The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Asset & Wealth Management, Private, Growth Platform Team, Associate

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$100K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification with a strong academic record.
  • 1-3 years of experience in investment banking, strategy consulting, or a relevant investing role.
  • Highly motivated and eager to build a long-term career at Goldman Sachs.
  • Passionate about technology and growth equity investing.
  • Familiarity with software businesses, particularly SaaS KPIs.
  • Strong ownership mindset and initiative in project management.
  • High emotional intelligence and professional maturity.

Responsibilities

  • Support deal teams and advisors in managing post-close value creation plans.
  • Track key initiatives, monitoring milestones, and identifying risks and opportunities.
  • Synthesize performance data to provide insights for investors and leadership.
  • Prepare materials for portfolio reviews, highlighting performance updates and recommendations.
  • Collaborate with advisors to develop frameworks on value creation topics.
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing between deal teams, advisors, and portfolio companies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness offerings.
  • Support for work-life balance.
  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Access to competitive retirement plans.
  • Employee assistance programs.
Full Job Description
GROWTH EQUITY INVESTING

Goldman Sachs Asset Management invests in the full spectrum of alternatives, including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure. Since 2003 the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management comprising more than 65 individuals has invested over $16 billion in companies led by visionary founders and CEOs. We focus exclusively on investments in growth stage and technology-driven companies spanning multiple industries, including enterprise technology, financial technology and healthcare.

The Growth Platform Team is responsible for owning the post-close value creation plans and ongoing performance tracking of our portfolio companies, ensuring they execute on the initiatives that matter most. The team acts as the connective tissue between the deal teams, investors and operating advisors.

RESPONSIBIITIES
  • Support the deal teams and operating advisors in developing and managing the post-close value creation plans.
  • Track the execution of key value creation initiatives, monitor progress against milestones, and identify risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities.
  • Synthesize portfolio company performance data and KPI trends to generate actionable insights for investors and senior leadership.
  • Prepare materials for portfolio reviews and internal discussions, distilling value creation and financial performance updates into clear takeaways and recommendations.
  • Partner with operating advisors to develop playbooks, frameworks, and thought leadership across a range of high-priority value creation topics.
  • Help drive coordination and knowledge sharing across deal teams, operating advisors, and portfolio companies to support a consistent, insight-driven approach to portfolio value creation

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification and have an excellent academic and professional record
  • 2 years of experience at a leading investment bank, strategy consulting firm, corporate development, and / or an investing role
  • We are looking for highly motivated, well-rounded team players who want to build a long-term career at Goldman Sachs

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
  • Passionate and intellectually curious about technology and growth equity investing, with a strong desire to learn new concepts and commit to ongoing personal and professional development
  • Familiarity with, or strong interest in, software businesses, including an understanding of core SaaS KPIs such as ARR, retention, and unit economics
  • Entrepreneurial, tenacious, and comfortable operating under pressure; able to navigate ambiguity and obstacles to drive exceptional outcomes
  • Strong sense of ownership and initiative, with the confidence to develop, present, and thoughtfully debate perspectives and findings
  • Robust analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights
  • High emotional intelligence, intellectual rigor, and professional maturity, enabling credible and effective engagement with senior leadership and portfolio company management teams
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to diverse audiences and levels of seniority


Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $100000-$160000. 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.

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