Global Banking & Markets - Operations - Collateral and Margin - Associate - New York

Job Duties:

• Associate, Collateral and Margin with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in New York, NY.
• Partner with professionals from a wide range of areas, including Credit Risk Management, Legal and Compliance, Sales, Trading, Risk Management and other Operations Departments. - (% of time spent)
• Demonstrate value to team and improve operations by spotting inefficiencies and proposing strategies for improvement. - (10% of time spent)
• Monitor client portfolios on a daily basis, issuing and receiving collateral calls to ensure the firm's credit risk is mitigated. - (30% of time spent)
• Interact extensively with clients in order to resolve client disputes and queries, as well as to perform new client on-boarding. - (25% of time spent)
• Liaise with internal groups (Credit, Sales, Trading, Middle office, Legal, Front Office, Settlements, and Corporate Treasury) to resolve collateral issues. - (10% of time spent)
• Reconcile portfolios and perform Collateral Optimization. - (<5% of time spent)
• Perform monthly Interest and coupon settlement. - (<5% of time spent)
• Perform a number of control functions, ensuring the integrity of our processes. - (10% of time spent)
• Perform Inter-Company Margining including NPV control validation, applying knowledge of associated and applicable regulations applicable to margining GSLEs across different jurisdictions. - (5% of time spent)
• Execute margin calculation, exception and collateral settlement approval processing, as well as SIMM Calculations. - (5% of time spent)

Minimum education requirements/degree and field & minimum years' experience required:

Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Financial Risk Management, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field and 3 to 5 years of experience in job offered or a related operational role within the finance industry.

Prior experience must include 2-3 years of experience with:

• Ability to identify and propose solutions to problems and challenge processes, as well as experience in presenting proposed solutions to management.
• Demonstrated willingness to dig into the details as needed to resolve operational and client-specific issues.
• Experience in interacting with external clients, as well as coordinating closely with professionals from other business areas.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to internal and external changes, including to changes in market conditions that demand immediate action.
• Utilizing Excel macros and other functions, including vlookup and VBA.

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