About this role
GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS
Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.
FX Market Strats, in London
Front office role within GS MarketStrats steam. Can see example of output here . Combines trade structuring expertise and market views. Works very closely with sales and trading in developing ideas and engaging clients
What we do:
- Design and price derivatives and structured products on FX and cross asset hybrids
- Create content: develop actionable trade ideas and key analytics for the GS client base
- Build analytical tools and screens: to understand market moves and identify ideas
- This role has emphasis on innovation: particularly how we can utilise AI to harness GS data and develop ideas
Quality required
- Quantitative: good knowledge of derivatives, strong coding ability
- Commercial: presentation skills to provide product expertise for client meetings
- Markets: keen interest in markets and what drives them
Qualifications and Skills
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills with a good understanding of derivatives
- Some taste for programming (Experience in Python/C++ is a plus)
- Excellent academic background (Bachelor/Master level in quantitative fields such as (but not exclusively) Statistics, Econometrics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Physics)
- Interest in markets is more essential than a deep prior knowledge of FX
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.