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Job Snapshot
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Employee Type:
Intern -
Location:
Dallas, TX -
Experience:
0 to 3 year(s) -
Date Posted:
11/15/2024
Job Description
Internal Audit – Asset Management Engineering
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world. We commit people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Our people are our greatest asset – we say it often and with good reason. It is only with the determination and dedication of our people that we can serve our clients, generate long-term value for our shareholders and contribute to the broader public. We take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally. From collaborative workspaces and ergonomic services to wellbeing and resilience offerings, we offer our people the flexibility and support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office
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:
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
- Assist/Lead the risk assessment, scoping and planning of a review.
- Assist/Lead in executing the review. Specifically focusing on the following:
- Analyze the design of controls around the underlying system architecture in the context of information technology controls and its impact on the business.
- Analyze the business and technology processes to evaluate the design and effectiveness of the relevant technology controls by designing and executing tests to validate identified system control features, which may require data analysis, code inspection and re-performance of system processes.
- Document the results of the test steps executed within the IA automated document project repository as per the departmental guidelines.
- Assist/Lead in vetting audit observations
- Assist/Lead in tracking, monitoring and recording remediation of risks identified in reviews.
SKILLS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- 0-3 years of experience as a technology auditor covering IT application and general controls, application development, SQA, information security, technology consulting or other relevant industry experience
- Understanding of software development and system architecture
- High level understanding of databases, operating systems and messaging
- Proficiency in Excel and SQL
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must be able to multitask while managing both time and work load
- Must be highly motivated with strong analytical skills, willing and able to learn new business and system processes quickly
- Ability to work effectively across a large audit team, understanding the team’s role in the overall strategy of the firm
- Financial Services knowledge and financial product knowledge is preferred
- Ability to review code (Java, C#, C++, Python, VBA macros etc.)
- Experience with Data Analytics tools and techniques
- Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., CISA, CISSP etc.)
