GBM Private, Credit Ratings Advisory, Vice President, New York
About This Role
Capital Solutions Group
Goldman Sachs operates at the fulcrum of one of the most important structural trends in finance: the convergence of public and private markets. We combine the \#1 global advisory franchise, a leading origination business, and an investing platform that deploys capital across liquid and alternative asset classes.
Our Capital Solutions Group is a comprehensive suite of our financing, origination, structuring, and risk management solutions. The depth and breadth of our relationships, enriched by the velocity of our deal flow, provide clients unique insights to maximize value and unlock opportunity.
Our integrated structure is built to provide comprehensive, tailored solutions that propel both our issuing and investing clients forward
Job Summary \& Responsibilities
The Rating Advisory team is responsible for providing our Investment Banking clients with advice and services relating to capital structure, credit profile, financing options and credit rating considerations. The team sits within capital markets and works in tandem with our Investment Banking, Merger \& Acquisition, and Financing Group colleagues and plays an integral role in structuring integrated corporate finance and financing solutions.
The Rating Advisory team leverages its extensive expertise in financial, credit and rating analysis to provide objective transactional and advisory judgments to the firm and its clients.
Are you passionate about corporate finance? We’re looking for a professional to join our Rating Advisory team who wants to use their skills to provide vital credit analysis and advice to our clients.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
- Perform capital structure analysis in the context of M\&A, LBOs, restructurings, etc
- Estimate potential credit rating and rating impact of transactions
- Develop and audit models applied to credit and rating assessments
- Participate in initial ratings processes for clients
- Develop knowledge of rating agency methodologies, track evolutions of criteria
- Establish a network of contacts at the rating agencies
- Participate in client meetings on rating related matters
Basic Qualifications
- Degree in Economics / Finance / Accounting related discipline is preferable
- Experience with modelling and financial statements analysis
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Ability to work flexibly as part of multiple teams and autonomously
- Ability to juggle changing priorities and a varied workload
- Have deep connections with a broad range of rating agencies across the industries they are expert in
- Have experience presenting to C suite level clients
- Expertise in non financial corporate balance sheets and credit ratings across IG and HY
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience assessing credit worthiness, financing options and potential credit ratings in a previous job
- Real Estate finance experience a plus
- Specific expertise preferred (but not required) within the AI ecosystem, including digital infrastructure experience
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 .
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Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States\-based position is $125000\-$250000\. 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 our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing 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.
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
Read more about the full suite of class\-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Vice President
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
New York
JOB FUNCTION
Rating Agency
DIVISION
Global Banking \& Markets
SALARY RANGE
USD 125,000 \- 250,000