Job Description

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. 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. : https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html



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Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance
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.


Holiday & Vacation Policies
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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Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Associate
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
London
JOB FUNCTION
Trading
DIVISION
Global Banking & Markets