Internal Audit-Birmingham-Associate-Quality Assurance
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Job Description
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.
Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP) Group
The QAIP Group is appropriately positioned to effectively and independently execute its mission by:
- Supporting the delivery of high-quality, consistent, and risk-focused assurance work through the execution of quality assurance (QA) reviews
- Improving processes to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness with which assurance work is executed, by undertaking quality assurance reviews, providing training to address QA feedback, and providing input for changes to audit methodology and policy
- Influencing change for methodology-related initiatives through QA results and related on-going feedback
Responsibilities include:
- Execute quality assurance reviews of completed audit projects to assess adherence with audit methodology, regulatory expectations, and professional standards, and effectively communicate results to stakeholders
- Proactively monitor for changes to industry and regulatory requirements, guidance, and pronouncements
- Perform targeted thematic reviews of the department’s activities
- Collaborate with the practices and learning and development teams to identify and contribute to the development of continuous improvement opportunities, including the enhancement of methodology and development of guidance or training for specific topics
- Identify/develop/deliver specific training based on results of quality assurance reviews and observations
- Respond to ad hoc queries regarding audit methodology raised by auditors
- Participate in selected departmental initiatives
Preferred Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience in a public accounting or internal audit role within the financial services industry
- Experience in auditing business controls or auditing technology controls or experience in a professional practice role, with exposure to regulated financial services environment
- Strong understanding of risks and controls
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, and solid analytical skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and work well under pressure
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Highly motivated, self-starter
- 4-year degree in a finance, accounting, or quantitative discipline
- CPA, CISA, CIA or similar professional certification is strongly preferred
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
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Job Info
We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits
Healthcare & Medical Services
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
Holiday & Vacation Policies
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
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).
Childcare & Family
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.
