Internal Audit, Risk, Business Audit, Associate, Salt Lake City

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs Internal Audit in Salt Lake City is seeking an Associate to strengthen internal controls, assess the reliability of financial reporting, and advise management on control solutions. You will work with a diverse, global IA team to understand business areas and support functions while delivering high-quality audit results.

The role emphasizes professional skepticism, strong analytical skills, and teamwork in a fast-paced environment, with opportunities to grow in risk management and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in internal audit, a risk management role, or an independent validation function within the financial services industry or Big 4 risk advisory.
• 4-year degree in a finance, accounting, risk management or quantitative discipline, and ideally a graduate degree in a related subject.
• Treasury, liquidity risk and funding management experience.
• Knowledge of controls surrounding liquidity risk stress testing, funding planning, currency risk management, contingency funding plan, and regulatory reporting (e.g. FR 2052a).
• Team-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Strong interpersonal, and relationship management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid analytical skills.
• Good technical knowledge of relevant product areas.
• Highly motivated with the ability to multi-task and remain organized in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a good understanding of business areas, its products, and supporting functions
• Plan and execute audit testing to ensure audit fieldwork is focused on the right areas and documentation meets high quality standards
• Identify risks, assess mitigating controls, and make recommendations on improving the control environment
• Prepare commercially effective audit conclusions and findings, and present to IA senior management and business stakeholders
• Follow-up on open audit issues and their resolution

Skills

Audit

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Professional skepticism

Communication skills

Teamwork

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Regulatory knowledge

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting or related

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Internal Audit, Risk, Business Audit, Associate, Salt Lake City location_on Salt Lake City, UT, United States

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
• Assesses 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

• Develop and maintain a good understanding of business areas, its products, and supporting functions
• Plan and execute audit testing to ensure audit fieldwork is focused on the right areas and documentation meets high quality standards
• Identify risks, assess mitigating controls, and make recommendations on improving the control environment
• Prepare commercially effective audit conclusions and findings, and present to IA senior management and business stakeholders
• Follow-up on open audit issues and their resolution

SKILLS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of experience in internal audit, a risk management role, or an independent validation function within the financial services industry or Big 4 risk advisory
• 4-year degree in a finance, accounting, risk management or quantitative discipline, and ideally a graduate degree in a related subject
• Treasury, liquidity risk and funding management experience
• Knowledge of controls surrounding liquidity risk stress testing, funding planning, currency risk management, contingency funding plan, and regulatory reporting (e.g. FR 2052a)
• Team-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Strong interpersonal, and relationship management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Solid analytical skills
• Good technical knowledge of relevant product areas
• Highly motivated with the ability to multi-task and remain organized in a fast-paced environment

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.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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