Asset and Wealth Management - Salt Lake City - Associate, Pl

Associate, Platform Management

Job Duties : Associate, Platform Management with Goldman Sachs and Co. LLC in Salt Lake City, Utah. Perform daily liquidity management function to assess current and future funding requirements. Prepare liquidity recommendations for investor actions and work with stakeholder teams (Investment Team, Controllers, Operations) to approve and execute the calling or distributing capital. Create and implement liquidity models to achieve best in class fund performance and avoid cash drag by optimizing balances. Monitor and prepare investment pacing and investable capital analysis for a subset of actively investing funds and separately managed accounts. Present recommendations to the deal team. Participate in activities related to portfolio launches, restructuring and rebalances. Monitor asset backed loan workflows and optimize cash to enhance fund performance. Perform allocation analysis for new deal activity and present recommendations to the Allocation Working Group (AWG) for approval. Deliver scale and enhanced fund performance through execution of self-identified and "continuous improvement" initiatives. Act as a point person in testing new system applications as the platform scales. Progress to oversight for a subset of functions ensuring analyses have been prepared correctly and deliverables are being met on time.

Job Requirements : Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Economics, Finance, or a related analytical field, and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related role. Prior work experience must include three (3) years of experience with : using advanced Excel to manage thousands of data inputs to conduct data-driven analysis in order to create financial models and recommendations; project management skillset to create design requirements, track progress, deliver milestones, navigate matrixed group of stakeholders, and ensure successful delivery of strategic change; financial acumen to prepare cash flows and performance metrics that impact investor returns and product performance; utilizing knowledge of risk management framework and associated controls to assess risk of financial products and recommend action such as adjusting risk reserve, altering risk profile and projection, and raising red flags; utilizing knowledge of data management practices and technology associated with data organization and visualization to maintain data quality and initiate optimization / enhancement of data flows to improve the quality and efficiency of analysis and reporting; and communicating updates impactfully with senior colleagues and investment team professionals.