Operational Risk Associate, Asset & Wealth Management

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site health centers

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Operational Risk Associate to join the AM Private Operational Risk team. The role emphasizes pro active risk identification, control evaluation, and governance across multiple segments of the Asset & Wealth Management division.

You will partner with deal teams, portfolio managers, traders, and operations while leveraging Tableau and Alteryx for analytics and reporting. Strong communication and meticulous attention to detail are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in asset management, private investing, alternatives investing, non-financial risk management, compliance, or a related area within the asset management sector.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Strong proficiency in workflow tools such as Tableau for dashboard development.
• Experience utilizing AI tools, data mining, and techniques for analyzing unstructured data.
• Exceptional communication and people skills, with the capacity to collaborate effectively within a team.
• Self-driven, able to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business leadership, deal teams, portfolio managers, traders, operations, and engineering partners to proactively identify and remediate areas of operational risk.
• Support the implementation of the firmwide risk framework, including documenting operational risk events, performing inherent risk assessments, and conducting control evaluations.
• Assist with escalation procedures and dissemination of significant events, facilitating the management of ongoing incidents.
• Conduct functional deep dive reviews and targeted risk assessments to identify, analyze, and address control gaps and emerging risks.
• Develop, analyze, and publish standardized control metrics, while developing business analytics tools (e.g. Tableau, Alteryx) to identify trends, errors and opportunities for process improvement.
• Manage governance and reporting of control and risk initiatives through advanced business analytics and visualization tools.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

Excel

Tableau

Alteryx

Data mining

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance

Bachelor's degree in Economics

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

Job description

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Operational Risk Associate to join the AM Private Operational Risk team. The role emphasizes pro active risk identification, control evaluation, and governance across multiple segments of the Asset & Wealth Management division.

You will partner with deal teams, portfolio managers, traders, and operations while leveraging Tableau and Alteryx for analytics and reporting. Strong communication and meticulous attention to detail are essential for success.