Internal Audit, Asset Management Audit, Tokyo
About the role
What We Do
As the third line of defense, 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:
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
Goldman Sachs Internal Audit comprises individuals from diverse backgrounds including chartered accountants, developers, risk management professionals, cybersecurity professionals, and data scientists. We are organized into global teams comprising business and technology auditors to cover all the firm’s businesses and functions, including global markets, investment banking, asset management, consumer and wealth management, risk management, finance, cyber-security and technology risk, and engineering.
Who We Look For
Goldman Sachs Internal Auditors demonstrate strong risk and control mindsets, analytical, exercise professional skepticism and are able to challenge and discuss effectively with management on risks and control measures. We look for individuals who enjoy learning about audit, businesses and functions, have innovative and creative mindsets to adopt analytical techniques to enhance audit techniques, building relationships and are able to evolve and thrive in teamwork and in a fast-paced global environment.
As a Business Auditor, you will be involved in audits of various Asset Management processes that support the firm to provide assurance on the controls related to investment due diligence, ongoing monitoring, valuation, fund raising, accounting and operations, along with other general business controls such as Sarbanes-Oxley 404 control assessments and other processes that support functions of Asset Management.
How you will Fulfill your Potential:
Participation in planning and scoping reviews, meeting with the stakeholders within the area being reviewed to understand and walk through the business and technology processes and identifying the key risks and controls to be assessed
Assessment of the risk and impact of the issues identified on reviews and production of the report to management
Ad hoc work on firmwide projects around new processes or activities and investigation of incidents
Maintenance of internal stakeholder relationships and regular interaction with the business during the year to assess changes in the control environment and other matters arising in the businesses which may influence the coverage scope and audit plan
Ongoing liaison with colleagues globally and internal and external stakeholders including regulators and external audit
Follow up with stakeholders on remediation of actions coming out of issues identified during audit
Assessment of the adequacy of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls to mitigate the key risks identified
General skills and Experience:
Team oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Solid analytical skills
Highly motivated with the ability to multi-task and remain organized in a fast-paced environment
2-4 years of experience in advisory, external audit or internal audit role within the financial services industry or a related control function
Relevant certification or industry accreditation (e.g., CFA, CAIA, CIA) is a plus
Asset Management Team Specific Skills and Experience:
Knowledge of asset management, including traditional and alternative assets
Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines while remaining organized in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills with the ability to learn both firm and industry standards
Auditing complex business processes within Asset Management
Audit techniques, such as data analysis, control design assessments, control effectiveness testing, outcome based testing
Relationship building skills and ability to work effectively across a global team
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
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We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits
Healthcare & Medical Insurance
We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.
Holiday & Vacation Policies
We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.
Financial Wellness & Retirement
We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.
Health Services
We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.
Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
Child Care & Family Care
We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.
Benefits at Goldman Sachs about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
Opportunity Overview
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CORPORATE TITLEAnalyst
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OFFICE LOCATION(S)Minato-Ku
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JOB FUNCTIONBusiness Audit
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DIVISIONInternal Audit
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