Goldman Sachs Internal Audit -Regional Associate - Birmingham 

United Kingdom, England, Birmingham 

903515708

THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As the third line of defence, Internal Audit's mission is to independently assess the firm's internal control structure, including the firm's governance processes and controls, and risk management and capital and anti-financial crime frameworks, raise awareness of control risk and monitor the implementation of management's control measures.In doing so, Internal Audit perform the following duties:

• Communicates and reports on the effectiveness of the firm's governance, risk management and controls that mitigate current and evolving risk
• Raise awareness of control risk
• Assesses the firm's control culture and conduct risks
• Monitors management's implementation of control measures

Additional responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain a good understanding of business areas, products and supporting functions
• Plan and execute audit testing to ensure audit fieldwork is focused on the right areas and documentation meets high quality standards
• Identify risks, assess mitigating controls, and make recommendations on improving the control environment
• Follow-up on audit issues and their resolution

SKILLS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Degree-level education
• 1-4 years experience in audit or a risk and control function, ideally in the Big 4
• Solid analytical skills
• Written and verbal communication skills a must; strong interpersonal skills essential
• Must be able to multitask while managing both time and workload
• Must be highly motivated with strong analytical skills, willing and able to learn