Internal Audit-Birmingham-Associate-Technology Audit

Internal Audit-Birmingham-Associate-Technology Audit

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Goldman Sachs

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.

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. In doing so, Internal Audit:

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

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.

WHO WE LOOK FOR

Goldman Sachs Internal Auditors demonstrate strong risk and control mindsets, analytical skills, 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, build relationships, and thrive in teamwork and in a fast-paced global environment.

ASSET MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY AUDIT

Asset Management covers the firm's Public and Private Asset Management businesses.

As a Technology Auditor, you will provide assurance on the data integrity and quality, applications stability, and system operations used for the purposes of portfolio construction and management, deal workflows, investment research flows, reporting for internal and regulatory purposes, along with other general technology controls.

YOUR IMPACT

As part of the third line of defense, you will be involved in independently assessing the firm’s overall control environment and communicating the results to the firm’s local and global management regarding the effectiveness of the firm’s controls that mitigate current and emerging risks, and monitoring management’s implementation of control measures. In doing so, you will support the provision of independent, objective, and timely assurance around the firm’s internal control structure, and support the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors, and Risk Committee in fulfilling their oversight responsibilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• For each assigned review, you will report to an experienced project manager. You will be expected to:
• 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BE/B Tech/MCA/MBA in Systems/MSc or equivalent University degrees in technology.
• 3-6 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 workload.
• 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Financial Services knowledge and financial product knowledge is preferred.
• Ability to review/develop 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.).