What are the responsibilities and job description for the Investment Banking Associate | Secondaries/Sponsor M&A - New York position at Goldman Sachs?
The Sponsor M&A Group is a key team within M&A at Goldman Sachs, focused on covering financial sponsor clients and their portfolio companies. We cover clients across all industries and provide M&A, financing and other corporate finance solutions utilizing dedicated resources
The Sponsor M&A Group has built a leading Secondary Advisory business that provides strategic advice to sponsor clients on a range of general partner (GP) led secondary transactions, including Single and Multi-Asset Continuation Funds, Strip Sales, Tender Offers and other related structures. The Secondary Advisory business is fully integrated within M&A and Sponsor / Industry Coverage, enabling the team to provide clients with differentiated insight and service. The team has unique experience in structuring and executing GP-led transactions, having helped develop many of the technologies utilized in today’s market.
Roles and Responsibilities include:
- Working alongside senior professionals to execute secondary transactions at every stage of the deal process
- Preparing presentation materials tailored for prospective clients
- Conducting comprehensive due diligence on potential transactions using various financial and industry analyses
- Assisting in creating transaction marketing materials, including financial models, investor presentations, confidential information memorandums, and process letters
- Supporting the logistics of capital raising and investor due diligence activities, such as managing online data rooms, organizing meetings and calls, handling investor requests, and gathering investor feedback
- Maintaining multiple information databases and monitored market data
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- History of outstanding academic achievement
- Effective presentation, communication, and writing skills
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task
- Highly collaborative and motivated to work as part of a team
- Strong quantitative and analytical background; experience in modeling and valuation techniques is a plus
- Demonstrated interest in private equity and other alternative investment strategies
Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $150000-$225000. 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.
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Salary : $150,000 - $225,000