Internal Audit - Global Banking & Markets Engineering Audit - Analyst - Birmingham Birmingham, England
Job description
WHO WE ARE
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, global markets and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Birmingham, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and other major financial centres around the world.
At Goldman Sachs, our culture is one of teamwork, innovation, and meritocracy. We often say our people are our greatest asset and we take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally. From collaborative work spaces and mindfulness classes to working from home and flexible work options, we offer our people the support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office.
INTERNAL AUDIT
Internal Audit’s mission is to independently assess the firm’s internal control structure, raise awareness of control risk, provide advice to management in developing control solutions and monitor the implementation of management’s control measures. Internal Audit assists the firm's Board of Directors Audit Committee in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities and regularly interacts with the external independent auditors. Our group has unique insight into the financial industry and its products and operations. We’re looking for detail-oriented team players who have an interest in financial markets and the firm’s operations and control processes.
PURPOSE & SCOPE OF THE ROLE
This role is for a driven technology auditor to cover our Global Banking & Markets Division and to work as part of a team in integrated audits covering specific Global Banking & Markets sales and trading businesses as well as technology-led projects covering topics including electronic trading, trading platforms and technology control practices.
For each assigned review you will report to an experienced project manager. You will be expected to:
- Assist the risk assessment, scoping and planning of a review.
- Assist in executing the review. Specifically focusing on the following:
- Design and execute tests to validate identified application system controls, which may require data analysis, code inspection and re-performance of system processes.
- Analyse the design of controls around the underlying system architecture in the context of information technology controls such as security, availability and performance and their impact on the business.
- Analyse the business and technology processes to evaluate the effectiveness of the relevant technology controls.
- Validate that the scoped technology controls meet business, technology, and regulatory requirements.
- Validate the quality of internal SOX assessments.
- Document the detail of work performed, and results of the test steps executed within the IA workpaper repository.
- Assist in audit report preparation.
- Assist in presenting the scope, progress, and results of the review to internal, IT and business stakeholders.
Mandatory Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent) required
- 1-year minimum auditing experience and applying concepts in audit delivery and execution
- Sound understanding of internal control concepts, with the ability to evaluate and determine the appropriateness of controls through consideration of both business and technology risks
- Technology audit skills including an understanding of:
- System architecture, with high level understanding of databases, operating systems and messaging
- Prior experience of testing automated IT application controls and IT general controls
- Data analysis skills over large datasets (Python experience is desirable)
- Writing database queries in SQL is desirable
- Ability to review code
- Ability to work effectively across a large audit team, understanding the team's role in the overall strategy of the firm
- Written and verbal communication skills a must; strong interpersonal skills essential to communicate and build credibility with technology management
- Must be able to multitask while managing both time and workload
- Must be highly motivated with strong analytical skills, willing and able to learn new business and system processes quickly
