Lead transaction execution and deal teams.
• Conduct collateral analysis and stress testing.

Skills

Advanced financial modelling and cash-flow analysis skills

Strong structuring mindset with a focus on downside protection and capital preservation

Excellent credit judgment

Clear, concise communicator

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Masters, MBA, CFA, or equivalent

Job description

Goldman Sachs Asset Management - Asset Finance - Vice President - London

Job Description

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $3 trillion in assets under supervision. As the primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for insurance companies, pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, financial advisors, and individuals.

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management (GSAM) is an opportunity to work with clients across the globe. As part of one of the world’s leading asset managers you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about excellence in our work, our clients, and building sustainable success.

Asset Finance Overview:

Asset Finance is a growth area within GSAM Private Credit platform. Asset Finance is a global team specializing in asset-backed credit facilities, secured on physical and/or financial collateral. Broad range of investment mandate include consumer loans, diversified real estate (residential & CRE), commercial credit (SME, equipment leases, trade receivables), fund finance, digital infrastructure (data centers, GPU financing, fiber etc.). The team invests across the capital structure for third-party managed client capital / funds.

This is an opportunity to play an important role in the growth of our global asset finance platform and to get exposure to a global team and its full spectrum of investment activities.

Responsibilities:

Origination, Execution: Source and evaluate asset-backed finance opportunities across sectors; lead end-to-end transaction execution and deal teams across underwriting, structuring, diligence, internal IC process, closing

• Structuring Expertise: Design scalable financing solutions such as private securitisations and forward-flow agreements; negotiating economics, covenants, and structural protections
• Risk Assessment: Conduct detailed collateral analysis and stress testing; build and review cash-flow and structural models to assess expected performance, and downside protection
• Asset Management: Prepare / oversee investment committee materials, portfolio reviews, and performance reports for senior leadership, ensuring alignment with risk/return objectives and capital efficiency
• Leadership & Collaboration: Mentor junior team members and collaborate with cross-functional teams including legal, compliance, tax, and risk, as well as capital formation teams to drive platform objectives

Experience & Qualifications Required:

• Principal investing candidate with 6 to 8 years of experience in asset-backed finance. structured credit or specialty finance
• Prior investing experience at a leading alternative asset manager, private credit platform, or specialty finance lender
• Demonstrated execution experience across private asset-backed transactions / private securitizations
• Deep familiarity with ABF asset classes such as consumer loans, auto finance, credit cards, receivables, equipment leasing, diversified residential loans/CRE or other specialty collateral, and/or fund finance
• Strong understanding of bankruptcy-remote structures, cash-flow waterfalls, and legal documentation
• Experience working third-party diligence providers, external counsels and rating agencies
• Bachelor’s degree required; Masters, MBA, CFA, or equivalent preferred
• Advanced financial modelling and cash-flow analysis skills
• Strong structuring mindset with a focus on downside protection and capital preservation
• Excellent credit judgment and ability to evaluate complex risk profiles
• Proven ability to independently lead transactions and manage multiple deals simultaneously
• Clear, concise communicator with strong investment memo and presentation skills
• Commercial orientation with appreciation for scale, repeatability, and long-term partnerships

Key Skills Required:

• Advanced financial modelling and cash-flow analysis skills
• Strong structuring mindset with a focus on downside protection and capital preservation
• Excellent credit judgment and ability to evaluate complex risk profiles
• Proven ability to independently lead transactions and manage multiple deals simultaneously
• Clear, concise communicator with strong investment memo and presentation skills
• Commercial orientation with appreciation for scale, repeatability, and long-term partnerships

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. We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html © The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2025. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Locations

• London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Healthcare & Medical Services

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

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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