Internal Audit

In Internal Audit, we ensure that Goldman Sachs maintains effective controls by assessing the reliability of financial reports, monitoring the firms 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 demonstrates strong risk and control mindsets, analytical, exercise professional skepticism and can 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. 

Responsibilities

You will play a vital role in the efficiency and effectiveness of audit practices for IA’s Technology audit team, globally. This will include executing on strategic initiatives and priorities of IA, and managing and driving process improvements, change and innovation in transforming audit practices, specific to IA’s Technology audit team. In addition, you will liaise with senior stakeholders in IA to understand training needs and work closely with IA’s learning and development team to deliver training. 

PPG is comprised of quality assurance, practices, learning and development and transformation activities. You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality, consistent and risk-focused assurance work, improving processes to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness with which assurance work is executed, driving audit skills training and maintaining audit methodology and policy as it relates to technology audit. In addition, you will partner and collaborate with other IA department working groups/initiatives.

As a Technology Audit Practices Professional, you will be responsible for

• Advancing, changing, and implementing audit practices as it relates to the technology area of internal audit
• Proactively monitoring for changes to industry and regulatory requirements, guidance and pronouncements and leading remediation efforts for the division where appropriate as it relates to the technology area of internal audit
• Review and improve the IA Methodology Manual including related technology practices by drafting and presenting methodology documents to key internal stakeholders, including the Global Director of IA and Executive Leadership Team, developing guidance notes and other guides, and confirming a workflow in IA repository 
• Develop and update methodology and guidance to align to evolving technology practices and innovation initiatives 
• Assist with IA self-assessments to key regulatory and industry standards and make process, practice and methodology improvements related to technology
• Apply technical understanding of internal audit policies, standards, and practices to recommend enhancements to IA methodology and guidance 
• Liaise across the QA team to identify required methodology updates and guidance resulting from QA reviews as it relates to technology
• Assisting with driving division-wide improvement efforts in efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity, including implementing initiatives on IA processes
• Assist in the provision of technical and audit methodology training to auditors, including tailored training as needed as it relates to technology
• Identify and contribute to the development of continuous improvement opportunities

Skills & Relevant Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a technology auditor, leading audits covering IT application and general controls and performing risk assessments 
• Strong background in audit policy and methodology 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High level understanding of software development and system architecture, databases and operating systems
• Project Management skills
• Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g. CISA, CISSP, or pursuing CPA)
• Experience of designing efficiency improvements
• Experience in regulated financial services environment with direct interactions with regulators

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