Associate – Data Center Finance

Job Description

Global Banking & Markets Private, Capital Solutions Group, Infrastructure and Real Asset Finance, Data Center Finance, Associate, New York | Goldman Sachs

The Tone:
This is a full-time Associate role at Goldman Sachs, located in New York, NY. Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm, founded in 1869, which commits its people, capital, and ideas to help clients, shareholders, and communities grow. This role is integral to addressing complex financial challenges and transactions in the data center sector, structuring financial solutions for acquisitions, and executing initial public offerings that help clients achieve major milestones. The position provides solutions to data center developers and users across their capital structure within the AI and digital infrastructure ecosystem.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, New York, NY
• Pay: $150000–$225000 yearly
• Team: Capital Solutions Group within Global Banking & Markets, Infrastructure and Real Asset Finance, Data Center Finance team
• Mission: To advise, structure, and execute complex financings for data center developers and users across project finance loans and project bonds, including principal lending investments.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Transaction Execution: Execute financing transactions for data center development projects, including project finance / construction loans, bridge loans, and project bonds.
• Client Advisory: Advise developers and hyperscalers on data center strategy, including the structuring of major projects and financing alternatives.
• Document Analysis: Analyze key project documents including data center leases, development agreements, and power agreements.
• Financial Modeling: Build and audit detailed financial models and perform credit and returns analyses.
• Diligence Coordination: Coordinate transaction diligence with external parties (counsel, consultants, technical advisors, appraisers, environmental and insurance advisors) and internal stakeholders.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Completed an undergraduate degree with a core domain in Investment Banking / M&A, Project / Infrastructure Finance, Structured / Asset-Backed Finance, Real Estate Finance, or related credit investing and underwriting.
• Experience: 2+ years of relevant experience, including financial modeling and transaction execution in complex financing situations.
• Skills: Financial modeling, transaction execution, credit and returns analysis, strong analytical and quantitative skills, strong communication skills.
• Bonus: Experience working on development financings and complex structured transactions, familiarity with data centers or similar infrastructure, strong modeling expertise including construction / project finance modeling, and an entrepreneurial attitude with an ownership mindset.