Goldman Sachs Opens 2027 New Analyst Applications for Australia, New Zealand

Goldman Sachs has opened applications for its 2027 New Analyst Program across Australia and New Zealand, with a hard deadline of April 14, 2026. The openings span four divisions: Corporate Advisory, Asset and Wealth Management, Global Investment Research, and Engineering and Operations, with positions available across Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney.

The New Analyst Program is the firm's standard entry-level track for undergraduate and graduate hires, structured as a full-time program that rotates new analysts through technical training, desk onboarding, and mentorship. The stated outcomes are practical: learning the firm's businesses, developing relationships, and building career-enhancing skills. For final-year students eyeing Goldman, this window is the primary path in.

Eligibility is deliberately broad. The firm accepts final-year undergraduate and graduate students from any field of study, and Goldman Sachs is explicit that a finance background is not a prerequisite. "A background in finance is not necessary," the firm states in its recruiting materials. "What we do require are integrity, professional excellence and teamwork."

That openness to non-finance majors is particularly relevant for the Engineering and Operations track, where Goldman Sachs actively recruits candidates with computer science, mathematics, statistics, and engineering backgrounds. Engineering analysts work inside embedded teams alongside trading desks, sales, asset management, and banking units, building and automating systems using open source software, databases, cloud solutions, and a range of programming languages. The firm frames these roles not as back-office support but as central to how Goldman operates: "As a software engineer, you are the change agents that transform Goldman Sachs by applying your technical know-how."

For those considering where this program sits in Goldman's career architecture, the New Analyst track feeds directly into the firm's analyst class, the entry point for a career path that can run through associate, VP, and managing director. The program's explicit emphasis on relationship-building reflects a reality Goldman insiders know well: who you know inside the firm, built during those first months on desk, often shapes where you land two or three years later.

Applications for the broader Asia programs are not yet open; Goldman has indicated those will become available in July, without specifying a closing date.

The April 14 deadline leaves approximately three weeks from today. Candidates targeting Sydney or Melbourne for equities, research, or advisory work, or Auckland for any of the four divisions, should treat that date as fixed rather than aspirational.