Risk Governance-Associate

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 and validation of the Risk and Control Self-Assessment program for the Engineering Division via proactive risk identification, control evaluation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards by facilitating the assessment process across the Engineering division and reporting on key risk insights to senior management. 

• Collaborating with the central technology risk RCSA team, business unit leaders, and the technology risk officers to conduct risk assessments and control evaluations.  

• Analyzing risk assessment results to identify areas of concern and potential control gaps.  

• Developing and monitoring action plans to address identified risks and control deficiencies.  

• Perform analytic functions on Issues, Findings, and other sets of risk data to help tease out trends and patterns to advise and inform stakeholders.  

• Generating comprehensive RCSA reports summarizing key risk insights and control effectiveness.  

• Presenting findings to senior management and relevant stakeholders, including updates on mitigation progress.  
   

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” mindset 

• Experience 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 stakeholders 

• Strong judgment and comfort with ambiguity and an ability to ideate from a blank canvas with minimal supervision 

•  Ability to navigate large data sets, develop metrics and perform analysis is a must 

• Expertise with MS-Office 365 suite, and SharePoint 

• Experience in creating meaningful visualizations (with tools such as Tableau) and reporting on OKR, KPI, and business metrics is a plus