Controllers - Regulatory Controllers - Vice President - Bengaluru

Controllers - Regulatory Controllers - Vice President - BengaluruBengaluru, Karnataka, India

CONTROLLERS

Controllers ensure that the firm meets all the financial control and reporting obligations of a global, regulated, and public financial institution. Our professionals measure the profitability of, and risks associated with, every aspect of the firm's business. Controllers also ensure that the firm's activities are conducted in compliance with the regulations governing transactions in the financial markets.

OUR IMPACT

We're a team of specialists charged with managing the firm’s liquidity, capital, and risk, and providing the overall financial control and reporting functions. Whether assessing the creditworthiness of the firm’s counterparties, monitoring market risks associated with trading activities, or offering analytical and regulatory compliance support, our work contributes directly to the firm’s success. The business is ideal for collaborative individuals who have strong ethics and attention to detail.

BUSINESS UNIT

The Controllers group is responsible for safeguarding the firm's assets: to help maintain the integrity of Goldman Sachs' finances and expenditures. Through careful consideration and analyses of firm finances, objectives and strategies, we ensure that the firm's businesses continue to be profitable and efficiently run. Controllers also ensure that all business practices are in compliance with financial and regulatory requirements worldwide. Since contact with virtually every part of the firm is essential to Controllers, professionals in the department experience Goldman Sachs businesses, products, and sophisticated technology systems in depth. Direct Hedge Funds, Hedge Funds Strategies, Private Equity Group teams within Controllers support the alternative investments within Goldman Sachs Asset Management division with oversight over complex private funds.

AWM Reg Controllers

The Asset & Wealth Management Regulatory Controllers (AWM-RC) team’s key responsibility is to assist AWM in ensuring compliance with applicable global regulatory requirements, supporting the regulatory change environment and maintaining relationships with key internal stakeholders including the portfolio managers/COOs, risk management, legal, compliance, operations, technology and finance as well as other external stakeholders including regulatory reporting vendors and regulators globally.

AWM-RC partners with these stakeholders to onboard, interpret and implement new/changing regulatory requirements, report to regulators to comply with global regulations including but not limited to Dodd-Frank requirements (Commodity Futures Trade Commission, Volcker and Securities and Exchange Commission), European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive and Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) risk reporting, and support new/additional regulatory reporting obligations from AWM’s acquisitions, new fund launches and business and system change management.

AWM-RC is also responsible for oversight of regulatory reporting preparation vendors, leveraging our breadth of knowledge across the businesses and products (fixed income, equity, quant etc.), and global regulatory requirements involving complex models including notional exposure for all derivative types, counterparty exposures, portfolio liquidity, market risks, core accounting data sets etc. AWM-RC sets regulatory reporting policies for implementation by vendors and data owners, perform final review and submission of reports prepared by reporting vendors

JOB SUMMARY AND RESPONSBILITIES

You will be part of a global dynamic team responsible for submitting quality filings with respective global regulators on a recurring basis. You are expected to contribute to the overall team’s objective. take actions to make the filing process more efficient/effective and execute on those recommendations.
You will collaborate with different trading desk(s), functional datasets and regulation. You are expected to become a subject matter expert and maintain stakeholder relationships for each of the areas of responsibilities. You will also interact directly with the portfolio managers/COOs to review and approve the reports prior to submission and assist in investigating data quality and resolving issues at source
You will be integral to a development team that is responsible for enhancing our AWM reporting framework, including development and testing of core internal and vendor technology systems to facilitate applicable regulatory requirements
Work closely with respective portfolio managers/COOs, strats and finance engineering teams to implement complex calculation and reporting rules around portfolio exposures and risks metrics and assist in improving data governance infrastructure
For new/evolving regulatory requirements, you are expected to partner directly with our legal/compliance teams to provide recommendations that will impact our regulatory policy making and interpretations, and partner with various portfolio managers/COOs and functional data owners to implement these requirements
You will be communicating directly with senior management across businesses and divisions to build consensus, communicate impact, escalate risks and provide thought leadership.
You will be responsible for the oversight of various vendors and data providers related to data collection and production of filings

BASIC QUALIFICATION

Degree qualification required
8-11 years of relevant work experience in asset management regulatory/compliance, asset management fund controller
CFA and CPA are preferred

PRFEERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge and experience in working with various financial products
Good understanding of broad aspects of various functions within the asset management industry
Good understanding/experience with technology implementation and keen interest in how technology should be utilized to create value/scale
Awareness and interests in the changing global regulatory landscape
Ability to work independently, but always a team player who is energetic, enthusiastic and inquisitive
Ability to engage cross functional key stakeholders, build consensus and drive change
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong analytical and research skills
Strong project and time management skills
Strong execution skills, detail oriented with a control mindset

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

Please note that our firm has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for employees who work onsite at any of our U.S. locations to safeguard the health and well-being of all our employees and others who enter our U.S. offices. This role requires the employee to be able to work on-site. As a condition of employment, employees working on-site at any of our U.S. locations are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, and to have either had COVID-19 or received a booster dose if eligible under Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) guidance, unless prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Applicants who wish to request for a medical or religious accommodation, or any other accommodation required under applicable law, can do so later in the process. Please note that accommodations are not guaranteed and are decided on a case by case basis.

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