Vice President, Investment Strategy, Portfolio Advisory Group

YOUR IMPACT

Are you a quick-thinking self-starter with a passion for the financial markets and the desire to work closely with Portfolio Managers and Private Wealth Advisors (PWAs)? As a Vice President, Investment Strategy, Portfolio Advisory Group, you will have direct visibility in Private Wealth Management as a strategy/platform implementation expert and engage consistently with teams in regions of responsibility. This role demands an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail, strong communication skills, and quantitative analysis are essential to maintaining and enhancing our business.

OUR IMPACT

Wealth Management

Across Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world to reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Our consumer business provides digital solutions for customers to better spend, borrow, invest, and save. Across Wealth Management, our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and customers, and leading-edge technology, data and design.

Investment Strategy Group (ISG)

The Investment Strategy Group works with advisors and clients to help create an exceptional overall investment experience by ensuring that every client receives world-class investment advice that can help generate superior and consistent returns.

The Portfolio Advisory Group (PAG) is responsible for helping PWAs within Private Wealth Management win and retain business. PAG team members work with PWAs to help them understand the attributes and risks of different investment strategies and construct client portfolios based on strategic and tactical views of the Investment Strategy Group (ISG).

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

• Participate in client and prospective client meetings with PWAs to share ISG views and discuss portfolio implementation.
• Attain direct visibility in Private Wealth Management as a strategy/platform implementation expert.
• Engage with PWA teams in regions of responsibility.
• Deliver thoughtful insight on ISG positioning to PWAs and to PAG in team meetings.
• Address specific PWA questions regarding product positioning, performance and attribution directly or using product teams as necessary.
• Assist PWAs in discussing ISG positioning as well as all internal/external product positioning (including equities, fixed income, and alternative investments).
• Recommend to PWAs implementation of diversified portfolios for specific clients and prospects that conform to ISG recommendations and client objectives and constraints.
• Prepare competitive analyses on various products using Morningstar X-Ray and in-house portfolio analysis tools.

Skills & Experience We're Looking For

• Minimum of 15 years of investment experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with others.
• Client experience.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrable quantitative and qualitative analysis skills.
• Demonstrable communication skills, both spoken and written.
• Familiarity with investment management product offerings.
• SIE, Series 7 and Series 63 required (must obtain within 3 months).

About Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Key skills/competency

• Investment Strategy
• Portfolio Advisory
• Wealth Management
• Client Engagement
• Quantitative Analysis
• Communication Skills
• Financial Markets
• Product Positioning
• Relationship Management
• Regulatory Licenses