Asset Management, Platform Management, Analyst / Associate, Dallas

Platform Management Overview

The Alternatives Portfolio Management Group focuses on optimizing investor performance and experience. Within this group, the Platform Management team drives day‑to‑day portfolio decision‑making and partners with investment teams, capital markets, engineering, and investor relations to achieve superior outcomes for Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management (GS AWM) clients.

Key Responsibilities – Fund Management

• Perform daily liquidity management and prepare forecasts to evaluate current and projected funding needs.
• Develop liquidity recommendations and collaborate with stakeholders to execute capital activity and leverage facility actions.
• Conduct attribution analysis to break down historical portfolio returns and drive improvements in performance and risk management.
• Monitor investment guidelines and concentration limits, evaluate investment pacing, and analyze investable capital across actively investing funds and separately managed accounts.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to advise on fundraising and fund‑structure creation.
• Track, report, and analyze detailed performance metrics.
• Facilitate portfolio allocations, deal execution, deal closing, and harvesting activities.
• Partner with internal groups and external advisors to resolve legal, compliance, tax, accounting, and operational matters.
• Drive fund and investment rebalancing across new fund‑launch closes.
• Coordinate with the fund management team on capital calls, cash distributions, and investor and regulatory reporting on fund performance.
• Support ad‑hoc requests from senior management, including data management, reporting, and presentations.
• Assist in responding to compliance and regulatory inquiries.
• Create management presentations and prepare analyses in support of ad‑hoc requests.
• Support and advance technology initiatives related to the above responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities – Deal & Structuring Management

• Facilitate portfolio allocations, deal execution, deal closing, and harvesting activities.
• Partner with internal groups and external advisors to resolve legal, compliance, tax, accounting, and operational matters.
• Drive fund and investment rebalancing across new fund‑launch closes.
• Coordinate with the fund management team on capital calls, cash distributions, and investor and regulatory reporting on fund performance.
• Support ad‑hoc requests from senior management, including data management, reporting, and presentations.
• Assist in responding to compliance and regulatory inquiries.
• Create management presentations and prepare analyses in support of ad‑hoc requests.
• Support and advance technology initiatives related to the above responsibilities.

Required Experience

• 1–4 years of experience in a financial services setting.
• Strong analytical orientation.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work across internal and external teams.
• Financial acumen to prepare cash flows and performance metrics that impact investor returns and product performance.
• Self‑starter with a strong desire to succeed in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure, results‑driven environment.
• Strong judgment and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in a small team, exhibit initiative, and be proactive.
• Collaborative team player.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.