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GBM Private, IB Classic, M&A Capital Markets, Vice President - New York

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., New York, New York, us, 10261

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GBM Private, IB Classic, M&A Capital Markets, Vice President - New York New York, New York, United States

Job Description Divisional Overview The Investment Banking team works on the most complex financial challenges and transactions in the market today. Whether advising on a merger, providing financial solutions for an acquisition, or structuring an initial public offering, we handle projects that help clients at major milestones. We work with corporations, pension funds, financial sponsors, and governments and are a team of strong analytical thinkers, who have a passion for producing out-of-the-box ideas

Opportunity The M&A Capital Markets (MACM) team is an integral part of the M&A advisory business, responsible for providing differentiated advice on unique or complex merger matters. MACM provides capital markets insights and judgments on all aspects of strategic transactions, ranging from negotiating merger consideration to predicting and analyzing event-driven trading dynamics. The team has a broad mandate, pitching and executing mergers and separations across sectors, market caps and geographies. MACM is looking for a new hire to join the team as a Vice President or Senior Associate. The position provides the opportunity to build a deep understanding of the M&A business, as well as the ability to have an immediate impact on some of the highest-profile transactions the firm works on each year. This individual is expected to take ownership of key workstreams, produce and present analysis to client management teams, and manage and mentor junior professionals in a small, close-knit group.

Responsibilities This individual will be responsible for:

Helping senior bankers across Investment Banking advise clients on a diverse set of merger-related matters

Architecting and negotiating structured deal solutions (such as equity collars and cash/stock elections) on behalf of clients in live M&A transactions

Leveraging data to create differentiated insights into the merger and equity markets for use in marketing and advisory

Performing and presenting analyses to identify trading patterns related to activism, mergers and other corporate events, including M&A buyer reactions, merger arb, index fund trading, and activist accumulation

Interpreting investor sentiment around transactions by synthesizing investor feedback, trading desk color, market data, research, and third-party commentary

Analyzing the financial and capital markets impacts of novel transaction structures

Providing real-time judgments and insight into trading dynamics in leaked, hostile, or contested M&A

Gauging the impact of acquisitions and separations on pre- and post-closing client valuations and equity stories

Overseeing, quality-controlling and enhancing the group’s proprietary datasets

Skills and Experience We're Looking For

5+ years of relevant investment banking experience (equity capital markets and/or M&A)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with confidence to interact with clients and senior internal leaders

Exceptional quantitative and technical skills, ideally with experience in statistics or data science

Demonstrated interest in and understanding of equity markets and the macroeconomic environment

Strong familiarity with company valuation concepts (comparable multiples, DCF, LBO, etc.) and merger math

Familiarity with basic derivatives concepts (e.g., call / put pricing, delta, etc.)

Effective project management skills with ability to prioritize competing projects and deadlines

Intellectual curiosity and creativity

Self-motivated with strong initiative, ownership mentality, and excellent work ethic

Enthusiasm for working with and mentoring junior bankers

Salary Range The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $150000-$300000. 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.

Job Info

Job Identification 161616

Job Category Vice President

Posting Date 02/06/2026, 10:01 PM

Locations New York, New York, United States

Healthcare & Medical Services

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally

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

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).

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.

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