Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management - Investment Grade Trader - London- Associate London ...

Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management - Investment Grade Trader - London - Associate

Opportunity Overview

CORPORATE TITLE: Associate

OFFICE LOCATION(S): London

JOB FUNCTION: Trading

DIVISION: Asset & Wealth Management

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is one of the world's leading investment managers. GSAM provides institutional and individual investors with investment and advisory solutions, with strategies spanning asset classes, industries, and geographies. We help our clients navigate today's dynamic markets, and identify the opportunities that shape their portfolios and long-term investment goals. We extend these global capabilities to the world's leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, individuals and family offices.

The Global Fixed Income team is seeking an Investment Grade trader at the Analyst/Associate level based in London. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the trading/portfolio management team and will help to manage the investment grade credit allocation across various portfolios/strategy types.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL:

• Working with credit portfolio managers and research analysts to identify value within the investment grade corporate market
• Identifying and implementing security selection and relative value opportunities
• Working with both credit and client portfolio managers to build and monitor credit risk in portfolios, including management of cash flows
• Developing and maintaining sell-side trading and syndicate relationships
• Recommending, allocating, and executing trades
• Maintaining and improving various trading tools and the accuracy of the data they employ

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of trading and/or sales & trading experience
• Experience in relevant markets
• An understanding of markets and a keen interest in fixed income and credit
• Must possess quantitative and analytical skills with a strong attention to detail
• Strong work ethic
• Asset management experience an advantage but not essential

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.