Internal Audit-Birmingham-Associate-Technology Audit

Job Description

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.

Team Overview

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.

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.

The Role And Responsibilities

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 resolution
• Participate in department-wide initiatives aimed at continually improving Internal Audit's processes and supporting infrastructure
  
  

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
• Five years of experience as a technology auditor covering IT application and general controls, application development, SOA, information security, technology consulting or other relevant industry experience
• Ability to contextualise technology risk/controlsfor a given business unit/business risk
• Basic understanding of software development concepts and system architecture, databases, operating systems and messaging
• Knowledge of data analysis using Excel
• Report to an experienced Vice President and lead the scoping and planning of audits
• Drive 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
• Review of audit work output and help in coaching junior team members
• 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
• Writing database queries in SQL is desirable
• Industry certifications such as CISA, CISSP are desirable
  
  

About Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.