GBM, Investment Banking Associate, Secondaries/Sponsor M&A - New York

About the role

The Sponsor M&A Group is a key team within M&A at Goldman Sachs, focused on covering financial sponsor clients and their portfolio companies. We cover clients across all industries and provide M&A, financing and other corporate finance solutions utilizing dedicated resources. The Sponsor M&A Group has built a leading Secondary Advisory business that provides strategic advice to sponsor clients on a range of general partner (GP) led secondary transactions, including Single and Multi-Asset Continuation Funds, Strip Sales, Tender Offers and other related structures. The Secondary Advisory business is fully integrated within M&A and Sponsor / Industry Coverage, enabling the team to provide clients with differentiated insight and service. The team has unique experience in structuring and executing GP-led transactions, having helped develop many of the technologies utilized in today’s market.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside senior professionals to execute secondary transactions at every stage of the deal process
• Prepare presentation materials tailored for prospective clients
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on potential transactions using various financial and industry analyses
• Assist in creating transaction marketing materials, including financial models, investor presentations, confidential information memorandums, and process letters
• Support the logistics of capital raising and investor due diligence activities, such as managing online data rooms, organizing meetings and calls, handling investor requests, and gathering investor feedback
• Maintain multiple information databases and monitored market data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• History of outstanding academic achievement
• Effective presentation, communication, and writing skills
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task
• Highly collaborative and motivated to work as part of a team
• Strong quantitative and analytical background; experience in modeling and valuation techniques is a plus
• Demonstrated interest in private equity and other alternative investment strategies

Pay

The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $150,000–$225,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.