Transaction Banking, Escrow Transaction Manager, Vice President

Goldman Sachs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in New York seeks a Vice President (VP) for Escrow Product Management to lead growth, structuring, and financial performance of our Escrow and DACA product suite globally. You will influence deal structuring, client coverage, and compliance across the end-to-end lifecycle.

This role sits at the intersection of product management, legal, and operations, partnering with Relationship Managers, Operations, and Legal Counsel to deliver bespoke escrow solutions while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• JD, MBA or equivalent advanced degree highly preferred.
• 7+ years in Transaction Banking, Corporate Trust, Escrow Services, or similar role.
• Deep understanding of capital market transactions related to escrow and DACA.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams.

Responsibilities

• Deal structuring in collaboration with Coverage, IB, and legal to create complex escrow arrangements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate Escrow and DACA agreements with client and bank needs in mind.
• Assist with product roadmap and lifecycle management for the escrow suite.
• Maintain regulatory compliance, KYC/AML controls, and risk governance across deals.

Skills

Deal structuring

Regulatory compliance

P&L management

Cross-functional leadership

Client coverage

Risk management

Communication

Escrow expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or Business

Juris Doctor (JD) or MBA

Job description

Transaction Banking

Our mission is simple: provide a global transaction banking platform that is nimble, secure, and easy for clients use.

We have delivered a modern, digital-first transaction banking platform to serve GS’ varied client base. Our business combines the strength, heritage, and expertise of a 150-year-old firm with the agility and entrepreneurial spirit of a tech start-up designed to solve some of the most complex operational needs in the industry. We aim to help our clients achieve Working Capital efficiency gains by optimizing their short term liquidity needs and simplifying their Cash Management operations.

We do so by delivering a best-in-class digital solution that helps clients manage their liquidity movements, foreign exchange and payments enabling international treasury operations and commerce.

We’re a team of diverse Treasury and Payments specialists helping our clients solution and build for the future.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical, commercially driven, and legally astute Vice President (VP), Escrow Product Management to assist in leading the growth, structuring, and financial performance of our Escrow and DACA product suite globally. Reporting directly to the Head of Escrow, you will contribute towards the product's P&L, driving both fee-based revenue and deposit balance growth and ensuring that product meets all deal execution timelines.

In this role, you will sit at the intersection of product management, deal structuring, and client coverage. You will partner closely with Relationship Managers (Coverage), Operations, and Legal Counsel to structure, negotiate, and execute complex, bespoke escrow transactions for corporate clients, private equity firms, and financial institutions. The ideal candidate possesses a deep understanding of transaction banking, corporate trust, or escrow services, combined with the technical expertise to navigate complex legal agreements.

Key Responsibilities

1. Deal Structuring & Coverage Partnership

• Bespoke Deal Structuring: Partner closely with Coverage, Investment Banking, Internal and external legal counsel to structure complex escrow arrangements, including M&A transactions, private placements, litigation settlements, project finance, and regulatory escrows.
• Legal & Documentation Alignment: Collaborate with internal Legal and Operations teams to draft, review, and negotiate customized Escrow Agreements, ensuring they meet client needs while protecting the bank's risk profile.
• Sales Enablement: Act as a product Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Coverage teams, providing technical guidance, structuring advice, and participating in high-value client pitches and RFP responses.

2. Product Strategy & Lifecycle Management

• Product Roadmap: Assist with the strategic roadmap for the Escrow product suite, identifying opportunities to digitize and scale the offering.
• Operational Efficiency: Work with Operations stakeholders to assist in the standardization of documentation templates, streamline onboarding workflows, and automate manual transaction controls to reduce time-to-market for new deals.

3. Risk, Governance & Compliance

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all escrow and DACA transactions comply with relevant federal, state, and international regulations.
• Risk Mitigation: Implement robust risk management practices, ensuring proper operational controls, transaction monitoring, and strict adherence to Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) guidelines.
• Fiduciary Governance: Maintain a strong control environment, ensuring all escrow accounts are managed in strict accordance with governing escrow instructions.
• Escrow and DACA payment lifecycle: Ensure all escrow and DACA payments are correctly documented and actioned by appropriate.
• Risk Mitigation: Ensure manual payment controls are met and evolve with business.
• Client communication: Act as primary contact for both clients and internal teams ensuring timely receipt of information as well payment processing.

4. Operational Oversight

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field; a Juris Doctor (JD), MBA, or equivalent advanced degree is highly preferred.
• Experience: 7+ years of experience in Transaction Banking, Corporate Trust, Escrow Services, or a specialized legal/structuring role.
• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of Capital market transactions that give rise to escrow and DACA structures, transaction flows, and the legal mechanics of Escrow and DACA Agreements, SPAs (Share Purchase Agreements).
• Financial Acumen: Proven track record of contributing to a product P&L, with a strong grasp of balance sheet drivers, fee structures, and pricing strategies.
• Collaboration & Influence: Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to build consensus across Coverage, Legal, Risk, Operations, and Technology.
• Communication: Superb written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal and structural concepts into clear, commercial solutions for clients and internal stakeholders.

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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Salary Range

The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $125000-$250000. 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 available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.