Asset & Wealth Management

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth 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 that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As 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. The group provides investors with advisory and investment solutions across leading private equity funds, co-investment strategies, secondaries, hedge fund managers, GP stakes, real estate managers, public equity and fixed income strategies. With over 350 professionals across 11 offices globally, XIG helps institutional and individual investors with their program design, manager diligence, portfolio construction and risk management.

Role Summary

The Associate will support the XIG Risk & Regulatory Team in executing core regulatory, risk, and control responsibilities across XIG’s alternative investment platforms. The role is designed to help ensure regulatory obligations are met accurately and on time while reinforcing a strong risk and control culture. Working closely with the COO organization and cross‑functional partners, the Associate will contribute to scalable, well‑governed business growth. This position offers broad exposure to investment products, senior stakeholders, and enterprise risk frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the execution of global regulatory deliverables (e.g., regulatory filings, investor and regulator inquiries, audit requests) across XIG strategies.
• Assist with Risk & Control Self‑Assessments (RCSA), including risk identification, control documentation, issue tracking, and management attestations.
• Maintain accurate regulatory and risk documentation, trackers, and audit‑ready records to support governance and oversight requirements.
• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Operations, Controllers, and Investing teams to gather, validate, and synthesize regulatory and risk data.
• Support new product launches, external manager onboarding, and platform integrations by assessing regulatory and risk impacts.
• Help identify recurring issues, control gaps, or process inefficiencies and contribute to sustainable remediation and operating model improvements.
• Prepare clear, concise materials and summaries for senior management, committees, and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Law, or a related field
• 1–3 years of relevant experience in financial services, regulatory compliance, risk management, operations, audit, or a related control function
• Ability to use AI tools and prompts to efficiently summarize regulatory requirements, analyze risk data, and support automation of control processes
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and risk data
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to engage with senior stakeholders
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities under deadlines
• Proficiency with standard business tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint) and comfort working with structured trackers and documentation.

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. Learn more 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 $100000-$160000. 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.