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Job Snapshot
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Employee Type:
Intern -
Location:
Dallas, TX -
Experience:
At least 3 year(s) -
Date Posted:
11/2/2024
Job Description
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
- 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
- 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
- 3+ years of experience in internal audit, a capital planning 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
- Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., CPA, CFA, CIA) is a plus
- Any combination of core capital planning disciplines: capital planning governance, risk identification and scenario design, stressed projections for revenue, balance sheet, RWA and capital and credit, market and operational losses, quantitative and qualitative estimation methods and FR Y-14 submissions
- Knowledge of risk management disciplines: credit risk (commercial lending or trading counterparty credit), market risk, operational risk, funding / liquidity risk
- Knowledge of controls surrounding risk governance, risk measurement, Board and regulatory risk reporting
- Knowledge of capital adequacy related topics, including Basel Capital Accord regulatory requirements (advanced model-based and/or standardized frameworks)
