Job Summary & Responsibilities:

Multi Asset Solutions (MAS) is a multi-asset class investing group that sits within Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) at Goldman Sachs. It designs and develops comprehensive investment management solutions customized to meet the investment objectives for clients.  These solutions bring together state-of-the-art techniques for multi-asset portfolio design and implementation and reflect proprietary research and analytics conducted by the MAS team. The team is comprised of professionals with deep and varied investment backgrounds who specialize in designing and implementing customized multi-asset class portfolios. The team applies rigorous techniques to strategic and tactical asset allocation, asset-liability analysis, portfolio design and implementation, risk management, and portfolio reporting and analytics. The team has been managing customized multi-asset class mandates since 1995 as a committed partner to corporate pensions, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, healthcare organizations, endowments, foundations, and government institutions.

  Role:

The successful candidate would be a member of the global TPW PM team within MAS, responsible for management and construction of multi-asset class funds, bespoke mandates for financial institutions and investment strategies in line with MAS investment philosophy, client guidelines and regulatory constraints. This role is highly analytical and detail-oriented, focusing on managing investment exposures across many asset classes and investment strategies. 

  Core Responsibilities: Managing multi-asset class portfolios in line with client guidelines, internal investment policies, and regulatory constraints. Exercising leadership qualities and judgment, with expectation of being able to perform key portfolio management responsibilities within a few months after joining. Driving and contributing to the development of tactical asset allocation views. Working closely with other MAS teams to execute strategic and tactical investment ideas with consistency and scale, including determining optimal instruments to trade based on portfolio-specific, regulatory and market-related considerations.Reviewing new portfolio design and investment strategies for client portfolio suitability, with specific focus on our ability to effectively manage and implement such portfolios and strategiesCreating investment and portfolio construction frameworks across asset classes, enhancing expertise in terms of investment alternatives.Structuring trades to facilitate portfolio activity across asset classes and product types (equities, fixed income, currencies, alternatives) and instruments (futures, forwards, ETFs, options, swaps, funds). Working closely with the Central Trading Desk overseeing trade execution.Managing portfolio risk across various investment vehicles and product desks, including exposure, currency and cash management, investment manager/vehicle oversight.Managing derivative-based overlay strategies to enhance risk management profile of overall portfolios and/or capture market risk premia.Serving as investment-side oversight lead for complex portfolio events, including onboarding of new client mandates and portfolio restructurings, requiring coordination across multiple internal investment teams throughout the firm, as well as external managers and trading counterparties.Leading and overseeing projects aimed at enhancing trading and risk management processes, infrastructure and analytics to further empower the team's oversight over portfolio management activities and mitigate trading risks. 

 

Basic Qualifications:

6-10 years of investment management experience, with successful track record of employing qualities and functional abilities referenced aboveFluency in Dutch is preferredA self-starter able to work independently and thrive in a team environmentConsistently positive attitude and eagerness to work in a team-centric environmentProven leadership and management qualities, experience working in (and preferably leading) a small teamStrong interest in the financial markets, good investment awareness, advanced knowledge of asset allocation principles and of factor investing approachesAbility to communicate investment strategies and rationales to audiences of varying levels of sophisticationAdvanced degree or CFA designation preferredQuantitative analysis and skillsetDetail-oriented and organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environmentIntelligent, creative, with good problem-solving abilitiesRisk management and control orientationExcellent project management skillsExcellent writing and communication skillsProficient in Excel and PowerPoint; Bloomberg, Reuters or financial data systems knowledge preferredCoding and/or modeling experience preferred