Internal Audit- Global Banking & Markets (Equities) Associate - Birmingham

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.

The primary role of Internal Audit is to help protect the assets, reputation and sustainability of the organization. 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. IA assists the firm's Board of Directors Audit Committee in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities and regularly interacts with the external independent auditors.

• Collaborate and work as a team across IA Global Markets, IA and Goldman Sachs
• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of Global Markets, its products, and supporting functions
• Assist in every step of an audit, including documentation, across scoping, planning, fieldwork and reporting
• Performing walkthroughs with stakeholders to perform control design assessments and presenting results of work performed to management
• Execute audit testing 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 Internal Audit senior management and business stakeholders
• Follow-up on open audit issues and their resolution
• Participate in department-wide initiatives aimed at continually improving Internal Audit's processes and supporting infrastructure
• Use and develop data analytics (DA)/computer assisted audit tools and techniques to assist in execution of audits and risk assessment

• Approximately +3 years of prior experience in auditing controls. This could be in an IA team, or consulting, regulatory body or a related control function, with controls testing as part of your role, i.e. compliance testing group or a risk and control team.
• Team-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability and able to work under minimal supervision on individual tasks or on team projects
• Accurate, accountable and able to multitask while managing both time and work load
• Interest in developing your knowledge of Global Markets as well as supervisory oversight controls across regions
• Highly motivated with strong analytical skills, willing and able to learn new business and system processes quickly
• Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., ACA, CAMS, CIA, CFA) is a plus
• Graduate degree, preferably in a related subject, science and humanity degrees as well as more specific accountancy or economics degrees will be considered