Associate - 7718223

Job Duties: Associate with Goldman Sachs & Co.

LLC in San Francisco, California. Interact with senior management at companies to build relationships and coordinate information requests needed for analysis. Conduct detailed financial analysis on individual, privately held companies to assess investment opportunities.

This includes forecasting financial statements (cash flow, balance sheet, and income statement), valuation analysis, market, and competitive analysis, returns analysis (including modeling various preferred equity structures) and unit economics. Prepare detailed investment committee memos outlining the considerations of a particular investment and the terms to propose. Present investment thesis to internal investment committees.

Perform investment management duties, including quarterly valuations, assessing needs for future capital, helping with business development, serving on boards and assessing exit opportunities. Research and develop expertise around various trends, themes, and business models across enterprise technology. Mentor analysts and other junior team members.

Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Law, Legal Studies, Business Administration, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.

Two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in a related Investment Banking role. Must have two (2) years of prior working experience with: analyzing, evaluating, and executing mid and large cap (enterprise value of $500 million and more) sellside and buyside transactions; developing fully integrated cash flow, balance sheet, and P&L financial models, including accounting adjustments, with probabilistic scenarios; developing equity (including merger and LBO) and debt transaction models; developing valuation and model analysis for Fairness Committees and presentations to Board of Directors at various companies to make strategic M&A decisions; working directly with key stakeholders at various publicly listed companies (enterprise value of $1 billion and more) including CEOs, CFOs and finance teams on transactions; and utilizing tools including Thomson Reuters Eikon and Bloomberg Terminals to conduct detailed financial analysis and benchmarking exercises for public companies. Travel required 40% of the time within North America.

Salary Range: The expected annual base salary for this San Francisco, California, United States-based position is $150,000/year - $225,000/year. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

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: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/discover/benefits-summary-US.pdf

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