Internal Audit - Technology Audit - 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 EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• BE/B Tech/MCA/MBA/MSc or equivalent University degree in Information Technology/ Computer Science and Engineering or related Technology discipline
• One year of experience as a technology auditor covering IT application and general controls, application development, SOA, information security, technology consulting or other relevant industry experience
• Basic understanding of software development concepts and system architecture, databases, operating systems and messaging
• Knowledge of data analysis using Excel
• Report to an experienced Project Manager and assist in scoping and planning of audits
• Play a role in audit execution focusing on the review of technology processes and analysing the risks involved and assessing the design and operating effectiveness of the controls implemented to mitigate the risk
• Responsible for documenting the assessments and test steps
• Discuss the results with the firm’s management, and monitor and follow up with management on the resolution of the open audit findings
• Ability to perform code reviews is desirable
• Ability to contextualise technology risk/controls for the Global Banking and Markets business is desirable
• Writing database queries in SQL is desirableIndustry certifications such as CISA, CISSP are desirable

As the third line of defence, 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 perform the following duties:

• Communicates and reports on the effectiveness of the firm’s governance, risk management and controls that mitigate current and evolving risk
• Raise awareness of control risk
• Assesses the firm’s control culture and conduct risks
• Monitors management’s implementation of control measures

Additional responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of business areas
• Oversee every step of an audit, including documentation, across scoping, planning, fieldwork, and reporting
• Use and develop data analytics (DA)/computer assisted audit tools and techniques to assist in execution of audits and risk assessment
• Perform walkthroughs with stakeholders to perform control design assessments and presenting results of work performed to management
• Review 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 Internal Audit senior management and business stakeholders

• Follow-up on open audit issues and oversee their resolutionParticipate in department-wide initiatives aimed at continually improving Internal Audit’s processes and supporting infrastructure