The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Controllers, Private Valuation/Product Control, Vice President, New York

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc • $100K — $250K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 6-10+ years of experience in valuation advisory, alternative asset management or valuation control
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, or Finance preferred
  • CPA, CFA or MBA preferred but not required
  • Deep knowledge of Private Equity, Private Debt, and Real Estate valuations
  • Strong understanding of fixed income, equity markets, and alternative investment management
  • Experience in managing and mentoring junior team members
  • Strong quantitative, analytical, and organizational skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage illiquid equity valuation reviews across alternative asset classes
  • Prepare valuation materials and sensitivity analyses for senior stakeholders
  • Apply various valuation approaches such as Market and Income methods
  • Lead deal-related reviews coordinating with multiple control functions
  • Participate in strategic initiatives for process improvement and automation
  • Engage with Controllers management and support areas like Fund Accounting
  • Involve in the external/internal audit review process
  • Develop junior team members through coaching and mentoring

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits and wellness offerings
  • Strong overall employee experience
  • General availability for full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week
Full Job Description
Job Description

PRODUCT CONTROL - ASSET MANAGEMENT- PRIVATE

The successful candidate will join the Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) Private Product Control team, which is responsible for private asset valuation oversight, financial reporting and product control functions across the firm's alternative investment platforms.

The role will support the valuation and independent price verification (IPV) and valuation oversight of illiquid private investments across various multiple alternative asset classes and strategies, including, private equity, infrastructure, growth equity, private debt, and real estate. The candidate will be responsible for performing analysis of valuation inputs, reviewing third-party pricing, preparing valuation support for fair value reviews, and supporting regulatory, investor and management reporting. The candidate will have direct interaction with Partner / Managing Director level individuals in various teams across the firm.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITES
  • Manage and perform illiquid equity valuation reviews across multiple alternative asset classes and strategies, including growth equity, private equity, infrastructure equity, and other equity strategies
  • Prepare valuation materials and sensitivity analyses, including presentations to senior stakeholders in Controllers and AWM
  • Apply various valuation approaches in analysis including Market approach (public comps, precedent transactions, index proxies), Income approach (DCF, scenario-based analyses), Net asset value and hybrid methodologies, where applicable
  • Perform deal-related reviews by leading coordination efforts with AWM Finance, Accounting Policy, Regulatory Policy, Legal, Tax, ACF, and other control functions to assess accounting treatment, valuation considerations, and disclosure impacts at the Goldman group level and the relevant funds
  • Manage and actively participate in teamwide and firmwide strategic initiatives focused on process improvement and automation to drive collaboration across stakeholders
  • Regular interaction with Controllers management, the Portfolio Management team and support areas such as Fund Accounting, Operations, Technology, Risk, Legal, Compliance and Investor Relations
  • Involvement in external/internal audit review process
  • Manage the development of junior team members through coaching and mentoring

QUALIFICATIONS:
  • At least 6-10+ years of relevant work experience preferably in valuation advisory, alternative asset management, or valuation control
  • Bachelors Degree (Accounting, Economics or Finance degree preferred)
  • CPA / CFA or MBA preferred, but not required
  • Comprehensive understanding of Private Equity, Private Debt, and Real Estate valuations, including in-depth knowledge of valuation methodologies, including market approach and DCF. Complex capital structure equity allocation knowledge preferred
  • Strong understanding of the fixed income and equity markets and the alternative investment management industry
  • Strong knowledge of valuation related accounting disclosures (ASC 820, etc)
  • Experience managing a team and/or mentoring junior team members
  • Strong quantitative, analytical and organizational skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate ideas and interact with various teams across the firm, experience presenting/communicating with senior managers
  • Highly motivated and adaptable: the ability to work on a global team of diverse individuals
  • Proactive: the ability to respond creatively and quickly in a fast-paced, high-pressure, changing environment
  • Accurate and detail-oriented with sound judgment and integrity

Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $100000-$250000. 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
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
NASDAQ
GS
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