Early Careers - Internal Audit (Finance) Birmingham, England
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 who want to gain insight into the firm’s operations and control processes, as well as learn more about Global Markets.
DIVISIONS & JOB FUNCTION
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.
The IA Global Markets team in Birmingham is responsible for auditing Global Markets business areas, its products across Fixed Income and Equities, and supporting functions within the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Approximately +1 to 2 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
