Internal Audit, Asset & Wealth Management, Associate, Dallas

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation entitlements

Financial education support

On-site fitness centers

Child care services

Medical advocacy services

Job summary

A leading financial services firm based in Dallas is looking for an Associate in Internal Audit. This role involves assessing and ensuring effective controls within financial reports and compliance regulations. The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical and communication skills, have experience in auditing within the financial services industry, and a relevant degree in finance or accounting. The firm offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional growth and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in public accounting or internal audit role.
• Relevant certification or industry accreditation is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task.

Responsibilities

• Participation in planning and scoping reviews.
• Assessment of the risk and impact of issues identified.
• Ongoing liaison with colleagues globally and stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Team oriented with a strong sense of ownership

Auditing complex business processes

Project management skills

Education

4-year degree in finance, accounting, or quantitative discipline

Graduate degree in a related subject

Tools

Data analysis tools

Job description

Internal Audit-Dallas-Associate- Asset & Wealth Management

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, exercise 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, building relationships and are able to evolve and thrive in teamwork and 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 the firm’s governance processes and controls, and risk management and 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

• Raise awareness of control risk

• Assess the firm’s control culture and conduct risks

• 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 the 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 firmwide 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 multi-task and 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

Job Info

• Job Identification 144828
• Job Category Associate
• Posting Date 01/02/2026, 03:45 PM
• Locations Dallas, Texas, United States

Healthcare & Medical Services

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

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

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).

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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