Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management - Insurance Client Solutions Group - Associate - Frankf[...]

Opportunity Overview CORPORATE TITLE Associate OFFICE LOCATION(S) Frankfurt JOB FUNCTION Quantitative Engineering DIVISION Asset & Wealth Management

YOUR IMPACT

Are you a motivated, quick-thinking, collaborative individual with a passion for asset management, looking for the opportunity to grow relationships with an existing client base and support a fast‑paced team? We are seeking a driven professional with strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. Working alongside our Insurance Asset Management coverage team for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region), this individual will partner with our dedicated investment and strategy teams across both private and public markets to manage, enhance and develop client relationships.

OUR IMPACT

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the world’s leading investment managers and provides institutional and individual investors with investment and advisory solutions, with strategies spanning asset classes, industries, and geographies. We help our clients navigate today’s dynamic markets and identify the opportunities that shape their portfolios and long‑term investment goals. We extend these global capabilities to the world’s leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, individuals and family offices.

The Insurance Asset Management team provides innovative solutions for life, health, property and casualty and reinsurance companies. The Insurance Asset Management team is responsible for selling a broad spectrum of products across all asset classes, including private debt, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, fixed income and equities. In addition, the Insurance Asset Management team collaborates with clients on topics, including asset allocation, risk budgeting and asset / liability management. Globally focused, our Insurance Asset Management team manages general account insurance assets for clients across Europe, North America, Bermuda, Asia and the Middle East.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

Associates are dedicated to supporting the efforts of the relationship management team to create new client relationships and expand existing client relationships:

• Assist in the development of strategic plans for individual clients, outlining a service plan and cross selling opportunities, and prospects
• Partner with team members to coordinate prospect pitches, product presentations, and requests for proposal
• Identify and elevate any sensitive client issues to senior team members; coordinate a timely response to the client
• Coordinate with key stakeholders across the Division including Portfolio Managers, Product Managers, Legal, Technology, Operations and Compliance with a common goal of meeting clients’ needs

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and strong academic background required
• 3+ years of work experience in asset management or related field a plus
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and excellent follow‑through
• Ability to grasp problems described by clients, articulate the problems clearly to analyze the problem, and communicate the resulting analysis to clients
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Strong interpersonal skills: Ability to build trust and confidence of colleagues, strengthen relationships through ongoing dialogue and interactions, and collaborate well with others
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work well in a fast‑paced team environment
• Strong skills in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• Investment Management Certificate required, or obtained within 3 months of joining

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.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more:

Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer.

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.

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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