GBM Private, Capital Solutions Group, Leveraged Finance, Vice President

Capital Solutions Group

Goldman Sachs operates at the fulcrum of one of the most important structural trends in finance: the convergence of public and private markets. We combine the #1 global advisory franchise, a leading origination business, and an investing platform that deploys capital across liquid and alternative asset classes.

Our Capital Solutions Group is a comprehensive suite of our financing, origination, structuring, and risk management solutions. The depth and breadth of our relationships, enriched by the velocity of our deal flow, provide clients unique insights to maximize value and unlock opportunity.

Our integrated structure is built to provide comprehensive, tailored solutions that propel both our issuing and investing clients forward

Leveraged Finance

Our Leveraged Finance group originates structures, advises and executes bank loan and high yield bond financings for corporate clients and financial sponsors, including LBOs, refinancing, M&A transactions and restructurings. Leverage Finance teams serve as intermediaries between the debt capital markets (including sales, trading, research, and buy side investors) and our issuing clients. Given underwriting requirements for many of the transactions, the group works closely with multiple areas of the firm including Classic Investment Banking, Credit, Capital Markets and Research.

Key Responsibilities

Transaction Execution & Deal Leadership

• Lead day-to-day execution of private debt / direct lending leveraged finance transactions.
• Coordinate across internal product groups (M&A, Sponsors, ECM, Risk, Legal, Goldman's Credit Partners) and external counterparties to drive transactions from origination through closing.
• Lead financial modeling, credit analysis, valuation, diligence and structuring work for complex leveraged financings and recapitalizations.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality internal underwriting and syndication materials (lender presentations, model, etc.).

Client & Sponsor Coverage

• Serve as a primary point of contact for private equity sponsors, private credit funds, and corporate management teams.
• Support senior bankers in originating new private debt and leveraged finance opportunities, including pitch development and relationship management.
• Demonstrate commercial judgment in identifying financing solutions aligned with client objectives and prevailing market conditions.

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage, mentor, and review the work of Associates and Analysts, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to Goldman's standards.
• Provide coaching and feedback to junior team members on technical skills, presentation quality, and professional development.
• Help foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture.

Market & Product Expertise

• Maintain a strong understanding of private credit markets, investor appetite, documentation trends, leverage metrics, and regulatory considerations.
• Track competitive dynamics across private debt providers, BDCs, CLOs, and alternative asset managers.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of Goldman’s Leveraged Finance franchise through thought leadership and market insights.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree and 3.5 years of investment banking experience; OR Bachelor’s degree and 7.5 years of investment banking, leveraged finance, or equivalent experience
• Strong track record of executing Leveraged Finance transactions in an investment banking role
• 2 years’ experience in leading deal teams of analysts and associates
• History of outstanding academic and professional achievement
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong quantitative and technical abilities
• Personal integrity, initiative and leadership qualities
• Capacity to interact and build relationships with a wide range of people and act as a point of contact
• Drive, enthusiasm, creativity and excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Ability to work as part of a team in an environment that demands excellence, time and energy

We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

• Healthcare & Medical Insurance: We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.
• Holiday & Vacation Policies: We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.
• Financial Wellness & Retirement: We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.
• Health Services: We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.
• Fitness: To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
• Child Care & Family Care: We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Salary Range

USD 150,000 - 300,000

Benefits

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