Internal Audit – Global Banking & Markets Public – Risk – Analyst – Birmingham

at  Goldman Sachs

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.

SKILLS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Team oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines while remaining organized in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills with the ability to learn both firm and industry standards
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Relationship building skills and ability to work effectively across a global team
• Prior experience in auditing business processes within FICC and Equities sales and trading, operations and product control functions
• Experience with Agile Auditing and Data Analytics is a plus
• 1-3 years of experience in a public accounting or internal audit role within the financial services industry or a related control functionsRelevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., CFA, CIA)

• Participation in planning and scoping reviews, meeting with the stakeholders within the area being reviewed to understand and walk through the business and technology processes and identifying the key risks and controls to be assessed
• Assessment of the risk and impact of the issues identified on reviews and production of the report to management
• Ad hoc work on firmwide projects around new processes or activities and investigation of incidents
• Maintenance of internal stakeholder relationships and regular interaction with the business during the year to assess changes in the control environment and othermatters arising in the businesses which may influence the coverage scope and audit plan
• Ongoing liaison with colleagues globally and internal and external stakeholders including regulators and external audit
• Follow up with stakeholders on remediation of actions coming out of issues identified during auditAssessment of the adequacy of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls to mitigate the key risks identified