Global Banking & Markets - Policy & Documentation - Prime & Futures Negotiator - Vice President - New York

About the Firm

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base, including corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in major financial centers worldwide, such as London, Singapore, Dallas, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

About Global Markets

Our core value is building strong relationships with institutional clients, such as corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We assist them in buying and selling financial products on global exchanges, raising funding, and managing risk. This dynamic, entrepreneurial team thrives in fast-paced, changing environments and is energized by a bustling trading floor.

About the Role

The Policy & Documentation (P&D) team is seeking documentation professionals to negotiate a broad variety of trading and regulatory documentation for Prime Brokerage & Futures Clients. The ideal candidate holds a legal qualification and has 5 or more years of experience in prime and futures trading documentation.

The team is responsible for providing outstanding service by engaging with clients, understanding their trading activity and strategy, and handling all aspects of relevant trading documentation negotiation. This role is essential in creating and maintaining trading relationships with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end negotiation of a wide range of trading and operational agreements, including prime brokerage agreements, futures agreements, CDEA, ISDA/CSA, MCA, and related regulatory initial margin documents.
• Review legal opinions on netting and collateral enforceability, including liaising with external counsel.
• Develop and execute bespoke negotiation strategies that balance client objectives with firm-wide risk, legal, and commercial considerations.
• Independently manage complex or sensitive negotiations with high-profile institutional clients, ensuring effective communication, issue resolution, and timely execution.
• Partner closely with the Prime business, particularly the New Business Group, to support client onboarding, new product approval, and strategic business initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement across documentation processes, policy, and best practices, including mentoring junior team members and leading training or knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Provide clear, timely guidance to internal stakeholders—such as trading, sales, client services, credit, treasury, and operations—on master documentation queries and risk considerations.
• Identify control gaps, assess operational and legal risks, and propose pragmatic solutions to enhance process effectiveness and consistency across the documentation franchise.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships to support strategic initiatives, consensus-building, and the successful execution of complex client or regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, JD, or equivalent legal qualification, with at least five years of experience in a Legal or Trading Documentation role within Prime Brokerage, Futures, Derivatives, or a related function.
• Strong technical knowledge of key documentation types and legal entity structures, including funds, insurance companies, pension schemes, and alternative investment vehicles.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and review detailed legal documents with precision, commercial awareness, and strong attention to detail, particularly under time pressure.
• Ability to maintain consistency across large documentation portfolios and sound judgment on escalation points.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and articulate legal and commercial issues clearly.
• High degree of motivation and ownership, with a genuine enthusiasm for developing deep expertise in Prime Brokerage and Futures documentation.
• Flexible, proactive, and able to navigate evolving priorities in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and curiosity about Prime Brokerage and Futures products, client strategies, and market developments.
• Proficiency with internal systems, document management platforms, and workflow tools, with the ability to adapt quickly to new technologies.

Pay

The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $100,000–$235,000. 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 valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings. A summary of these offerings, available to active, non-temporary, full-time, and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, includes:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings plans and employer contributions.
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
• Parental leave and family care support.
• Wellness programs and mental health resources.
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement.