Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) – Emerging Market Corporate Credit Analyst, Analyst/Associate recruitment

The Emerging Market Corporate Credit Analyst will be an integral part of GSAM’s Emerging Markets team, which manages over $20bn of dedicated EM assets. The Analyst will be responsible for analyzing credits in a number of industries, performing due diligence, modeling and presenting investment ideas; monitoring credits and assessing relative value based on risk vs. return in a range of different portfolio strategies.

Responsibilities:
•Analyzing issuers via financial modeling, accounting review, covenant analysis, assessment of management’s communications, assessment of third-party research, and interacting with management and sell-side analysts, among others
•Recommending investments across a range of portfolios (with e.g. different risk appetites, restrictions), defending those recommendations in both oral and written communication
•Performing ongoing due diligence and monitoring of portfolio positions and key credits, and communicating updates in a timely fashion (orally and in writing)
•Working with economists on the Emerging Markets team to assess the relevant economic and political risks the companies may face
•Working with the Corporate Credit team to identify global relative value and share investment ideas

Experience:
•Pre-MBA Analyst/Associate with experience in credit analysis or a related discipline (accounting, banking, financial modeling)
•Solid accounting knowledge
•Strong financial modeling
•Good mathematical grounding
•Strong communication skills (oral and written)
•CFA study (at any level) a plus
•Mandarin speaker a plus