Asset Management Alternatives - Private Credit; ABF; Vice President

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $3 trillion in assets under supervision. As the primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for insurance companies, pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, financial advisors, and individuals.

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management (GSAM) is an opportunity to work with clients across the globe. As part of one of the world’s leading asset managers you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about excellence in our work, our clients, and building sustainable success.

Asset Finance Overview:

Asset Finance is a growth area within GSAM Private Credit platform. Asset Finance is a global team specializing in asset-backed credit facilities, secured on physical and/or financial collateral. . Broad range of investment mandate include consumer loans, diversified real estate (residential & CRE), commercial credit (SME, equipment leases, trade receivables), fund finance, digital infrastructure (data centers, GPU financing, fiber etc.). The team invests across the capital structure for third-party managed client capital / funds.

This is an opportunity to play an important role in the growth of our global asset finance platform and to get exposure to a global team and its full spectrum of investment activities. This is a unique opportunity for someone with strong structured credit background where you will play a key role in growing our investment capability with our UK client base in particular by identifying opportunities and acting as a key structuring partner across cross-functional deal teams, working with internal and external stakeholders.

You will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to complex transactions across ABF, infrastructure and broad structured credit opportunities.

Responsibilities:

Origination, Execution: Source and evaluate ABF, structured credit and other private credit opportunities across sectors; lead end-to-end transaction execution and deal teams across underwriting, structuring, diligence, internal IC process, closing

Structuring Expertise: Lead design of financing solutions that fit our client’s needs such as private securitisations, with particular focus on MA/HP eligible structures for UK insurance balance sheets; negotiating economics, covenants, and structural protections optimising risk-adjusted returns and capital outcomes

Risk Assessment: Conduct detailed collateral analysis and stress testing; build and review cash-flow and structural models to assess expected performance, and downside protection

Asset Management: Prepare / oversee investment committee materials, portfolio reviews, and performance reports for senior leadership, ensuring alignment with risk/return objectives and capital efficiency

• Principal investing candidate with 6 to 8 years of experience in asset-backed finance, . structured credit or specialty finance
• Prior investing, structuring, or origination experience at a leading alternative asset manager, private credit platform, insurer, pension risk transfer provider, investment bank, or specialty finance lender.
• Demonstrated execution experience across private asset-backed transactions / private securitizations and bespoke financing structures.
• Deep familiarity with ABF asset classes including consumer loans, auto finance, receivables, equipment leasing, residential mortgages,…