Global Tax, Alternative Investments Tax Advisor, Associate, London
Job Description
Our Impact
Global Tax is a team of specialists charged with managing the firm’s worldwide taxes. Global Tax analyzes and supports the activities, operations, reporting obligations, and transactions of the firm’s business lines to ensure that tax consequences and reputational risks are evaluated appropriately. Our work contributes directly to the firm’s success, and Global Tax is ideal for creative and collaborative individuals who have strong ethics and attention to detail.
Your Impact
An opportunity has arisen in Global Tax for a tax professional to advise the firm’s front office, primarily the alternative investments platform within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Goldman Sachs is one of the leading investors in alternatives globally. The business invests in the full spectrum of alternatives including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and sustainability. This position will involve significant interaction with people in the business and Global Tax, and will require strong transaction management skills. If you are a self‑starter who is excited by the prospect of working in a fast‑paced environment, this role will appeal to you.
Primary Responsibilities
* Advising businesses in Goldman Sachs Asset Management on tax consequences related to alternative investment funds and deals.
* Working with, and challenging the input from, external advisors.
* Liaising with other tax colleagues within the firm, particularly in the US.
Required Qualifications, Experience and Skills
* Professionally qualified – Lawyer or ACA/CTA.
* Minimum 2 years post‑qualification tax experience at a leading firm.
* Strong technical UK tax knowledge.
* Experience of cross‑border transactions and structuring, including knowledge of tax regimes in other European jurisdictions and the USA (US experience preferred but not required).
* Excellent communication skills with an ability to influence senior business stakeholders and make decisions.
* Flexible and able to learn quickly.
* Highly motivated team player able to work in a fast‑paced environment.
Locations
* London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
Benefits
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, 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).
Childcare & Family Support: 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.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.
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