Engineering - New York - Associate, Risk Governance - 10427763

Goldman Sachs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 136,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Associate, Risk Governance in New York, NY. You will identify and monitor risk across business processes, establish governance forums, and drive improvements in risk controls and performance.

You will build probabilistic and deterministic financial models, visualize analyses for diverse audiences, and enhance testing and sampling strategies to detect and mitigate risks. A Master’s or Bachelor’s with experience qualifies you for this role.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with relevant field or Bachelor’s with years of experience and related field
• Experience in statistically driven analysis and risk modeling
• Ability to visualize data and present results to diverse audiences

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and monitor areas of risk related to business processes and controls.
• Define and oversee risk governance procedures and standards across segments.
• Develop and refine probabilistic and deterministic financial models.
• Visualize risk data in management reports and dashboards, using tools like Tableau.
• Support testing and sampling strategies to detect and remediate risks.

Skills

Data analytics

Financial modeling

Data visualization

Risk management

Testing & sampling

Education

Master’s degree in Economics/Finance/CS

Bachelor’s degree in Economics/Finance/CS

Tools

Tableau

Job description

Job Description

Job Duties: Associate, Risk Governance with Goldman Sachs Services LLC in New York, New York. Responsible for identifying, analyzing, and monitoring areas of risk as it pertains to business processes and controls. Responsible for determining, negotiating and agreeing on firm/business quality procedures, standards and specifications. Assess business requirements and ensuring that these are met; acting as a catalyst for change and improvement in performance and quality; monitoring performance. Ensure appropriate oversight for the risk profile of the aligned segment. Establish effective supervisory structures, appropriate segment governance forums, including divisional operational risk and resilience councils (“ORRCs”). Attend regular risk meetings to review exceptions across business units, ask probing questions to establish potential market, client, and other risks that may be contained within aligned workflows. Identify risks within the operational risk profile of the segment, including emerging risks. Share risk best practice across teams and functions, as well as with other business lines where processes exist or there is exposure to similar risks, thereby ensuring effective controls are in place to mitigate those risks. Assess Inherent Risks (IRs) and Residual Risks (RRs) to ensure Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) risk and control review accurately reflects the current risk environment and quality of operational controls. Define thematic RCSA issues to help structure remediation plans regarding significant open risks or control deficiencies and aid with execution of Control Assurance requirements for in-scope controls. Socialize lessons learned to improve our risk and control framework.

Job Requirements: Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Economics, Finance, Computer Science, or related field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or a related role OR Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Economics, Finance, Computer Science, or related field and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or a related role. Prior experience must include one (1) year (with a Master’s degree) OR two (2) years (with a Bachelor’s degree) with: performing statistically driven analysis using various data analytical techniques to identify trends and propose process enhancements; creating, developing, and enhancing probabilistic and deterministic financial models; visualizing complex data analyses from raw data in risk management reports, using visualization tools such as Tableau, and communicating results to a wide variety of audiences; leveraging analytics and automation experience to propose effective and efficient methods to enhance testing and sampling strategies to ensure the most effective risk detection and analyses; and developing processes and tools to identify and monitor data accuracy.

Salary Range: Annual base salary for this New York, New York - based position is $136,000 - $154,400.

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