Asset & Wealth Management - Operations- Trade Management -Analyst

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Job title: Asset & Wealth Management - Operations- Trade Management -Analyst

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Duration: 6 months +

Pay rate: $23.00/hour

Job Description:

Department: Trade Management - Shared

Job Category: Operations

Job Title: Asset & Wealth Management - Operations- Trade Management -Analyst

Duties: YOUR IMPACT

Are you looking to expand your understanding of financial products and be well versed on the life cycle of a trade? Our Trade Management team is seeking a professional who is looking to collaborate with traders, portfolio managers, and external counterparties to ensure all trades are communicated, confirmed, and settled to safeguard our clients and funds.

As a member of the Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) division, you will need to be a quick learner and understand the regulatory environment to ensure that we are managing risk to protect the firm and our clients. It is critical that this person have the organizational skills needed to effectively prioritize requests, meet deadlines, and communicate to all levels of the organization to facilitate an excellent client experience.

OUR IMPACT

Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all parts of the firm to deliver banking, sales and trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the world. In addition, Operations provides essential risk management and control to preserve and enhance the firm's assets and its reputation. For every trade agreed, every new product launched or market entered, every transaction completed, it is Operations that develops the processes and controls that makes business flow.

GSAM is the investment management arm of the firm. As a leading player in the asset management world, GSAM makes pioneering industry improvements a priority across all of its sectors.

The Trade Management team has primary responsibility of mitigating risk throughout all aspects of trade flow, settlement, and collateral management. By building deep relationships with the trading desks, technology, brokers, and clients, Trade Management oversees the existing business and implements solutions for new products, strategies, and systems. Active change requires active leadership; Trade Management prioritizes innovation in order to craft the future asset management landscape.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

Key responsibilities being:

Prepare to gain a comprehensive understanding of the trade lifecycle by interacting with traders, strategists, clients, and technologists to work toward the shared goal of risk mitigation Connect daily with traders and brokers to resolve issues and ensure timely settlement of trades Understand and improve problem solving capability for complex trade flow, accounting issues, and transactional discrepancies Showcase leadership in project management skills toward aims of improved cross-product support and relationship management Leverage your quantitative skills to decompose processes to improve control and scale of the business Provide reporting to senior leadership and produce insightful analyses of the business upon request for management Grow with the team; develop a deeper understanding of complex transactions and work with our business partners to progress our trade capture capabilities

Skills: 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree: Bachelor's degree required

Client Service: Proven ability to build global relationships and communicate complex issues to a wide array of clients with differing levels of product experience.

Communication: Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills with the confidence to engage professionally and persuasively with clients and senior figures within the firm.

Leadership Capabilities: Ability to think critically and apply thought leadership

Accountability: Self-motivated and proactive team player who takes ownership of projects with the aptitude to manage clients' expectations and follow-through with professionalism Team Player: Thrives in a teamwork oriented environment and works well under pressure Analytical Skills: Proven analytical skills, problem solving ability, and a control mentality paired with meticulous attention to detail.

Technical Skills: Expertise in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) required and the ability to work with web-based applications

Results-Oriented: Ability to handle time-sensitive projects while focusing on the quality of work delivered, and helping lead projects to a successful conclusion Professional Maturity: Ability to manage confidential information with excellent judgment

Prioritization: Deadline driven with the ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Work experience in financial services

Comprehension of industry agenda and platforms (e.g., DTC, SWIFT, DTCC)

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Education: Bachelors