Senior VP, Internal Audit — Global Banking Tech & Controls

The Goldman Sachs Group; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in the United States seeks a seasoned Internal Audit professional to lead risk-focused audits across global frameworks, governance, and controls.

You will collaborate with engineering and business leaders to ensure robust oversight of technology and financial risk. This role requires extensive experience in financial services, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to supervise distributed teams while driving continuous improvement in audit

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Security, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant experience in Internal Audit, Technology Audit, Technology Risk, Operational Risk, Controls, Compliance, or Engineering Governance within financial services.
• Significant experience auditing or assessing risks and controls within Equities, Equity Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, Securities Lending, Electronic Trading, or other capital markets businesses.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex audits and managing geographically distributed teams.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, trading workflows, and the technology platforms that support front-to-back business processes.
• Experience interacting with and challenging senior Engineering and business leaders in a high-visibility environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment capabilities with the ability to evaluate complex technology and control environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting audit conclusions and risk themes to senior management.
• Relevant professional certifications preferred, including CISA, CIA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CPA, CFA, or equivalent credentials.

Responsibilities

• Lead Internal Audit coverage of the Global Banking & Markets (GBM) Public Equities Engineering environment, maintaining a deep understanding of business strategy, technology architecture, regulatory developments, and emerging risks to inform audit coverage and continuous monitoring activities.
• Direct the planning and execution of complex audit engagements, including risk assessments, scoping, control evaluation, testing, reporting, and issue validation, ensuring high-quality and risk-focused audit outcomes.
• Evaluate the design and effectiveness of controls across trading platforms, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes, change management, cloud environments, operational resilience, and other critical technology and engineering functions.
• Build strong relationships with senior Engineering, business, and control stakeholders, providing independent challenge and communicating audit conclusions, control weaknesses, and thematic risk observations to senior management.
• Lead, coach, and develop audit professionals while advancing Internal Audit initiatives related to data analytics, automation, continuous monitoring, and audit methodology enhancement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Risk assessment

Auditing

Communication skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Team coordination

Executive communication

Certifications (CISA, CIA, CISSP, CRIC

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS, Eng, IS, InfoSec, Finance, Accounting

Tools

Certifications: CISA, CIA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CPA, CFA

Job description

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in the United States seeks a seasoned Internal Audit professional to lead risk-focused audits across global frameworks, governance, and controls.

You will collaborate with engineering and business leaders to ensure robust oversight of technology and financial risk. This role requires extensive experience in financial services, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to supervise distributed teams while driving continuous improvement in audit