Our division works on some of the most complex financial challenges and transactions in the market today. Whether advising on a merger, providing financial solutions for an acquisition, or structuring an initial public offering, we handle projects that help clients at major milestones. We work with corporations, pension funds, financial sponsors, and governments and are team of strong analytical thinkers, who have a passion for producing out-of-the-box ideas.

Capital Solution Group – Asset Finance & Lending - Associate/VP

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We structure and execute asset secured lending and structured finance solutions for our clients – deploying and investing GS balance sheet and providing access to global private and public capital markets. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments.

Scope of Role:

• Risk Management – Underwrite and analyse credit, market, operational and legal risk related to principal balance sheet lending; responsibilities span the entire life cycle of a trade from origination to exit.
• Structuring – Structure private lending facilities (term, warehouse, bespoke) as well as securitizations across non-agency and non-traditional collateral sectors on both principal and third party transactions. Prepare term sheets and check deal structure in securitization related documents (pooling and servicing agreements, prospectus supplements etc.)
• Origination – Sourcing transaction opportunities as well as identifying and mobilising strategic growth initiatives across the business. Developing and maintaining client relationships across the hedge funds, alternative asset managers, corporates and brokers.
• Product development – Collaborate to monitor market developments, reverse engineer structures in the market, and devise novel and unique features to optimize financing; understanding the implication of and solving regulatory, structural and market challenges
• Model and research development – Work to develop Excel / Intex models in support of transaction execution, rating agency interactions and investor dialogue. Work to identify areas of research that are critical to product development, risk measurement within transactions, or investor education.
• Communication – Ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders and clients. We expect that this professional will be a key part of our client franchise and will participate in and travel to meetings and client events

Minimum education and experience required:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Business, Math, Physics or a related quantitative field plus 2 years of non-agency l Mortgage-Backed Securities experience or related experience; OR Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Business, Math, Physics or related quantitative field plus 3-5 years of non-agency Mortgage-Backed Securities experience or related experience.

Qualifications Skills required:

• Must have structured finance or structured products experience and demonstrated knowledge of fixed income markets
• Must have demonstrated financial modelling skills to understand and develop deal structure and cash flow waterfall models for revolving and amortizing transactions using industry standard tools (Intex / Bloomberg)
• Must have demonstrated quantitative skills, including performing bond math
• Ability to communicate and work under tight timeframes with internal and external clients, including finance, trading, sales, structurers, legal counsel, rating agencies, accountants, and trustees
• Enthusiastic, proactive team player that will drive transactions and projects