Business Audit

Goldman Sachs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment firm in Birmingham is seeking a Vice President for Internal Audit. The role involves assessing financial controls, ensuring compliance, and conducting audits focusing on EU consumer regulations. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of audit experience, strong analytical skills, and a relevant industry certification. This position provides ample opportunities for growth and development in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

Competitive vacation policies

Fitness reimbursement

Qualifications

• Must have extensive audit experience relating to EU consumer compliance.
• Experience managing integrated business and technology audit engagements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Communicates and reports on the effectiveness of the firm’s governance.
• Assist in every step of an audit from scoping to reporting.
• Identify risks and assess mitigating controls.

Skills

In-depth technical knowledge of EU consumer and depositor protection regulation

8+ years of experience in internal or external audit

Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills

Solid analytical skills

Education

Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., ICAEW, ICAS, CFA)

Job description

Internal Audit, Wealth Management (EU Consumer Protection), Vice President, Birmingham location_on Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

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.

YOUR IMPACT

• 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

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Have extensive audit experience relating to EU consumer compliance and the provision of an on-line digital savings/deposit proposition, including new business initiatives
• Assist in every step of an audit, including scoping, planning, fieldwork and reporting
• Execute audit testing and supervise junior team members 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 IA senior management and business clients
• Follow-up on open audit issues and their resolution
• Assist in the audit team’s continuous monitoring effort to cover market and regulatory events, business and technology updates and audit/reviews completed
• Participate in department-wide initiatives aimed at continually improving IA's processes and supporting infrastructure

SKILLS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• In-depth technical knowledge of EU consumer and depositor protection regulation, Irish consumer protection regulation, and different regulatory requirements during the lifecycle of consumer products (e.g. product and service design through to implementation, ongoing customer support and marketing)
• 8+ years of experience in internal audit, external audit or a related control function, preferably relating to an on-line digital savings/deposit proposition
• Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., ICAEW, ICAS, CFA) is a plus
• Experience with Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence is a plus
• Experience in managing integrated business and technology audit engagements and/or projects
• Team-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and relationship management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Highly motivated with the ability to multi-task and remain organized in a fast-paced environment
• Solid analytical skills

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

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.

BENEFITS AT GOLDMAN SACHS

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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