Asset & Wealth Management, Business Development Professional, Associate, Philadelphia

Asset & Wealth Management, Private Wealth Management, Business Development Professional, Associate

Wealth Management

Across Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world to reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Our consumer business provides digital solutions for customers to better spend, borrow, invest, and save. Across Wealth Management, our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and customers, and leading-edge technology, data and design.

Private Wealth Management (PWM)

Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management (PWM) specializes in creating comprehensive wealth management plans for ultra high net worth individuals and families, as well as select institutions, including foundations and endowments. PWM Teams work one-on-one with clients to advise and deliver customized strategies drawn from our deep investment experience, diverse wealth management capabilities and global reach. Our Private Wealth Advisors (PWAs) deliver an unparalleled investment platform inclusive of the full product and service offerings of Goldman Sachs and beyond, which may include tax and estate planning, philanthropic planning and private banking and lending services. As client needs evolve, this close relationship allows the team to offer complementary services and new opportunities by leveraging the resources of Goldman Sachs and beyond.

Business Development Professionals (BDPs) will work alongside Private Wealth Advisors (PWAs) across both existing client relationships and new business generation. In this role, BDPs will gain the investment expertise to build and monitor client portfolios as well as exposure to various methods for sourcing new client relationships. High performing BDPs are expected to transition into the PWA role and begin building their own book of business.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Work closely with PWAs to both support existing client relationships and drive new business generation
• Conduct client-facing analyses for client portfolios, spanning strategic and tactical asset allocation as well as portfolio risk / return
• Monitor macroeconomic trends and internal research publications, considering their potential impact on client portfolios
• Act as the growth engine for the PWM team across both wallet share and new business
• Develop a system for sustained outreach to prospective clients, spanning general marketing presentations, investment specific materials, strategic research publications, and client events
• Act as the PWM team's central point of contact for client relationship management in Salesforce
• Participate in the PWM team's prospective client meetings and coordinate follow-up, as needed
• Manage internal new business strategy meetings, developing agendas and driving associated action items

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's degree
• Related financial services experience of 3+ years
• Interest in pursuing a career as a Private Wealth Advisor
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and think clearly under pressure
• Strong interest in the financial markets and good investment sense/commercial instinct
• Ability to multi-task and work with a variety of partners across the firm
• Entrepreneurial spirit coupled with a desire to work in a team-oriented environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and foster a strong network of relationships
• Creative approach to problem solving
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• SIE, Series 3, 7 and 63 (must be obtained within three months of employment)
  
  
  
  • Obtaining CFA Charter and/or CFP highly encouraged and will be sponsored in accordance with firm policy