Graduates Vacancy at Goldman Sachs

Overview:

Goldman Sachs is hiring an experienced Trading Documentation Group – Analyst at their Bangalore location. The team is responsible for providing outstanding service by engaging with clients, understanding their trading activity/strategy.  We handle all aspects of the relevant trading documentation negotiation and are therefore an essential component in the creation and maintenance of a trading relationship with a given client.

The complete details of this job are as follows:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for complete documentation process from drafting, reviewing and negotiating to execution & filing of the following documents: Synthetic Prime Brokerage, Futures, Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum, GMRA, GMSLA, CDEA, ISDA/CSA and regulatory initial margin MRA, MSFTA’s suite of documentation and Master Confirmation Agreements for all Equity Derivative products and related ancillary documents; and
• Review of legal opinions on netting and collateral enforceability including liaising with external counsel;
• Development and execution of negotiation strategies, outside of a playbook, to balance client and GS needs
• Independently lead complex and/or sensitive negotiations for high profile clients
• Working closely with the Franchise and Prime business, in particular (Franchise) New Business Group
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and the development of policy and best practices within the trading documentation negotiation space including mentoring and coaching of junior team members and leading training/knowledge sharing sessions
• Responding to queries on the master documentation from various departments including the front office;
• Ongoing opportunity to challenge existing controls/processes and leverage your experience to identify risks and improve the effectiveness of the team; and
• Develop and nurture relationships across the firm to build consensus and execute on initiatives.

Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum of one year of experience in Legal/Trading Documentation role (including within a Credit, Risk or Treasury function) or attorney/paralegal experience within a law firm.
• Knowledge of various legal entities including funds, insurance companies and pensions.
• Proven excellent organizational and prioritisation skills and attention to detail, especially under pressure.
• Proven ability to negotiate and review detailed legal documents with an eye for detail and accuracy, particularly around documentation terms.
• Ability to ensure consistency across documentation and know when to escalate issues.
• Good interpersonal and communications skills.
• Enthusiasm and interest in development of documentation skills and using such skills for the completion of negotiation process.
• Flexibility and willingness to learn new skills and develop full job ownership.
• Strong commercial acumen with a keen interest in derivative, repo, securities lending markets and products and/or prime brokerage products and services.
• Ability to interact with and influence business stakeholders and clients in order to negotiate, build consensus, control risks and improve operational efficiency.
• Proficient in IT and able to adapt to various databases/systems.
• Additional language skills (in French, German, Italian or Spanish) would be preferable.

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