Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group, European Investment Team Associate, London, Goldman Sachs

Job Title	Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group, European Investment Team Associate, London
Employer	Goldman Sachs
Job Type	Full Time
Location	London, UK
Industry	Private Equity
Experience	3-5 Years
Languages	English
Deadline	Monday 30th June 2014

Job Summary & Responsibilities

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals.

The Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (“AIMS”) Group provides investors with investment and advisory solutions, across leading hedge fund managers, private equity funds, real estate managers, public equity strategies and fixed income strategies. The AIMS Group manages globally diversified programs, targeted sector-specific strategies, customized portfolios, and a range of advisory services. Our investors access opportunities through new fund commitments, fund-of-fund investments, strategic partnerships, secondary-market investments, co-investments, and seed-capital investments. With over 275 professionals across 9 offices around the world, the AIMS Group provides manager diligence, portfolio construction, risk management, and liquidity solutions to investors, drawing on Goldman Sachs’ market insights and risk management expertise. We extend these global capabilities to the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, governments, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, and family offices, for which we invest or advise on over $125 billion of alternative investments, public equity strategies and fixed income strategies.

Responsibilities:
• Conduct due diligence and evaluate co-investment opportunities across a broad range of private equity deal types and sectors
• Evaluate secondary private equity transactions, with a specific focus on asset-level valuation within portfolios
• Evaluate private equity managers for consideration as part of fund-of-funds and or separate account mandates
• Present investment opportunities to the Investment Committee through written and oral presentations, and conduct required follow-up
• Coordinate the execution of investments across all deal types, including working closely with internal (e.g., internal counsel, compliance, cash management) and external parties (e.g., private equity managers, external counsel)
• Monitor the performance and risk profile of existing portfolio investments
Basic Qualifications
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Corporate Finance/M&A/Leverage Finance/Private Equity
• Sound investment judgment and outstanding numerical, analytical and valuation skills for the purpose of assessing investment opportunities
• Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills enabling the candidate to make robust recommendations to the Investment Committee and interact effectively with third parties
• Excellent time, people and project management skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer.

About Goldman Sachs

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

Features and Rankings

Features

> One of the strongest brand name in the financial industry and extremely powerful alumni network

> Consistently ranked in top positions in M&A and investment banking in general

> Competitive, success driven culture

Rankings 2010

Global M&A: #2

European M&A: #1

US M&A: #1

Asia-Pacific M&A: #3