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Goldman Sachs Bank AG
Birmingham
1 month ago
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Internal Audit - Birmingham - Analyst / Associate - Data Engineer location_on Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Opportunity Overview sitemap_outline CORPORATE TITLE Associate language OFFICE LOCATION(S) Birmingham assignment JOB FUNCTION Data Analytics account_balance DIVISION Internal Audit

Role
Internal Audit – Data Engineer

Internal Audit
What We Do Internal Audit’s mission is to independently assess the firm’s internal control structure, including the firm’s governance processes and controls, risk management, capital and anti-financial crime framework. In addition, it is also to raise awareness of control risk and monitor the implementation of management’s control measures.

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
• Raise awareness of control risk
• Assesses the firm’s control culture and conduct risks; and
• Monitors management’s implementation of control measures
Goldman Sachs Internal Audit is organized into global teams comprising of business and technology auditors that cover all the firm’s businesses and functions - securities, investment banking, consumer and investment management, risk management, finance, cyber-security and technology risk, and engineering

Who We Look For
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.

Data Analytics
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. Embed Data Analytics team leverages its programming and analytical capabilities to build innovative data driven solutions. The team works closely with auditors to understand their pain points and develop data-centric solutions to address the same

Your Impact
As part of the third line of defense, you will be involved in independently assessing the firm’s overall control environment and its effectiveness as it relates to current and emerging risks and communicating the results to local/ global management. In doing so, you will be supporting the provision of independent, objective and timely assurance around the firm’s internal control structure, thereby supporting the Audit Committee, Board of Directors and Risk Committee in fulfilling their oversight responsibilities.
We are looking for a strong data scientist, passionate about using data to challenge the norm, to join our Embed Data Analytics team. The candidate will work closely with the audit teams to build innovative and reusable analytical tools that will help make audit testing more efficient and provide meaningful insights into the firm’s control environment

Responsibilities
• Perform Database related activities – Data Modeling, Data Engineering, Data Governance and maintenance of Entitlements
• Obtain/Manage requirements that are tailored to each audit project and provide the results that can be used to provide insight to auditors in terms of sample selection, control gap identification, completeness of data sources, and data integrity (i.e., Data Blessing)
• Build production ready analytical tools to automate repeatable and reusable processes within IA using reporting tools such as Tableau, Spotfire or Qlikview
• Execute elected data analysis activities. Such activities may be defined as procedural or programmatic tasks related to the analysis, extraction, transformation, and uploading of data (structured and unstructured) (i.e., ETL processes).
• Perform Data analysis activities that may also be supplemented by summarized technical narratives describing the integrity of specific automated controls.
• Write data analysis code (e.g. Python, Java, or Slang)
• Identify areas for process standardization and implement automation techniques in applications used for audit process and Data Analytics
• Execute on Embed DA - Data strategy developed by IA management within the context of audit responsibilities, such as risk assessment, audit planning, creation of reusable tools and providing innovative solutions to complex problems
• Partner with audit teams to help identify risks associated with businesses and facilitate strategic data sourcing and develop innovative solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness of audit testing
• Build and manage relationships and communications with Audit team members

Basic Qualifications
• 3+ years of experience with a minimum of bachelor’s in computer science, Math, or Statistics
• Strong experience in RDBMS/ SQL
• Exposure to ETL Processes and Data Engineering
• Experience in implementing Data Quality measures and entitlement models
• Familiarity in programming languages such as Python
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills (written and oral). Ability to communicate what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and ability to handle multiple tasks
• Self-driven and motivated to take up initiatives to improve our processes

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with data analytics tools and techniques
• Experience with analytical/ statistical programs such as SAS, SPSS, and R
• Experience with visualization tools (Tableau, Spotfire or QlikView) is a plus
• Creativity/Innovation, i.e., ability to create new ways to improve current processes and develop practical solutions that add value to department

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.

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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