Controllers Operations-Dallas-Associate-Regulatory Reporting - Portfolio Level

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Dallas is seeking an Associate to join the Regulatory Reporting – Portfolio Level team within Controllers. The role focuses on managing position reporting, regulatory disclosures, and data quality initiatives across US and global requirements.

You will partner with Business, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering to support critical obligations, improve control environment, and drive automation and reporting modernization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Financial Services, Regulatory Reporting, Compliance, Risk Management, Audit, Operations, or related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with large and complex datasets.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with SQL is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to work effectively across functions and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop expertise in beneficial ownership, large Option Position Reporting, major shareholder, exchange position, short position, and other regulatory disclosure requirements.
• Monitor reporting obligations, position limits, and regulatory thresholds to ensure compliance.
• Review daily exceptions, investigate control breaks and reporting issues, and drive remediation across stakeholders.
• Manage escalation processes related to reporting exceptions, threshold breaches, and regulatory risks.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Legal, and Business stakeholders to implement mitigation strategies.
• Analyze positions and exposures across equities, exchange-traded derivatives, OTC derivatives, and other financial instruments.

Skills

Advanced Excel

SQL

Data analysis

Regulatory reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Opportunity Overview sitemap_outline CORPORATE TITLE Associate language OFFICE LOCATION(S) Dallas assignment JOB FUNCTION Regulatory Reporting - Portfolio Level account_balance DIVISION Controllers

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. For us, it’s all about bringing together people who are curious, collaborative and have the drive to make things possible for our clients and communities.

YOUR IMPACT

Are you looking to join a fast-paced team responsible for managing the firm's position reporting, beneficial ownership, and regulatory disclosure requirements? Within Controllers, the US Position Reporting team is seeking a motivated professional to partner with Business, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering teams to support critical regulatory obligations, risk management activities, and strategic transformation initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to develop expertise across US and global position reporting regulations, strengthen the firm's control environment, and contribute to initiatives that improve data quality, reporting accuracy, operational scalability, and risk management.

OUR IMPACT

Controllers is responsible for safeguarding the firm's financial and non-financial regulatory obligations through effective risk management and robust control frameworks. Within Controllers, the Risk & Regulatory Control organization oversees a broad range of compliance, control, and regulatory activities designed to protect the firm and support adherence to regulatory requirements. The Global Position Reporting team is responsible for monitoring and reporting beneficial ownership, major shareholder, Large Option Position Reporting, exchange position limit, short position, and other regulatory disclosure requirements across multiple jurisdictions. The US Position Reporting team manages reporting, monitoring, and escalation processes related to SEC, FINRA, CFTC, exchange position limit, and other regulatory requirements applicable to the firm's business activities.

The team plays a critical role in protecting the firm through the accurate and timely execution of reporting requirements, monitoring of position limits and regulatory thresholds, management of escalation events, and implementation of strategic initiatives focused on automation, controls, and reporting modernization.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Develop expertise in beneficial ownership, large Option Position Reporting, major shareholder, exchange position, short position, and other regulatory disclosure requirements.
• Monitor reporting obligations, position limits, and regulatory thresholds to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements.
• Review daily exceptions, investigate control breaks and reporting issues, and drive remediation efforts across stakeholders.
• Manage escalation processes related to reporting exceptions, threshold breaches, and regulatory risks.
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, and Business stakeholders to implement mitigation strategies, including trading restrictions where required.
• Analyze positions and exposures across equities, exchange-traded derivatives, OTC derivatives, convertible securities, and other financial instruments.
• Support responses to regulatory inquiries, examinations, and requests from regulators including FINRA, SEC, and exchanges.
• Interpret regulatory requirements and assess the impact of new products, business initiatives, and regulatory developments.
• Design and enhance controls supporting the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of reporting activities.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to improve data quality, automate manual processes, and enhance reporting infrastructure.
• Participate in strategic initiatives, testing activities, and platform transformation programs.
• Prepare risk metrics, management reporting, and updates for senior leadership.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Financial Services, Regulatory Reporting, Compliance, Risk Management, Audit, Operations, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with large and complex datasets.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with SQL is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to work effectively across functions and influence stakeholders.
• Demonstrated risk and control awareness.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and team-oriented mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting position reporting, beneficial ownership, compliance, controls, audit, or risk management functions.
• Knowledge of SEC, FINRA, CFTC, and exchange-related regulatory requirements.
• Experience monitoring position limits, regulatory thresholds, and escalation frameworks.
• Experience with equities, exchange-traded derivatives, OTC derivatives, and other complex financial products.
• Experience supporting regulatory inquiries, examinations, audits, or remediation activities.
• Experience working on strategic transformation, process improvement, or automation initiatives.
• Experience in SQL, Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI, or similar data analytics tools.
• Understanding of project management, testing methodologies, and change management processes.

Preferred Experience:

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in financial services with exposure to regulatory reporting, compliance, risk management, operations, audit, business analysis, or project management functions. Candidates should demonstrate experience working with complex financial products, regulatory requirements, large datasets, control frameworks, and cross-functional stakeholders. Experience supporting beneficial ownership reporting, SEC and FINRA obligations, position limit monitoring, OTC derivative analysis, regulatory inquiries, and strategic transformation initiatives isa plus.

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: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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