The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Risk, Market Risk, Associate, New York

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$90K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's/Master's degree in STEM field preferred.
  • Strong academic record in a quantitative discipline.
  • Knowledge of core market risk principles, metrics, and financial instruments.
  • Experience in Equities and Derivatives preferred.
  • 3-5 years' experience in a relevant role.
  • Ability to collaborate across departments and seniority levels.
  • Strong communication skills, especially with senior management.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate market risk behavior to influence outcomes through risk analysis.
  • Analyze factors impacting financial markets and firm portfolios.
  • Conduct proactive stress tests ahead of market events.
  • Escalate critical issues promptly to senior management.
  • Implement new risk measures and communicate improvements to senior leaders.
  • Engage with traders to review and challenge risk-related activities.
  • Monitor adherence to risk limits and communicate risks to management.
  • Sign off on new product approvals within Market Risk.
  • Balance risk appetite while conducting business operations.
  • Enhance commercial impact and personnel performance in a controlled environment.

Benefits

  • Diverse financial experience and broad perspective on the firm.
  • Challenging and varied work environment.
  • Global collaboration opportunities.
  • Develop risk management expertise with senior management exposure.
  • Involvement in pivotal projects affecting the firm's success.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Risk Division

The Risk Division, as second line of defense for the firm, identifies, anticipates, measures and mitigates - whenever appropriate - the diverse array of risks that the firm faces in serving clients and operating its global businesses. Risk professionals focus on giving the firm clarity on the risk profile of our activities and devise strategies to protect the firm's ability to serve our clients as a leader in global financial markets.

Market Risk Overview

Market Risk (MR) are part of the Risk division and are responsible for effective deployment of the firm's market risk appetite, prudent risk management and regulatory compliance for the Firm's market risks. This is achieved through the proactive application of expert knowledge, judgement and risk management capabilities including limit setting. Activities are centered on Risk management and analysis, transparency and escalation of Risk, Supervision and overall process improvement.

You will work closely with colleagues around the globe on tasks and projects that contribute directly to the firm's success. MR professionals gain diverse financial experience and a broad perspective on how the entire firm functions. The interaction with numerous departments and the range of projects that ensue allow for a challenging, varied and multi-dimensional work environment.

Responsibilities
  • Evaluate market risk taking behavior and influence outcomes through portfolio and transaction level risk analysis as well as risk limit calibration and setting
  • Understand factors and events that could lead to an impact on the financial markets, and analyze their impact on the firm's portfolios
  • Perform pro-active ad hoc stress tests ahead of notable market events
  • Ensure that issues are promptly escalated to senior management.
  • Direct the implementation of new risk measures and improvements to existing measures using knowledge of risk management and communicating directly with senior management on risk-related issues.
  • Review and challenge risk taking activities while engaging effectively with traders/bankers
  • Monitor adherence to established risk limits and ensuring that material risks are effectively communicated to senior management.
  • Maintain shared responsibility for signing off on the Market Risk approval process for new products traded by the businesses covered.
  • Operate at an intersection of risk appetite and conducting business.
  • Improve commercial impact and effective personnel performance under a robust control environment

Qualifications
  • Strong academic record in quantitative discipline, with Bachelor's/Master's degree in STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) preferred.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of core market risk principles, metrics, and financial instruments, with prior experience in Equities and Derivatives preferable. Coding skills will be a plus.
  • Ability to collaborate with people from different departments and levels of seniority
  • Ability to communicate complex information directly with senior management
  • 3-5 years' experience in the industry/a relevant role

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
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
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