GOLDMAN SACHS, RISK ASSOCIATE, Dallas

Goldman Sachs is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large 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.

RISK 

Goldman Sachs’ Core Engineering Risk Management in the Engineering Division develops comprehensive programs and processes to identify, monitor, assess and manage operational risks in support of the firm’s risk appetite statement and strategic Engineering business plans. Risk teams play a critical function for the firm, driving how the firm considers and manages risk. The group works closely with the development teams and Technology Risk teams to help identify, resolve and baseline risk remediation efforts and associated priorities.
 
Risk professionals execute critical day-to-day risk management activities, lead strategic risk initiatives, and contribute to the ongoing advancement of the firm’s risk management framework. They are analytically curious, have an aptitude to challenge, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

CORE ENGINEERING RISK MANAGEMENT 

The Core Engineering Risk Management group is responsible for designing, executing, and maintaining various aspects of the Engineering Division’s risk governance and strategy components globally. This group reports into the Engineering Division’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and plays a key role in increasing the transparency of risks and influencing related decision making and prioritization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES 

 Support the execution of key risk management programs for the Engineering Division across a variety of areas including the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), Issue Management, Findings Management, and Digital Risk Office Priorities  Design and report on aspects of the Engineering Division’s governance framework via the development of templates, standards, guidelines, and key performance indicators to senior management in Risk, Engineering, and firmwide governance committees Review and Validate content from business units for centralized reporting and validate risk metrics for the engineering division to ensure content is trustworthy and distributable. Perform analytic functions on Issues, Findings, scopes and other sets of risk data to help tease out trends and patterns to advise and inform stakeholders. Contribute to the management and coordination of the division’s key governing documents and policy stacks  Coordinate and direct the execution of the Engineering Risk Division’s materials and presentations to stakeholders and steering groups 
 

Qualifications

This role requires an energetic self-starter that can liaise with a wide variety of senior stakeholders across the division globally. The ability to operate in a fast paced environment, identify potential problems and solutions, and successfully develop and leverage a network within the organization is critical.

 Undergraduate degree in Business or Finance, with a minimum of 3 - 5 years of work experience (experience within a risk management / compliance / other governance function preferred) Attention to detail with a “Big Picture” mindsetExperience with senior level communication and professional presentations (PowerPoint, Tableau, etc.) – specifically to Business Heads and/or C-Suite audiences.Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholdersStrong judgment and comfort with ambiguity and an ability to ideate from a blank canvas with minimal supervision Ability to effectively run, manage and influence multiple critical division-wide initiatives concurrently Ability to navigate large data sets, develop metrics and perform analysis is a mustExpertise with MS-Office 365 suite, SharePoint and Atlassian suite of tools (JIRA, Confluence) is a mustExperience in creating meaningful visualizations (with tools such as Tableau) and reporting on OKR, KPI, and business metrics is a plus

 

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.