Global Advisory

Global Advisory & Markets, Corporate Advisory, ECM, Associate, Sydney location_on Sydney, NSW, Australia

YOUR IMPACT

The Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Group within Corporate Advisory is looking for a highly skilled Associate to join our Sydney office.

OUR IMPACT

Corporate Advisoryworks on some of the most complex financial challenges and transactions in the market today.

Our Equity Capital Markets Group works closely with public and private companies, financial sponsors,venture capital firms, and entrepreneurs to originate, structure, and execute equity financings such as initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, and block trades. The group works closely with many other areas of the firm, particularly classic corporate advisory and equity sales and trading.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

Role Responsibilities

• You will help originate, lead and execute equity capital market transactions for our corporateand financial sponsor clients
• You will develop content for meetings with clients regarding their strategy and potential capital market transactions, as well as regular market updates
• You will liaisewith multiple internal (e.g. junior and senior team members across different product groups) and external parties (e.g. client management teams, investors, lawyers) on a regular basis to execute transactions and discuss strategic alternatives
• You will assist in coordinating live equity offerings, including bookbuilds and settlement / operational flow
• You will complete and review the analytical work of junior team members, and provide mentorship and oversight to the junior team
• You will have to think creatively to perform investor targeting of potential institutional buyers, analyzing comparable companies and institutional cross ownership
• You will play a vital role throughout the entire transaction process, including project management for mission-critical equity financings

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2-5 years' relevant work experience within ECM, Capital Markets, or related area
• Strong interest in and understanding of equity markets
• Exceptional multi-tasking, time management and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Highly organized with a solid work ethic, motivation level, and strong attention to detail
• Personal integrity, initiative and leadership qualities
• Capacity to interact and build relationships with a wide range of people and act as a point of contact
• Well-rounded academic background from a top tier institution
• Understanding of transaction cycles and the steps in the process
• Demonstrate maturity to work with all levels of professionals across the firm and external clients
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and possess good judgment to make quick and complex decisions
• Strong analytical skills and quantitative and technical abilities
• Drive, enthusiasm, creativity and excellent interpersonal skills
• Commercially savvy with ability to exercise discretion with respect to highly confidential/sensitive information
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at

Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees' priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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