IBD - ECM Analytics - Associate - London

Job description

Job Summary & Responsibilities

Application Opening Date: 29 September 2016
Application Closing Date: 26 October 2016
Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Full time

OUR IMPACT

Investment Banking Division (IBD) Strats work with the division’s clients and leadership in pricing, structuring and executing some of the largest and most complex transactions worldwide. We provide analytical, model-based solutions to clients across products and industries; our aim is to provide the best and most innovative financing and risk management solutions to differentiate the firm. On a day-to-day basis, we are faced with a range of problems including deal and derivative structuring, risk estimation and mitigation, capital structure optimization, capital-based business selection, and more.  We work with bankers to develop new financial products and analytical tools and with strats and engineers across the firm and contribute to the firm’s knowledge base.

HOW YOU WILL FULFIL YOUR POTENTIAL

- Working closely with the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) group which originates, structures, and executes equity financings and solutions on behalf of Goldman Sachs's global corporate client base.  
- Developing analyses and tools to help originate equity deals through targeting and marketing, and optimize deal execution. The work involves statistical data analysis techniques, algorithmic problem solving, and machine learning to identify and solve business problems.
- Designing equity derivatives and equity linked instruments to help our clients meet tactical and strategic corporate finance and risk-management objectives.
- Pricing and risk-managing of OTC derivatives.
- Developing statistical and machine learning solutions for our clients and to increase efficiency of our franchise.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES WE ARE LOOKING FOR

- Strong academic record with Master’s degree or equivalent required
- Prior investment banking industry experience essential
- Must have CFA qualification
- Strong data analysis, pricing  skills required
- Must have experience of developing financial models using Excel etc.
- Strong quantitative/analytical reasoning and problem-solving abilities required
- Demonstrable interest in finance, investment banking, and the capital markets required
- Strong technical and computer programming skills with knowledge of Angular/SQL/HTML/CSS/JavaScript required
- Knowledge of Bloomberg and FactSet required
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) essential
- Must have strong interpersonal skills and desire and ability to work as part of a team
- Must have results-oriented work ethic based upon responsibility, enthusiasm, and pride in work

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