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The External Investing Group (“XIG”) provides investors with investment and advisory solutions, across leading hedge fund managers, private equity funds, real estate managers, public equity strategies and fixed income strategies. XIG manages globally diversified programs, targeted sector-specific strategies, customized portfolios, and a range of advisory services. Our investors access opportunities through new fund commitments, fund-of-fund investments, strategic partnerships, secondary-market investments, co-investments, and seed-capital investments. With over 350 professionals across 11 offices around the world, XIG provides manager diligence, portfolio construction, risk management, and liquidity solutions to investors, drawing on Goldman Sachs’ market insights and risk management expertise. We extend these global capabilities to the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, governments, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, and family offices, for which we invest or advise on over $300 billion of alternative investments, public equity strategies and fixed income strategies.
Responsibilities
- Help develop and lead private markets investing research initiatives, supporting our continued innovation and enhancements to our portfolio management capabilities and client solutions
- Drive execution of our Portfolio Strategy and Risk Management framework for institutional multi-strategy accounts, working closely with investment vertical leads and client teams
- Participate in the development of quantitative solutions for asset allocation and portfolio construction, leveraging advanced data analytics to optimize risk-adjusted portfolio performance
- Leverage proprietary data to support our data-driven portfolio management approach, partnering with our engineering and quant teams to develop and refine our proprietary models and tools
- Lead portfolio and risk management strategic initiatives, analysis and projects
Qualifications
- At least 10 years of experience in a highly analytical role in asset management or investment banking, with a minimum of 3 years in private equity
- Strong working knowledge of private markets asset allocation, portfolio management and investing
- Advanced degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, a related quantitative field, or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in predictive modeling or statistical analysis within the financial sector
- Excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated research ability and data visualization
- Strong communication skills, capable of presenting complex findings to a non-technical audience, including senior leadership
- A strategic mindset and leadership capabilities, with a deep interest in finance, investment management, and a creative, action-oriented approach to problem-solving
- Excellent time, people, and project management skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a global team
Source: Goldman Sachs Career Page
