Asset & Wealth Management, Private Credit, Associate, Sydney

Job Description
ASSET & WEALTH MANAGEMENT
About
Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, we provide clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As the firm's primary investment area, we provide investment and advisory services for some of the world's leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors and individuals, for which we oversee more than $2 trillion in assets under supervision. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. We are:

• Investors, spanning traditional and alternative markets offering products and services
• Advisors, understanding our clients' priorities and poised to help provide investment advice and strategies that make sense for their portfolios
• Thought Leaders, providing timely insights across macro and secular themes to help inform our clients' investment decisions
• Innovators, using our suite of digital solutions to help our clients address complex challenges and meet their financial goals

Asset & Wealth Management Private Credit
Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management Private Credit is one of the world's largest alternative credit investing platforms with approximately $100bn of AUM and investment professionals based in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia.

GS Private Credit is a dynamic platform with a broad mandate – from direct lending (middle market and large cap performing credit) to opportunistic and structured investments across debt and equity.

The teams are mandated to originate, execute and manage investments across the full spectrum of credit strategies, helping deploy our senior, mezzanine and hybrid funds alongside the Firm's balance sheet. Senior and Mezzanine strategies primarily invest alongside the world's leading financial sponsors in support of LBO transactions with target EBITDA ranging from $10mm to $100+mm across sectors. Hybrid Capital provides all-weather capital solutions for businesses seeking non-control alternatives to traditional private equity or growth equity with ability to provide flexible capital across the cap structure (e.g., debt, convertibles, equity).

Associates work as part of small deal teams responsible for identifying opportunities, conducting due diligence, structuring, executing, and monitoring investments, and are involved in a wide variety of exciting transactions across the capital structure in a variety of industries.

Responsibilities

• Coverage and Origination: Support investment ideas across the product suite of Credit via early engagement with relevant parties (e.g., financial sponsors / company management teams)
• Due Diligence and Execution: Engage in all aspects of due diligence (financial, legal, commercial, technical, ESG) and business analysis to develop and refine investment theses; Participate in structuring, negotiating and documenting investments
• Communicate and defend investment theses to internal stakeholders and committees, including the Private Credit Investment Committee
• Investment Monitoring & Exits: Actively monitor existing investments in the portfolio including serving as observer on company boards and having a regular dialogue with management teams and shareholders
• Build relationships with founders, sponsors, management teams and internal GS stakeholders

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience in investment banking, private equity or leverage finance and private credit roles
• Strong academic record with Bachelor's degree, Master's degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Management, Business Studies, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline from a distinguished academic institution
• Strong quantitative, financial modeling, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Passion for investing and analyzing businesses and industries
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible and creative mindset; ability to analyze a variety of industries and businesses
• Ability to self-direct, analyze and evaluate and form independent judgments
• Ability to interact and build relationships with a wide variety of people