Asset Management - XIG Investment Oversight-Public - Salt Lake - Vice President

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The Vice President within the Alternative Investment Oversight (AIO) team is a senior operational role responsible for managing capital call processes across XIG strategies, leading the identification and resolution of complex operational risk events, and serving as the primary Operations liaison across Controllers, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Tax, Payments, and Investment teams. The individual oversees governance and regulatory readiness, supports operational execution for new fund launches and full product lifecycle management, and sets execution standards for documentation quality, incident handling, and stakeholder communication across the broader team.

The role requires translating complex operational issues into clear, decision‑ready summaries for senior stakeholders while driving operational efficiency and scalability.

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 make business flow.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the pre‑eminent investment management organizations globally. Critical to the success of Goldman Sachs Asset Management is our ability to leverage a global team of talented professionals and deliver continued innovation to meet our client’s evolving needs.

The External Investment Group (XIG) provides investors with investment and advisory solutions across leading hedge fund managers, private equity funds, real estate managers, and traditional long‑only managers. The XIG manages globally diversified programs, targeted sector‑specific strategies, customized portfolios, and a range of advisory services. Our investors access opportunities through new fund commitments, fund‑of‑fund investments, strategic partnerships, secondary‑market investments, co‑investments, and seed‑capital investments.

With over 300 professionals across eight offices around the world, the XIG provides manager diligence, portfolio construction, risk management, and liquidity solutions to investors, drawing on Goldman Sachs’ market insights and risk management expertise.

The Alternative Investment Oversight (AIO) team supports the XIG desk and has responsibility for various aspects of portfolio accounting, liquidity, credit facility management, foreign currency transactions, payments, and serves as the single point of contact for all business‑related inquiries. These functions cover a wide range of clients and a complex product range, which include equities, money markets, currency, leveraged financing, asset‑backed loans, and derivatives.

The AIO team supports portfolio managers, risk managers, sales, and client relationship professionals by providing accurate and timely client account information and overseeing all aspects of operational risk across portfolios and strategies. This involves extensive interaction with internal and external parties to ensure effective oversight for existing business and also to shape and implement solutions for new clients, products, strategies, and system architecture.

The group continues to focus on best‑in‑class client experience and works closely with the business to maintain and enhance client relationships.

• Oversee team responsible for alternative investment transaction booking and payment approvals.
• Serve as an escalation contact to provide guidance for issue resolution.
• Coach and mentor junior employees to realize their full potential.
• Approve investment bookings for private equity funds and perform review functionalities.
• Approve expense payments across multiple alternative investment asset classes including private equity and direct hedge funds.
• Oversight of reporting requirements to Senior Management and to AIMS Business.
• Work closely with other teams, including…