Internal Audit, Asset & Wealth Management, Associate, Dallas

The Goldman Sachs Group; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking detail-oriented Internal Auditors to help ensure robust controls across the firm. Responsibilities include scoping reviews, risk assessment, and reporting to management, with ongoing collaboration across global teams, regulators, and external auditors.

A strong background in accounting, finance, or quantitative disciplines and relevant certifications are highly valued, as is the ability to work in a fast-paced, multinational environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a public accounting or internal audit role within the financial services industry or a related control function.
• 4-year degree in a finance, accounting, or quantitative discipline, and ideally a graduate degree in a related subject.
• Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., CPA, CFA, CIA) is a plus.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines while remaining organized in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Participation in planning and scoping reviews, meeting with stakeholders to understand processes and identify key risks and controls to be assessed.
• Assessment of risk and impact of issues identified and production of the report to management.
• Ad-hoc work on firm-wide projects and investigation of incidents.
• Maintenance of internal stakeholder relationships and regular interaction with the business.
• Ongoing liaison with colleagues globally, regulators and external audit; follow up on remediation of actions.
• Assessment of the adequacy of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls to mitigate key risks identified.

Skills

Team oriented

Communication

Analytical skills

Multi-tasking

Audit experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or quantitative discipline

Graduate degree in related subject

Job description

INTERNAL AUDIT

In Internal Audit, we ensure that Goldman Sachs maintains effective controls by assessing the reliability of financial reports, monitoring the firm's compliance with laws and regulations, and advising management on developing smart control solutions. Our group has unique insight on the financial industry and its products and operations. We’re looking for detail‑oriented team players who have an interest in financial markets and want to gain insight into the firm’s operations and control processes.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

Goldman Sachs Internal Auditors demonstrate strong risk and control mindsets, analytical skills, professional skepticism and are able to challenge and discuss effectively with management on risks and control measures. We look for individuals who enjoy learning about audit, businesses and functions, have innovative and creative mindsets to adopt analytical techniques to enhance audit techniques, build relationships, and thrive in teamwork in a fast‑paced global environment.

YOUR IMPACT

As the third line of defense, Internal Audit's mission is to independently assess the firm’s internal control structure, including governance processes and controls, risk management, capital and anti‑financial crime frameworks, raise awareness of control risk and monitor the implementation of management’s control measures. In doing so, Internal Audit:

• Communicates and reports on the effectiveness of the firm’s governance, risk management and controls that mitigate current and evolving risk.
• Raises awareness of control risk.
• Assesses the firm’s control culture and conducts risk assessments.
• Monitors management’s implementation of control measures.

Goldman Sachs Internal Audit comprises individuals from diverse backgrounds including chartered accountants, developers, risk management professionals, cybersecurity professionals, and data scientists. We are organized into global teams comprising business and technology auditors to cover all the firm’s businesses and functions, including securities, investment banking, consumer and investment management, risk management, finance, cyber‑security and technology risk, and engineering.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participation in planning and scoping reviews, meeting with stakeholders within the area being reviewed to understand and walk through the business and technology processes and identifying the key risks and controls to be assessed.
• Assessment of the risk and impact of the issues identified on reviews and production of the report to management.
• Ad‑hoc work on firm‑wide projects around new processes or activities and investigation of incidents.
• Maintenance of internal stakeholder relationships and regular interaction with the business during the year to assess changes in the control environment and other matters arising in the businesses which may influence the coverage scope and audit plan.
• Ongoing liaison with colleagues globally and internal and external stakeholders including regulators and external audit; follow up with stakeholders on remediation of actions coming out of issues identified during audit.
• Assessment of the adequacy of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls to mitigate the key risks identified.

SKILLS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Team oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid analytical skills.
• Highly motivated with the ability to multi‑task and remain organized in a fast‑paced environment.
• 3+ years of experience in a public accounting or internal audit role within the financial services industry or a related control function.
• 4‑year degree in a finance, accounting, or quantitative discipline, and ideally a graduate degree in a related subject.
• Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., CPA, CFA, CIA) is a plus.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines while remaining organized in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem‑solving skills with the ability to learn both firm and industry standards.
• Auditing complex business processes within Investing and Lending, Underwriting and Financing businesses.
• Audit techniques such as data analysis, control design assessments, control effectiveness testing, outcome‑based testing.
• Relationship building skills and ability to work effectively across a global team.