Asset & Wealth Management, Business Controls Associate, Dublin

Candidate Experience Site - Lateral; Dublin; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Ireland seeks an experienced risk professional to lead Business Risk and Controls for the Savings business. The role requires setting a robust risk framework, ensuring policy compliance, and partnering with 2nd/3rd line teams to manage regulatory and operational risk.

You will supervise a small team, drive risk strategy, and deliver monthly dashboards to inform leadership decisions. Strong communication and EU banking regulation knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in risk management and control testing in 1st line.
• Deep knowledge of Operational Risk in a regulated environment.
• Understanding of EU and Irish retail banking regulations.
• Degree in Finance or related field preferred.
• Strong analytical, planning and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Business Risk and Controls for the Ireland Savings business.
• Establish strong risk cadence across all business areas.
• Ensure compliance with policies and authority levels across teams.
• Develop strategies to manage Regulatory and Operational Risk.
• Provide direction to leadership on key controls and risks.
• Lead a small team of risk professionals and drive strategy.
• Deliver monthly Risk and Compliance dashboards and reports.

Skills

Risk management

Control testing

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder influence

Education

Degree in Finance

Tools

Data analytics tools

Job description

OUR IMPACT

Across Asset Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world to reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking, and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Our direct-to-consumer business provides digital solutions that help customers save and invest. Across Wealth Management, our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and customers, and leading-edge technology, data, and design.

YOUR IMPACT

Are you passionate about customer services, operations, leadership, and using digital tools to provide solutions to customers? Do you have a background in risk management and controls operating in the 1st line? We’re looking for an experienced risk professional to support our business.

What you’ll do:

• Reporting to the Head of Ireland Business Controls, you will lead our Business Risk and Controls efforts, ensuring a robust business risk management framework incorporating risk and control self-assessment and control assurance, business resilience, business continuity and incident management
• Responsible for establishing a strong risk cadence across all areas of the Savings business, managing our risks within the required business appetite
• Ensures compliance with established policies, procedures and authority levels across multiple cross-functional teams and processes
• Develops strategies to manage Regulatory and Operational Risk, working in collaboration with 2nd and 3rd line teams to identify any risks and managing issues in line with agreed business policies
• Provides direction and support to the business leadership team to ensure key controls are in place to manage Regulatory and Operational Risk
• Leads a small team of risk professionals, driving the risk strategy along with ensuring all required activities are completed in accordance with the business risk framework
• Supports monthly control testing across business procedures, as directed by the leadership team, to identify any gaps in controls of new / emerging risks
• Completes ongoing risk assessments; analysing existing risks along with new and emerging risks and identifying, describing and estimating the risks affecting the team and wider business
• Works closely with global Risk teams to establish and quantify the risk appetite and ensure this is embedded into policies, procedures and controls
• Conducts regular audits of policy and compliance to standards
• Partners with Delivery and Training and Development to collect and analyse data from each audit/monitor activity and assist customer support teams with the development and implementation of appropriate corrective action plans, training tips, and team communication to improve overall quality results
• Designs appropriate and ongoing risk training materials and facilitates training across all the teams
• Completes regular Risk Control Self Assessments for the savings business
• Provides monthly Risk and Compliance dashboard
• Provides monthly report on control testing
• Works with teams, and across the business to ensure the incident management and business continuity plans are well understood

REQUIREMENTS

• In depth product and regulatory knowledge across retail banking
• 3-5 years of experience in risk management and control testing, ideally operating in the 1st line
• In depth understanding of Operational Risk, within a regulated environment
• Understanding of EU and Irish retail banking regulations
• In‑depth knowledge of management, regulatory policies and legal requirements
• Degree in Finance or a related field preferred
• Excellent business analytical, good eye for detail
• Excellent planning or organizational skills
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence people
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, verbal and written communication skills
• Enjoys working in a fast‑paced, changing, start‑up environment
• Problem‑solving and decision‑making abilities
• Good technical acumen: ability to understand the wider digital business architecture

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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