Risk, Credit Risk (Hedge Fund), Associate, New York

Responsibilities

• Audit the credit and financial strength of the firm's hedge fund, mutual fund, and private equity fund clients.
• Perform counterparty reviews, recommend internal ratings, and set counterparty risk limits.
• Assess transactions across Institutional Derivatives & Funding businesses.
• Leverage quantitative models and stress tests to opine on initial margin.
• Drive risk conversations with respective trading and sales teams (OTC derivatives, prime brokerage, repo, etc).

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in a finance, markets, or risk role.
• Significant knowledge of capital markets, including derivatives and/or repo.
• Demonstrable track record of independent decision making.
• Strong attention to detail. Excellent analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of financial markets and portfolio risk management.
• Appropriate financial/analytical skills.
• Client and Business Focus: Builds trusting, long-term relationships with clients, helps the client to identify/define needs, and manages client/business expectations.
• Teamwork: Strong team player, works well under pressure, and collaborates with others across teams and business units.
• Communication Skills: Communicates in a clear and concise manner, shares information/new ideas with peer group and team, and escalates as appropriate.
• Judgment and Problem Solving: Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions, and identifies clear objectives. Sees the big picture and effectively analyzes complex issues.
• Creativity and Influence: Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions with practical value.
• Continuous Development: Values constant self-improvement and learning.

Benefits

Goldman Sachs offers a comprehensive benefits package including salary range, discretionary bonus eligibility, and various wellness and personal finance offerings. For more details, please visit here.

Pay

The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $110,000 - $140,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Schedule

Details on the schedule will be provided upon hiring.