Risk, Operational Risk, Associate, Salt Lake City / Dallas

Goldman Sachs Group; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. seeks an Associate to support design and maintenance of the operational risk governance framework. You will bridge governance oversight with hands-on project delivery across teams in Salt Lake City or Dallas.

You will coordinate timelines and stakeholder inputs, assist risk reviews, and maintain leadership-ready reporting and governance materials to drive risk-aware execution aligned with enterprise risk appetite.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in operational risk, program management, or related fields.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage timelines and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of risk, controls, issues, audit findings, remediation or governance processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for updates and leadership summaries.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate timelines, deliverables, stakeholder inputs, and follow-ups across teams.
• Assist with risk and issue reviews and track items through to completion.
• Maintain clear program reporting, status updates, and leadership summaries.
• Partner with risk, business, compliance, audit, and technology stakeholders to support governance.
• Document risks, controls, issues, decisions, and follow-up actions clearly.
• Identify themes, risks, or delays and escalate when needed.
• Update procedures and governance materials to ensure consistent execution.

Skills

Operational risk

Program management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Risk reporting

Communication

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Level/Location: Associate, Salt Lake City or Dallas

The Associate in Op Risk Programs Governance is responsible for supporting the design, implementation, and maintenance of the operational risk governance framework while managing cross-functional projects across operational risk teams. This role bridges governance oversight with hands-on project delivery, ensuring that risk policies, standards, and initiatives are executed effectively and in alignment with departmental expectations and enterprise risk appetite.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support operational risk program activities by helping coordinate timelines, deliverables, stakeholder inputs, and follow-up actions across teams
• Assist with risk and issue reviews by gathering information, organizing materials, documenting updates, and tracking open items through completion
• Help maintain clear program reporting, including status updates, meeting materials, action logs, issue summaries, remediation progress, and key themes for leadership review
• Partner with Risk, business, compliance, audit, and technology stakeholders to coordinate program execution, validate updates, and support timely resolution of open items
• Support operational risk processes by helping document risks, controls, issues, decisions, and follow-up actions in a clear and organized way
• Identify themes, risks, dependencies, or delays that may require additional stakeholder follow-up or escalation
• Support updates to procedures, program materials, and governance documents to help drive consistent execution across teams

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of prior work experience in operational risk, program management, non-financial risk, compliance, internal audit, controls, financial services, or a related field
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage timelines, track action items, follow up with stakeholders, and maintain accurate program materials
• Working understanding of risk, controls, issues, audit findings, remediation, or governance processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear updates, summarize key points, and communicate follow-ups effectively
• Ability to organize information, identify themes, and escalation delays, risks, or dependencies appropriately
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, attention to detail, and willingness to learn

Preferred

• Experience supporting operational risk, governance, control, audit, regulatory, or cross-functional programs
• Exposure to issue management, remediation tracking, risk reporting, audit findings, or program governance routines
• Experience preparing stakeholder updates, meeting materials, action trackers, and leadership summaries
• Ability to build relationships across teams and help drive accountability, follow-through, and consistent execution

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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