GBM - Private - Investment Banking Associate, Industrials - Chicago

Role Responsibilities

Our Associates play an important role in developing and strengthening our client relationships, participating on our advisory teams and in structuring and executing a full range of financial transactions. Their responsibilities include:

• Creating and analyzing financial models
• Organizing and preparing client presentations
• Helping manage transaction processes
• Aiding in the structuring of transactions
• Gaining exposure to the firm's businesses and expanding knowledge of the investment banking industry
• Developing key analytical, communications, and marketing skills
• Working on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions and fixed income and equity issuances
• Organizing and preparing presentations to explain industry trends, assess clients' situations, and recommend strategies to meet client goals
• Cooking up deals with teams of tax advisors, attorneys, and bankers for various transactions
• Leading due diligence processes and actively participating in the negotiations of legal documentation
• Maintaining client communication and helping Goldman Sachs structure client transactions

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' investment banking or equivalent experience
• History of outstanding academic and professional achievement
• Strong team orientation and a demonstrated ability to work effectively with team members in multiple groups and regions
• Previous Industrials sector experience preferred

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.

We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: here.

© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2024. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The expected base salary for this Chicago, Illinois, United States-based position is $150000-$215000. 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.