AWM Risk & Controls Associate: Issues & Reporting

Goldman Sachs; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Associate in AWM Risk Management to support Marcus US Deposits and Private Bank in Richardson, Texas. You will execute key control deliverables, assess risks, and ensure regulatory compliance while protecting client assets and driving risk-informed decision making.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience in risk controls, and collaboration with audit and risk partners across the firm.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years related work experience.
• Understanding of Consumer banking processes in a risk management context.
• Exposure to qualitative and quantitative controls across financial products.
• Strong analytical orientation, lateral thinking, organizational, influencing skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to perform data analytics using metrics to identify trends and themes.
• Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate issues and ideas with different levels of stakeholders.
• Innovative, with a keen eye for identifying areas of control enhancements.
• Good influencing skills to challenge the status quo and enhance the control environment.
• Sound time management skills to prioritize and multi-task.
• CFA, FRM or equivalent professional certifications preferred.
• 3-5 years banking experience, specifically in operational risk, compliance, internal audit or corporate governance.
• Strong knowledge of Risk Assessment Framework and experience performing control assessments.
• Working knowledge of financial, operational, compliance, and reputation risks.
• Experience aggregating and analyzing risks and data with output to dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate control issues to ensure conformance to Consumer and Firm requirements.
• Analyze issue root-cause and validate remediation actions.
• Drive resolution of issues in conformance to Consumer and Firm requirements.
• Ensure data quality of issue documentation.
• Aggregate issues to identify key themes and control enhancement opportunities.
• Develop and report on Key Risk Indicators/Key Control Indicators.
• Engage with audit and risk partners to monitor findings.
• Assess vendor risks and issues for themes, and monitor closure.
• Perform reviews of operational risk events and assess themes.
• Monitor operational risk events for timely and accurate reporting.
• Advise, challenge & inform the businesses on risk mitigation actions.
• Lead senior management presentations on risk and control metrics and analysis.
• Coordinate and facilitate governance routines with key executive stakeholders.
• Identify ways to share risk best practice across teams and functions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

CFA/FRM certifications

5+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Business, Finance

Tools

Tableau

Job description

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Associate in AWM Risk Management to support Marcus US Deposits and Private Bank in Richardson, Texas. You will execute key control deliverables, assess risks, and ensure regulatory compliance while protecting client assets and driving risk-informed decision making.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience in risk controls, and collaboration with audit and risk partners across the firm.