External Product Specialists

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Associate in Capital Call Finance to support private bank clients with fund financing solutions. This role involves evaluating transactions, developing credit products, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure compliance. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and 3+ years of relevant experience.

Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

Competitive vacation policies

Financial Wellness & Retirement savings

Fitness reimbursements

On-site child care services

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant experience in underwriting, lending, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of fund finance and financial modeling.
• Flexible, self-motivated, with good team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate risk and economic implications of transactions.
• Develop credit solutions while adhering to acceptable risk parameters.
• Document loan structures and ensure compliance with underwriting standards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication

Education

CPA or CFA

Job description

Asset & Wealth Management, Private Bank, Capital Call Finance, Associate - New York location_on New York, New York, United States

Wealth Management

Across Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world to reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Our consumer business provides digital solutions for customers to better spend, borrow, invest, and save. Across Wealth Management, our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and customers, and leading-edge technology, data and design.

Goldman Sachs Private Bank provides competitive borrowing and cash management solutions from Goldman Sachs Bank USA that are strategically integrated with our client’s wealth management goals. Our experienced team partners with PWAs to advise clients on new loans, refinancing and restructuring of existing loans along with overall liability management. Our lenders and mortgage specialists provide a wide range of creative borrowing solutions against asset classes ranging from marketable securities and alternative investments, residential and commercial real estate to more tailored solutions against private assets such as aviation, fine art or vineyards. All team members are employees of Goldman Sachs Bank, USA

Capital Call Financing (CCF)

The Private Lending Capital Call Financing team provides fund-level financing in the form of capital call / subscription facilities collateralized by the uncalled capital of a fund’s limited partners. These facilities enhance fund returns, accelerate access to capital, reduce capital call frequency, and bridge to asset-secured leverage. The CCF business is an integral part of the Private Bank’s alternative asset lending capabilities, enabling the Bank to offer credit facilities at both the GP investor level for personal liquidity and cash flow management and the fund level to enhance financial flexibility throughout a fund’s life.

CCF Underwritingassesses, documents, and monitors the credit and business risks incurred in CCF transactions. The underwriting process includes a thorough analysis of the private equity fund sponsor, the collateral (limited partners committing to the fund), and the loan structure. CCF Underwriting also ensures that the underwriting standards approved by the bank are adhered to in the loan approval process, with exceptions appropriately mitigated and documented.

Private Lending is a part of GS Private Bank (PB), which is a business initiative of Goldman Sachs. CCF employees are employees of Goldman Sachs Bank USA.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Evaluateall risk and economic implications of transactions, using strong analytical and technical skills
• Advise and develop credit solutions for clients that meet their needs and remain within acceptable risk parameters for the Bank
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the CCF product offered in Private Lending. Ensure consistency in the underwriting process and with the standards prescribed in the Lending Guide
• Diligence private equity fund and sponsor track records, financials, LPs, PPMs, and LPAs across various strategies (e.g., buyout, real estate, infrastructure, etc.)
• Build and maintain borrowing base certificates and credit / financial models
• Evaluate the credit implications of complex structured loans
• Document the loan structure and analysis for credit approval and file documentation purposes
• Ensure that loan documentation is consistent with the approved terms and that appropriate risk ratings are assigned to each loan transaction
• Confirm compliance with all covenant and collateral monitoring procedures
• Ensure that loan approvals and policy exceptions are documented appropriately and that credit files are maintained in a satisfactory manner
• Interact with banking regulators on an as needed basis. Provide other support of GS Bank USA’s loan portfolio as requested
• Foster strong communication with clients, Credit Risk Management, PWM teams, and GS Bank USA personnel

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• CPA or CFA a plus
• 3+ years of relevant work experience (underwriting, lending, commercial banking, private banking, investment banking, investor relations, private equity, and/or credit roles) and a strong understanding of fund finance
• Detailed knowledge of financial accounting, analysis, and modeling
• Strong project management, multi-tasking, and work organization skills
• Flexible, personable, confident, and self-motivated while focusing on being a team player
• Desire to be part of a dynamic and growing business
• No licensing required for this role

Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $85000-$160000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally availableto active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here .

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

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 Services

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).

Child Care & Family Care

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.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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