The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Asset & Wealth Management, Alternatives Capital Formation, Administrative Assistant, New York

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc • $70K — $110K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Reposted 1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of administrative assistant experience, ideally in banking or financial services.
  • Excellent judgment and discretion with confidential information.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills to prioritize effectively.
  • Proactive problem solver and independent thinker with anticipation skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure and adapt to a dynamic environment.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite and preferred knowledge of AI tools like Microsoft CoPilot.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain detailed calendars across multiple time zones for MDs and VPs.
  • Coordinate high volume international and domestic travel logistics.
  • Manage scheduling of conferences and related client engagement activities.
  • Ensure adherence to compliance regulations and corporate policies.
  • Handle a significant volume of phone inquiries professionally.
  • Support general office administrative tasks and ad-hoc projects as needed.
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing within the team and stay updated on priorities.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits and wellness offerings.
  • Eligibility for a discretionary bonus based on performance.
  • Access to professional development resources and training opportunities.
  • Support for work-life balance through various programs.
  • Collaborative team environment with a focus on professional growth.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role

Our Administrative Assistants provide high-quality, proactive administrative support within a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. This role partners closely with business leaders, firm executives and assistant colleagues to ensure seamless calendar management, meeting coordination, travel logistics, and day-to-day operational support, while exercising sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism at all times. Coverage needs may evolve based on business priorities and location.

This is a full-time role for an administrative assistant in New York to provide coverage for multiple MDs and VPs, in addition to backup support for Partners, within the Alternatives Capital Formation team.

Job Summary & Responsibilities
  • Maintain complex and extremely detailed calendars across multiple time zones, including senior-level internal/external meetings and conference calls; prioritize client meeting requests and all related client logistics - respond and follow up on requests in a timely manner.
  • Coordinate high volume international and domestic travel, including visa arrangements, in support of fundraising activities and client conferences; ensure timely processing of expense reports.
  • Manage high volume of conference scheduling and all associated logistics with heavy client engagement.
  • Adhere to Compliance regulations and firm policies, gaining the relevant approvals.
  • Operate within a dynamic phone group - will need to manage a high volume of phone calls and interact with high-level business leaders and clients in a professional and effective manner.
  • Support general office administrative duties (copying, filing, faxing, archiving, shipping, supplies, etc), ad-hoc projects or facilities management as needed.
  • Regularly facilitate knowledge sharing within the team and ensure relevant information is disseminated accordingly.
  • Act as an integral member of the team; maintaining a high level of awareness of current priorities and support required.
  • Flexibility to support assistant colleagues and cover when necessary.

Qualifications
  • Ability to exercise excellent judgment and discretion in dealing with confidential material or handling highly sensitive information.
  • Requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written & verbal. Ability to display a consistent, professional degree of communication. Comfortable working with people at all levels across the organisation.
  • Extreme attention to detail and organizational skills, with ability to prioritize tasks.
  • Quick learner and self-starter with excellent anticipation skills.
  • Pro-active problem solver and independent thinker; ability to follow up as often as necessary.
  • Ability to work well under pressure while maintaining high standards, adapt to unexpected events, prioritize and multi-task in a dynamic but deadline driven environment.
  • Adaptable to new technologies and familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required.
  • Additional familiarity with AI software including, but not limited to, Microsoft CoPilot is preferred.
  • Highest degree of integrity, professionalism, and diplomacy is required.
  • Familiar with travel & expense platforms such as SAP Concur or American Express Global Business Travel.
  • Supportive team player with a positive attitude, enthusiastic about bringing the team together.
  • Ideal candidate has at least 5-7 years of administrative assistant experience and preferably from a banking, financial services background.

Candidate must be located onsite in the New York office as this role is fully onsite.

Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $70000-$110000. 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.

About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments concerning mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, and restructurings and spin-offs; and underwriting services comprising public offerings and private placements of a range of securities, loans, and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company’s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution services, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as executes and clears institutional client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment originates longer-term loans; and invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, distressed assets, currencies, commodities, and power generation facilities. The company’s investment management segment provides investment products and services, as well as offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Careers

Join the prestigious team at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a global leader in finance and investments, and propel your career to new heights. Our firm is renowned for its commitment to excellence, innovation, and leadership in the financial sector.

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Learn more about The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Size
45,100 employees
Market Cap
$115.8 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
NASDAQ
GS
* Ladders Estimates

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