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Goldman Sachs Compliance Financial Crime Controls Transaction 
Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt 
753485567

28.03.2024

Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risk 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 defense, Compliance assesses the firm’s compliance, regulatory and reputational risk; 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.


Financial Crime Compliance (“FCC”) has primary responsibility for the execution of the firm’s enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”), anti-bribery, and government sanctions compliance programs and, among other things, performs enhanced due diligence and government sanctions screening, as well as surveillance and investigations designed to identify potential terrorist financing, money laundering, bribery, market abuse, or other suspicious activity.

Principal Responsibilities:

  • Review transaction surveillance alerts and conduct case investigations to identify potential suspicious activity for reporting purposes
  • Identify patterns and trends consistent with money laundering, terrorist financing, and other types of suspicious activity.
  • Completion of daily tasks and supporting projects to meet the overall department goals in line with the firm’s AML program.
  • Support various AML & Fraud processes, including but not limited to, transaction activity reviews, suspicious activity, fraud referral, investigations, fulfillment of information sharing and law enforcement requests.
  • Filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (“SAR”).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Ability to work independently and in team-oriented workflows
  • Collaborative and team player
  • Strong analytical and risk assessment skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to prioritize workflows and ensure deadlines are met
  • Ability to forge strong relationships with colleagues and clients
  • Proactive, self-motivated, detail-oriented and well-organized
  • Prior Compliance / AML experience would be a bonus
  • Awareness of EU/UK AML Regulations
  • 2-5 years of experience preferred

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