The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Asset & Wealth Management, XIG, Petershill Platform Management, Associate - Salt Lake City

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
  • 3-5 years of experience in private equity, fund accounting, or financial analytics
  • Strong financial and fund accounting knowledge (P&L, cash flow, fund structures)
  • Advanced Excel skills, particularly for large datasets
  • Highly analytical with problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze portfolio performance metrics including AUM, P&L, and margins
  • Perform variance analysis to identify key performance drivers
  • Manage tracking of distributions, receivables, and investor cashflows
  • Support liquidity forecasting and planning
  • Own validation of investment and portfolio data
  • Produce management reports and recurring reporting materials
  • Coordinate asset-level valuation processes with internal and external parties

Benefits

  • Diverse and inclusive work culture
  • Access to global investment strategies
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Collaboration with a team of experienced professionals
  • Exposure to high-profile asset management projects.
Full Job Description
Job Description

External Investing Group (XIG)

The External Investing Group ("XIG") provides investors with investment and advisory solutions, across leading hedge fund managers, private equity and private credit funds, real estate managers, public equity strategies, fixed income strategies and ESG (impact) strategies across all asset classes. XIG manages globally diversified programs, targeted sector-specific strategies, customized portfolios, and a range of advisory services. Our investors access opportunities through new fund commitments, fund-of-fund investments, strategic partnerships, secondary-market investments, co-investments, and seed-capital investments. With over 350 professionals across 13 offices around the world, XIG provides manager diligence, portfolio construction, risk management, and liquidity solutions to investors, drawing on Goldman Sachs' market insights and risk management expertise. We extend these global capabilities to the world's leading sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, governments, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals and family offices, for which we invest or advise on over $525 billion of alternative investments, public equity strategies and fixed income strategies. We are focused on diversity of thought and have team members with a wide range of backgrounds and professional experiences.

XIG Private Markets platform Management

The XIG Private Markets Platform Management team is broadly responsible for portfolio implementation, liquidity risk management, portfolio allocation and monitoring, external manager on-boarding and oversight, private market deal closing, valuation models for Level 3 assets, oversight of the business control framework, and a number of strategic initiatives.

Within this broader team, we are seeking a highly analytical and driven Associate to join the Petershill Platform Management Team. Petershill is a GP stakes investing platform focused on minority investments in alternative asset managers. The ideal candidate will combine strong financial and fund accounting fundamentals with advanced analytical capabilities and the ability to work with large, complex datasets.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Analytics & Investment Support
  • Analyze portfolio performance, including AUM, P&L, margins, and underlying fund activity
  • Perform variance analysis and identify key performance drivers
  • Support internal investment and portfolio review processes

Liquidity, Cashflows & Portfolio Management
  • Manage tracking and analysis of distributions, receivables, and investor cashflows
  • Support liquidity planning and forecasting
  • Coordinate with Controllers, Operations, and other teams

Data Management & Reporting
  • Own collection and validation of investment and portfolio data across partner firms
  • Produce recurring reporting and management materials
  • Work with large datasets, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and integrity
  • Partner with Engineering to improve data infrastructure and reporting processes

Valuation & Audit
  • Execute asset-level valuation processes, including model inputs and documentation
  • Coordinate with internal teams and third parties and support audit processes
  • Ensure outputs align with investment agreements and governance standards

Deal Execution & Partner Engagement
  • Support deal onboarding, funding coordination, and data setup
  • Assist with allocation processes and related analyses
  • Serve as a point of contact for partner firm finance teams

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
  • 3-5 years of experience in private equity, fund accounting, or financial analytics

Technical Skills
  • Strong financial and fund accounting knowledge (P&L, cash flow, fund structures)
  • Advanced Excel skills, including experience working with large datasets

Core Competencies
  • Highly analytical with the ability to connect disparate data points
  • Strong communication skills across internal teams and external partners
  • Sound judgement and problem-solving ability
  • Detail-oriented with a high standard for data accuracy
  • Proactive, collaborative, and ownership-oriented, with an ability to improve processes and scale workflows

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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