Asset & Wealth Management: Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $2 trillion in assets under supervision. As a primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors, and individuals.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will join the Multi-Asset Solutions (MAS) Portfolio Management Team in New York City. In this role, they will design, manage, and communicate multi-asset class portfolios, with a focus on liability-driven investing for pension and insurance clients. The position requires strong analytical skills to develop, invest in, manage, and communicate customized portfolio solutions to clients. Core responsibilities include:

Prepare liability analysis based on actuarial data under a variety of economic assumption sets. Perform asset/liability modeling and develop interest rate and credit spread hedging strategies for defined benefit pension plans in the US and Canada.  Construct and review custom liability benchmarks required for managing Liability Driven Investing fixed income portfolio strategies. Utilize advanced mathematical concepts to assist in asset and liability modeling for current clients and prospects. Support content development involving client and prospect presentation books, request for proposals, and other liability-related analyses. Construct and maintain asset and liability models to produce stochastic analysis for current and prospective clients for plans based in the US and Canada

Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Finance or a related fieldAssociate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) designationAt least 3  years of experience in working within the pension actuarial consulting industry on either US or Canadian actuarial valuationsPrior experience working on the following: Performing financial modeling using Microsoft Excel.Working with and advising clients regarding U.S. minimum required pension funding laws.Working with US (ASC 715) and International pension accounting standards (IAS 19).Working with deterministic and stochastic funding and accounting projections for asset/liability modeling. Detail-oriented, highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environmentA self-starter able to work independently and thrive in a team environmentExcellent writing and communication skillsProficient in Excel and PowerPointStrong interest in the financial markets, actuarial science and a good investment sense/commercial instinctCFA charterholder a plus

Salary Range 
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $100000-$170000. 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.