Risk - Birmingham - Analyst - Software Engineering

Goldman Sachs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in investment banking is seeking a passionate professional for their Liquidity Risk Applications role. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where you will leverage cutting-edge technologies to enhance operational efficiency and drive digital transformation. You will engage with various divisions, manage the full software development lifecycle, and develop scalable applications that support risk management and regulatory reporting. Join a firm that values diversity and inclusion, fostering professional growth through training and development opportunities, while making a significant impact in the financial sector.

Benefits

Training and Development Opportunities

Wellness Programs

Mindfulness Programs

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

• 1-3 years' experience in a risk technology team at a bank or financial institution.
• Experience with relational/object databases and software development.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical specifications and manage end-to-end systems development cycle.
• Build strong relationships with business partners and lead software engineers.

Skills

Software Development

Data Structures

Algorithms

Programming Languages

Risk Technology

Database Management

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Slang

SECDB

Job description

Risk Division

The Risk Division identifies, monitors, evaluates, and manages the firm's financial and non-financial risks in support of the firm's Risk Appetite Statement and the firm's strategic plan. Operating in a fast paced and dynamic environment and utilizing the best in class risk tools and frameworks, Risk teams are analytically curious, have an aptitude to challenge, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

Risk Engineering

Risk Engineering, which is part of the Risk Division, is a central part of the Goldman Sachs risk management framework, with primary responsibility to provide robust metrics, data-driven insights, and effective technologies for risk management. Risk Engineering is staffed globally with offices including Dallas, New Jersey, New York, Salt Lake City, London, Warsaw, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Tokyo. As a member of Risk Engineering, you will interface with a variety of divisions around the firm as well as the other regional offices. The interaction with numerous departments and the diverse projects that ensue allow for a challenging, varied and multi-dimensional work environment. Risk Engineering professionals are part of the value proposition of the firm and we balance our key functional responsibility of control with that of being commercial. RE has strong traditions of risk management, client service excellence and career development opportunities for our people.

Liquidity Risk Applications

The Liquidity Risk Application role, which is part of the Risk Engineering group, is for a professional who is passionate about digital transformation, increasing operational efficiency through automation, reducing technical debt and developing highly scalable and reliable applications. Liquidity Risk has several reporting applications that generate data that are used for internal risk management and regulatory reporting. Data warehousing and data analytics skills will be useful as there is a significant focus on data and reporting.

What We Look For

• Work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment that provides exposure to all areas of the Firm from liquidity management perspective
• Build disruptive solutions using cutting edge technologies with measurable commercial outcomes
• Understand business needs, facilitating and developing process workflow, data requirements, and specifications required to support implementation
• Develop technical specifications, high level/detailed design, testing strategies, and implementation plans from business requirements
• Manage end-to-end systems development cycle from requirements analysis, coding, testing, UAT and maintenance
• Build strong relationships with business partners and front line risk managers
• Lead talented software engineers who are passionate about identifying patterns and building common solutions

Skills And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline
• 1-3 years' experience working in a risk technology team in another bank or financial institution. Experience in liquidity risk technology is a plus.
• Experience with one or more major relational/object databases.
• Experience in software development, including a clear understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design and core programming concepts
• Comfortable multi-tasking, managing multiple stakeholders and working as part of a team
• Comfortable with working with multiple programming languages
• Should be ready to work in GS proprietary technology like Slang/SECDB
• An understanding of compute resources and the ability to interpret performance metrics (e.g., CPU, memory, threads, file handles).
• Knowledge of SDLC and experience in working through the entire life cycle of the project from start to end

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 GS.com/careers.

We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: here.

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