Global Banking & Markets - Public - New York- Analyst - Emerging Markets Local Sales

About the Role

The Emerging Markets Local Sales desk is a dynamic, cross-asset Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities (FICC) sales team based in New York. With a regional mandate, the desk covers an institutional investor base across Latin America (LatAm), including governments and financial institutions.

This is an entrepreneurial, fast-paced role on a bustling trading floor, ideal for individuals with a passion for global markets and a drive to build deep client relationships. The team acts as a trusted partner to regional institutions, helping them navigate global markets, raise funding, execute transactions, and manage complex risks.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Coverage & Relationship Management: Partner with senior sales professionals to cover and expand relationships with key LatAm institutional clients, including governments, central banks, pension funds, commercial banks, insurance companies, and major asset managers.
• Transaction Execution: Facilitate the pricing, structuring, and execution of a broad suite of FICC products, including foreign exchange (FX), interest rate derivatives, sovereign/corporate bonds, credit default swaps (CDS), repo, and commodities.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with LatAm Structuring, Investment Banking, and Structured Credit Trading to originate, structure, and execute bespoke hedging and financing solutions tailored to local market dynamics.
• Market Intelligence: Generate and distribute timely market color, trade ideas, and macroeconomic updates relevant to the Latin American landscape.
• Operational Excellence: Support the end-to-end trade lifecycle, ensuring seamless trade booking, reconciliation, and coordination with risk, legal, and compliance teams.

Qualifications & Skills

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field of study with a strong academic record.
• Language Skills: Professional verbal and written fluency in English and Spanish is highly preferred to effectively communicate with regional clients.
• Core Competencies:
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Ability to perform under pressure and multitask effectively in a fast-paced trading floor environment.
  • A high degree of self-motivation, intellectual curiosity, and a strong willingness to learn.

Preferred Experience

• Professional Experience: 6 months to 2 years of relevant experience in financial markets, with exposure to FICC products (FX, interest rate derivatives, fixed income, repo, or commodities).
• Market Knowledge: A demonstrable interest in global macroeconomic trends, monetary policy, and the Latin American financial landscape.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Bloomberg, Microsoft Excel, and financial modeling tools.

Compensation

The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $110,000–$125,000. 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 valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings as part of 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.