Investment Banking - Secondaries/Sponsor M&A Analyst

Goldman Sachs

Posted 12 days ago

Full Time

New York, New York

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Support senior professionals in executing GP-led secondary transactions, including conducting due diligence and preparing client presentations, financial models, and transaction marketing materials. Coordinate capital-raising and investor due diligence activities, manage data rooms and investor requests, and maintain information databases and market data.

Qualifications

You have a Bachelor's degree and a history of outstanding academic achievement. You possess strong quantitative and analytical skills, with experience in modeling and valuation techniques being a plus, and a demonstrated interest in private equity and alternative investment strategies.

Must Have Skills for ATS

M&A

financial modeling

valuation techniques

due diligence

capital raising

investor relations

Job Description

OUR IMPACT

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.

TEAM OVERVIEW 
The Sponsor M&A Group is a key team within M&A at Goldman Sachs, focused on covering financial sponsor clients and their portfolio companies. We cover clients across all industries and provide M&A, financing and other corporate finance solutions utilizing dedicated resources

The Sponsor M&A Group has built a leading Secondary Advisory business that provides strategic advice to sponsor clients on a range of general partner (GP) led secondary transactions, including Single and Multi-Asset Continuation Funds, Strip Sales, Tender Offers and other related structures. The Secondary Advisory business is fully integrated within M&A and Sponsor / Industry Coverage, enabling the team to provide clients with differentiated insight and service. The team has unique experience in structuring and executing GP-led transactions, having helped develop many of the technologies utilized in today’s market.

 Roles and Responsibilities include:

  • Working alongside senior professionals to execute secondary transactions at every stage of the deal process
  • Preparing presentation materials tailored for prospective clients
  • Conducting comprehensive due diligence on potential transactions using various financial and industry analyses
  • Assisting in creating transaction marketing materials, including financial models, investor presentations, confidential information memorandums, and process letters
  • Supporting the logistics of capital raising and investor due diligence activities, such as managing online data rooms, organizing meetings and calls, handling investor requests, and gathering investor feedback
  • Maintaining multiple information databases and monitored market data

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • History of outstanding academic achievement
  • Effective presentation, communication, and writing skills
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task
  • Highly collaborative and motivated to work as part of a team
  • Strong quantitative and analytical background; experience in modeling and valuation techniques is a plus
  • Demonstrated interest in private equity and other alternative investment strategies

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers .

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2026. All rights reserved.

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

BENEFITS
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.

Goldman Sachs

We aspire to be the world’s most exceptional financial institution, united by our shared values of partnership, client service, integrity, and excellence. Operating at the center of capital markets, we act as one firm, mobilizing our people, capital, and ideas to deliver superior results across our clients’ most complex challenges. For 157 years, Goldman Sachs has delivered world-class execution on a global scale across our leading Global Banking & Markets and Asset & Wealth Management businesses. Apprenticeship is central to our culture, with hands-on coaching and access to leaders who bring decades of experience and expertise. With office locations around the world, we offer a broad range of career opportunities to those who insist on excellence and thrive on performance. Find our Social Media Disclosures here: gs.com/social-media-disclosures
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