TEAM OVERVIEW
Goldman Sachs Internal Auditors demonstrate strong risk and control mindsets, analytical, exercise professional scepticism, and are able to challenge and discuss effectively with management on risks and control measures. We look for individuals who enjoy learning about audit, businesses and functions, have innovative and creative mindsets to adopt analytical techniques to enhance audit techniques, building relationships and are able to evolve and thrive in teamwork and in a fast-paced global environment.
Goldman Sachs Internal Audit comprises individuals from diverse backgrounds including chartered accountants, developers, risk management professionals, cybersecurity professionals, and data scientists. We are organized into global teams comprising business and technology auditors to cover all the firm's businesses and functions, including securities, investment banking, consumer and investment management, risk management, finance, cyber-security and technology risk, and engineering.
THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As the third line of defence, Internal Audit's mission is to independently assess the firm's internal control structure, including the firm's governance processes and controls, and risk management and capital and anti-financial crime frameworks, raise awareness of control risk and monitor the implementation of management's control measures.
In doing so, Internal Audit perform the following duties:
1. Communicates and reports on the effectiveness of the firm's governance, risk management and controls that mitigate current and evolving risk
2. Raise awareness of control risk
3. Assesses the firm's control culture and conduct risks
4. Monitors management's implementation of control measures
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
5. Collaborate and work within the IA Asset Management team, the broader IA division and Goldman Sachs
6. Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of business areas, its products, and supporting functions
7. Plan and execute audit testing to ensure audit fieldwork is focused on the right areas and documentation meets high quality standards
8. Identify risks, assess mitigating controls, and make recommendations on improving the control environment
9. Prepare commercially effective audit conclusions and findings, and present to Internal Audit senior management and business stakeholders
10. Follow-up on open audit issues and their resolution
11. Participate in department-wide initiatives aimed at continually improving Internal Audit's processes and supporting infrastructure
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
12. Bachelor degree holder with 1 - 5 years of experience in either internal audit, or an independent validation function within the financial services industry or Big 4 risk advisory
13. Strong risk and control mindset
14. Strong verbal and written communication skills
15. Good communicator who can manage multiple stakeholders, keen to drive consensus and influence the outcomes
16. Excellent team player who is enthusiastic, motivated to learn and detailed oriented
17. Highly motivated with strong analytical skills, willing and able to learn new business and system processes quickly
18. Awareness of relevant EMEA Asset Management Regulation, including sustainable finance
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. 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, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at /careers. We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.