Asset & Wealth Management, External Investing Group, Private Equity, Associate, Shanghai

About XIG: External Investing Group
The External Investing Group (XIG) Group provides investors with investment and advisory solutions, across leading hedge fund managers, private equity funds, real estate managers, and traditional long-only managers. The XIG Group manages globally diversified programs, targeted sector-specific strategies, customized portfolios, and a range of advisory services. Our investors access opportunities through new fund commitments, fund-of-fund investments, strategic partnerships, secondary-market investments, co-investments, and seed-capital investments. With over 200 professionals across 15 offices around the world, the XIG Group provides manager diligence, portfolio construction, risk management, and liquidity solutions to investors, drawing on Goldman Sachs' market insights and risk management expertise. We extend these capabilities to the world's leading sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, governments, financial institutions, endowments, foundations and family offices, for which we invest or advise on over $300 billion.
About this role:
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join a growing team in Shanghai. In this role, you will have the opportunity to take part in complex investment transactions and execute deals across various funds, single asset, and other bespoke strategies. A successful candidate will challenge and develop his/her technical skills and expand his/her industry network given the broad range of investment processes he/she will be involved in, within a top tier global financial institution.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct due diligence and evaluate private equity managers for consideration as part of fund-of-funds and or separate account mandates; secondary private equity transactions; co-investment opportunities across a broad range of private equity deal types and sectors
• Perform due diligence on private market fund managers across China, including assessing the quality of investment teams, investment strategies, alignment and track record
• Present investment opportunities to the Investment Committee through written and oral presentations, and conduct required follow-ups
• Coordinate the execution of investments across all deal types, including working closely with internal (e.g., internal counsel, compliance, cash management) and external parties (e.g., private equity managers, external counsel)
• Monitor the performance and risk profile of existing portfolio investments

QUALIFICATIONS

• 6-8 years of experience in Private Equity/ PE Fund of Funds / Co-investment or Secondary / Other Private Markets Investing in Asia-Pacific
• In-depth knowledge of China investment market with experience of dealing with various PE funds in China
• AMAC license is mandatory
• Excellent modeling, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
• Native in Mandarin, strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong organizational skills to oversee production of a high volume of quality work within tight timeframes, often including multiple simultaneous projects
• Attention to detail, team player, self-driven