Job description
GLOBAL COMPLIANCE
Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risks across the firm and helps to strengthen the firm’s culture of compliance. Compliance accomplishes these through the firm’s enterprise-wide compliance risk management program. As an independent control function and part of the firm’s second line of defence, Compliance assesses the firm’s compliance, regulatory and reputational risks; monitors for compliance with new or amended laws, rules and regulations; designs and implements controls, policies, procedures and training; conducts independent testing; investigates, surveils and monitors for compliance risks and breaches; and leads the firm’s responses to regulatory examinations, audits and inquiries. You'll be part of a team with members from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds, such as law, accounting, sales, and trading. We look for those who possess sound judgment, curiosity, and are able to adapt to a changing regulatory landscape.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
- You will operate across regulatory programme workstreams to help facilitate and deliver solutions that meet the quality criteria established by Compliance Management
- Provide analytical, documentary support to compliance project managers and other members of Compliance
- Support and participate in working groups for solutions development and implementation of regulatory change
- Produce Compliance Management reporting and materials
- Oversee compilation and reporting of the annual EMEA Compliance business plan
- Support the firm’s governance arrangements, including contributing to and managing the framework supporting the firm’s Senior Manager Arrangements
- Lead and participate in conduct initiatives for the EMEA Compliance division
- Facilitate regulatory licensing applications and fee payments to support new and expanded business activities
- Manage coordination of submission of Compliance-owned non-financial regulatory reports
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience in Compliance or a risk-based function
- Experience of delivering strategic projects / change management
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work under pressure
- Familiarity with UK and / or EU financial services regulatory framework
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
- Strong interpersonal skills
- A team player who can work both independently and collaboratively and is able to prioritize in a fast moving, high pressure, changing environment
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills; looks for creative solutions to issues and problems
- Sound judgment
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Familiarity with Alteryx analytics products would be an advantage
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
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