Asset & Wealth Management, External Investing Group (XIG) - Private Alternatives Investment, Analyst, Hong Kong/Beijing

Asset Management – External Investing Group (XIG) | Private Alternatives Investment Analyst (Hong Kong/Beijing)

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset Management is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential while you discover your own. As part of one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $2 trillion in assets under supervision, you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions and building meaningful relationships with your clients.

Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. Goldman Sachs Asset Management brings together traditional and alternative investments to provide clients around the world with dedicated partnership and a focus on long-term performance. As a primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors, and individuals.

External Investing Group (XIG)

The External Investing Group (XIG) is responsible for identifying, researching, and selecting leading third-party investment managers. XIG provides investors with investment solutions across private equity funds, co-investment strategies, secondaries, hedge fund managers, GP stakes, real estate managers, and public equity and fixed income strategies.

With over 400 professionals across 12 offices globally, XIG helps institutional and individual investors with program design, manager and deal diligence, portfolio construction, and risk management. XIG investment solutions have a long history, and our programs have seeded and partnered with many of the world’s most prominent alternative investment managers.

Today, XIG oversees over $500 billion in client assets across portfolios of both customized and commingled fund solutions as one of the world’s broadest, deepest, and longest-standing “open architecture” programs. We manage globally diversified programs, targeted sector-specific strategies, customized portfolios, and a range of advisory services. Investors generally access opportunities through new fund commitments, secondary market investments, co-investments, seed capital investments, investment manager equity/revenue share stakes, or fund-of-fund solutions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct due diligence and evaluate private equity opportunities, including secondary private equity transactions with a specific focus on asset-level valuation within portfolios or continuation vehicles, primary fund commitments for a variety of private market strategies, and co-investment opportunities across a broad range of deal types and sectors.
• Support the deal team on direct investment opportunities (single asset secondaries, co-investments) by evaluating financial, legal, and commercial due diligence materials and building operating and buyout models in various asset classes; meet with management and GPs.
• Perform due diligence on private market fund managers across Asia-Pacific, including assessing the quality of investment teams, investment strategies, alignment, and track record.
• Present investment opportunities to the Investment Committee through written and oral presentations, and conduct required follow-ups.
• Coordinate the execution of investments across all deal types by working closely with internal teams (e.g., internal counsel, compliance, cash management) and external parties (e.g., private equity managers, external counsel).
• Monitor the performance and risk profile of existing portfolio investments.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in Corporate Finance/M&A/Leverage Finance/Private Equity/Other Private Markets Investing in Asia-Pacific; the position will be commensurate with experience.
• Proven academic performance with a degree from a top university; an MBA is a plus for more senior positions.
• Excellent modeling, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills to oversee the production of a high volume of quality work within tight timeframes, often including multiple simultaneous projects.
• Attention to detail, with proven experience delivering high levels of accuracy.
• Team player who is self-motivated and willing to take on responsibility.
• Knowledge and understanding of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and adaptability to other software products.
• Written and verbal communication skills in English. A second language (Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, etc.) will be strongly preferred.