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Asset & Wealth Management- MAS PMR - Associate- Bengaluru

Goldman Sachs · Posted Oct 8

Investment banking, securities, asset management, and wealth management services

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaFull-timeOnsiteMid Level3–5 years₹30.0L–₹50.0L yearly100+ applicants
Investment BankingFinancial ServicesAsset ManagementWealth ManagementCapital MarketsPublic Company
Full time

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About the role

Multi Asset Solutions (MAS) is a multi-asset class investing group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management that designs and develops comprehensive investment solutions customized to client objectives and constraints, drawing on proprietary research and analytics. It invests or advises on assets for corporations, sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, governments, financial institutions, endowments and foundations. The Bengaluru Portfolio Management team is a fully-integrated front-office investing function, and this role covers construction and management of multi-asset class portfolios, trade structuring across equities, fixed income, currencies and alternatives, and portfolio risk and overlay management.

What you will do

  • Managing multi-asset class portfolios in line with client guidelines, internal investment policies, and regulatory constraints. Exercise leadership qualities and judgement, with expectation of being able to perform key portfolio management responsibilities within a few months after joining.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Structuring trades across asset classes to manage the portfolio in line with hedging and flow considerations, in collaboration with AWM’s trading desk.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Skills used in this role

ExcelPowerPointBloombergReutersquantitative analysisasset allocationfactor investingrisk managementportfolio managementproject managementleadershipcommunicationproblem solvingfinancial data systems

What the employer is looking for

  • Master's Degree or equivalent preferred
  • 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
  • Quantitative analysis and skillset
  • Detail-oriented and organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
  • A self-starter able to work independently and thrive in a team environment
  • Consistently positive attitude and eagerness to work in a team-centric environment
  • Intelligent, creative, with good problem-solving abilities
  • Risk management and control orientation
  • Excellent project management skills
  • 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.

Benefits and support

  • Training and development opportunities and firmwide networks
  • Wellness and personal finance offerings
  • Mindfulness programs

About Goldman Sachs

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services across investment banking, securities, investment management, and consumer banking to a diverse client base. Established in 1869 and headquartered in New York City, the firm serves corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide.

Industry
Investment Banking
Company size
47400+ employees
Founded
1869
Location
New York, New York, USA
Funding stage
Public Company

Leadership

DS
David Solomon

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

JW
John Waldron

President and Chief Operating Officer