Asset & Wealth Management, Credit Research, Vice President, Taiwan

Asset & Wealth Management Overview
A career with Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential, while you discover your own. As part of one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $3 trillion in assets under supervision, you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions and building meaningful relationships with your clients.
Fixed Income & Liquidity Solutions Overview
Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions, within Public Investing, manages more than $1.7 trillion in assets for a variety of clients, including private wealth mandates and institutional clients such as insurance companies, pension funds, and endowments. The team has a long history of investing across public fixed income strategies including rates, currency and credit on behalf of our clients. Investment ideas are created through collaboration between portfolio managers, research analysts, and traders.
OUR IMPACT
GSAM’s Emerging Market team manages over US$45 billion of dedicated EM Fixed Income assets and has been investing in EM Fixed Income for over two decades with strong performance.
The Emerging Markets Fixed Income team is seeking a Financials-focused Credit Analyst to join the team in the Taipei office. The Emerging Markets Fixed Income research team is responsible for researching, recommending and making investment decisions in a variety of accounts and contributes its ideas to both emerging market and global fixed income portfolios. The investment approach relies on a foundation of fundamental research conducted by a team of analysts.
The credit analyst will work closely with portfolio managers and analysts to develop and support investment recommendations across a range of portfolios with a focus on financial sectors in APAC including banks, insurance and other non-bank financials. A successful candidate must demonstrate commitment to a team-oriented culture and a strong enthusiasm for investment research. Financial modelling, communication and research skills, as well as and outstanding critical thinking mindset are also essential for the role. The analyst will be responsible for performing due diligence; building and maintaining financial models; monitoring issuers on an ongoing basis; assessing relative value based on risk-reward for a range of different portfolio strategies; communicating with management teams; and presenting recommendations to others on the team.
YOUR IMPACT
Establish an analytical framework for each assigned industry and place companies in context of this framework.
Performing detailed bottoms-up credit and ESG analysis on Financial issuers including financial modeling, accounting review, covenant analysis, assessment of management quality, review of third-party research, ESG research and assessment, and interacting with management and sell-side analysts, among others.
Analyze Financial sector issuers via financial analysis, evaluation of industry positioning, assessment of management and strategy, and interaction with management and sell-side analysts, among other factors.
Undertake comprehensive ongoing research coverage for companies and sectors in APAC financials credit and communicate updates in a timely fashion (both orally and written) to team members across the globe.
Assess the relative value of investment opportunities by interpreting risk-reward parameters, legal and capital structures, bond covenants, market drivers of bond performance and the value of available alternatives.
Building and maintaining financial models and other investment-related infrastructure that supports our credit recommendations and investment.
Collaborate with investment professionals across the AWM Corporate Credit, Fixed Income and Fundamental Equity teams. Working with economists on the Emerging Markets team to assess the relevant economic and political risks the companies may face. Working with the Global Corporate Credit teams to identify global relative value and share investment ideas.
Identifying & Recommending investment ideas for a range of portfolios with different risk mandates and restrictions, while supporting those recommendations in both oral and written communication. Defend those recommendations in both oral and written communication with portfolio managers.
Engaging in ad-hoc research, thematic and analytic projects.
Maintaining the flexibility to work out of the Singapore office for extended periods and traveling as required to collaborate effectively with global team members.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum 2-year experience in investing, credit or equity analysis or a related discipline (accounting, banking, financial modeling) is required.
Relevant research or investing background in the Financials sector (e.g., banking, insurance, leasing) and/or Investment Grade credit research is highly preferred.
Solid accounting and finance knowledge with a keen ability to analyze financial statements. Strong financial modeling skills with a robust mathematical grounding.
Pre or Post MBA with relevant experience in the financial sector is required.
Understanding of financial markets, preferably within Fixed Income.
Self-starter and resourceful with interest in markets, investing, and investment research.
Data Science, Computer Science & AI tool experience preferred.
Strong communication and presentation skills (oral and written) are required.
Fluent English and Strong business mandarin langua