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Your Impact

The Asset Management Division is made up of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Goldman Sachs' Merchant Bank which brings together Goldman Sachs' primary long term principal investing capabilities with the traditional money managing arm of the firm to offer a full suite of world-class investment solutions to the firm's clients. A career with Goldman Sachs Asset Management is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential, while you discover your own. As part of one of the world's leading asset managers with over $2 trillion in assets under supervision, you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions and building meaningful relationships with your clients. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As 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.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

Portfolio Control Reconciliations sits within Investing Operations and has primary responsibility of ensuring accuracy of GSAM's and Risk counterpart's books of accounting. By ensuring accuracy and timeliness of data, we facilitate the business in achieving desired objectives for all aspects of account onboarding, portfolio accounting, cash management, client reporting. These functions cover a wide range of clients and a complex product range, which include equities, fixed income, currency, and derivatives. The group supports portfolio managers, sales, and client relationship professionals by providing accurate/timely position , cash balance reporting, exception management and overseeing all aspects of operational risk across portfolios. This involves extensive interaction with internal and external parties to ensure effective oversight for existing business and also to shape and implement solutions for new clients, GS's own funds, products, strategies, and system architecture. The group continues to focus on best in-class client experience and working closely with the business to maintain and enhance client relationships. You will obtain a comprehensive knowledge of products, markets, and market related setups. You will also drive initiatives and provide solutions that will have an impact on client experience, Regulatory requirements, and risk mitigation. 

Responsibilities and Qualifications

This is a highly technical role and as such requires ability to work effectively with a diverse group of professionals both internally and externally on wide variety of products and functions to solve for operational efficiency. The main areas of responsibility will be

• Effectively execute and manage the daily processes and activities.
• Partner with portfolio managers and Operation teams (Trade Management, Data and pricing, Controllers, Services, Client onboarding and Reporting) to make sure internal accounting system reflects accurate holdings/NAV and ensure external books of records at Admins aligns with GSAM 
• Investigate position differences between GSAM and Fund Admin/Accounting agents by reconciling Investment manager books vs ABOR 
• Manage the team daily, ensuring all queries are responded in accordance with SLA 
• Work closely with functional teams to resolve issues which directly impact positions, cash, realized Gain-Loss, portfolio manager trading, NAV, and After-tax performance of client's report
• Analyzing new accounting platform solutions to assess accounting capabilities and system functionality to ensure data integrity and accuracy
• Identifying efficiencies and areas for improvement within operations for accounting to mitigate risk, reduce manual efforts, and drive scale 
• Creating, maintaining and reviewing accounting standards to manage the business needs
• Developing a thorough knowledge of accounting across division
• Coverage and oversight of custodian and fund administrators to maximize potential value delivery across the firm
• Develop knowledge of industry trends, competitive landscape and capabilities to facilitate business, increase efficiencies, improve controls and enhance client experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of experience in Operations and/or Financial Services Industry, preferably Asset Management
• Relevant bachelor's degree with an excellent academic record; MBA a plus 
• Ability to lead across team members and drive assignments to completion
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written. Ability to create influence and impact
• Track team performance and morale and identify areas of improvement to help resolve any gaps
• Strong understanding of theoretical and technical nature of accounting principles, NAV / Fund Accounting
• Experience with Private Credit and Alternatives product suites
• In-depth knowledge of Bank loan products and their operational lifecycle
• Familiarity with FIS Investment Accounting Manager (formerly InvestOne) or any other portfolio accounting systems
• Strong analytical skills, critical thinking, problem solving, and able to recommend long-term solutions 
• Prudent judgement on risk management, impact to client experience, and the ability to escalate as needed.
• Ability to work independently, multitask and adapt in a fast-paced environment to deliver results
• Experience working across multiple business areas and/or functions to deliver results
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and ability to present to senior management