GBM Public, EMEA Mortgages & CLO Trading, ANA/ASO, London London · United Kingdom · Associate

Goldman Sachs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment bank seeks an Associate for its Trading team in London. The role involves assisting traders, risk management, and building internal relationships while interpreting market data. Ideal candidates will have a strong mathematical background, experience in client-facing roles, and proficiency in Excel. A collaborative mindset and passion for the markets are essential. This position offers robust benefits and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous vacation policies

Fitness reimbursement

Child care services

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to apply mathematical/statistical concepts to financial markets.
• Experience working collaboratively in team environments.
• Strong communication skills under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily trading tasks and risk management.
• Interpret market factors for book positioning.
• Build relationships with internal and external clients.

Skills

Mathematical/statistical background

Interest in macroeconomics

Client-facing experience

Team collaboration

IT skills including Microsoft Excel

Job description

Opportunity Overview sitemap_outline CORPORATE TITLE Associate language OFFICE LOCATION(S) London assignment JOB FUNCTION Trading account_balance DIVISION Global Banking & Markets

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

We make markets in and clear client transactions on major stock, options and futures exchanges worldwide. Through our global sales force, we maintain relationships with our clients, receiving orders and distributing investment research, trading ideas, market information and analysis.

Ideal candidates are dynamic, quick-thinking self-starters who have a real passion for the markets. The ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships with clients and colleagues from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences is crucial. Those who succeed in Global Markets thrive in the fast-paced, constantly changing environment where no two days are the same.

BUSINESS SEGMENT AND ROLE OVERVIEW

Goldman Sachs is a leading mortgage origination, sales and trading franchise globally, covering the entire breadth of market participants and products. The EMEA Mortgages and CLO desk trades a wide range of products including securitisations backed by residential and commercial mortgages, consumer and SME loans, and leverage loans (CLOs)

If successful, you would be joining the EMEA Mortgages and CLO trading desk where the end goal would be for you to ultimately trade and be responsible for risk in your own book.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work within a team of traders to assist with daily tasks, risk management & reporting.
• Learn to interpret technical and fundamental market factors to help determine book positioning.
• Build internal relationships across Sales, Trading, Research and Syndication.
• Work to formulate your own data-driven top-down & bottom-up macro/credit views & opinions and pitch actionable trade ideas to Sales and clients.
• Work with global Mortgages and Credit Sales teams to develop an understanding of the needs and behaviours of key clients.
• Build analytical tools/models to help assess securitisation collateral, structure and tranche profiles.
• Develop relationships with clients to facilitate mutually successful trading relationships.
• Operate within a continuously evolving regulatory environment.
• Have an entrepreneurial work ethic.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Good mathematical/statistical background with demonstrated ability to apply this on financial markets and modelling of financial instruments.
• Keen interest in macroeconomics as well as a bottom-up approach to analysis.
• Demonstrable experience of working within a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to communicate and work under tight timeframes with internal and external clients, including other traders, sales, structurers, legal counsel, compliance, controllers and others.
• Must have demonstrated IT skills including experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience and strength in a client-facing environment, and the ability to build relationships with a diverse set of clients.

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 GS.com/careers

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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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