The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Compliance-Salt Lake City-Analyst- Markets Surveillance

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$70K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in financial services or compliance-related roles
  • Working knowledge of financial products including equities, fixed-income securities, and derivatives
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Excel (Pivot tables, VLookup) for data analysis
  • Experience in utilizing AI to improve operational efficiencies
  • Strong writing and communication skills for presenting analysis and recommendations

Responsibilities

  • Conduct investigations into trading alerts to detect market manipulation
  • Analyze market events and trading activity for informed recommendations
  • Investigate escalated trading issues from various business units
  • Collaborate with Business and Technology teams on surveillance model development
  • Coordinate with the Anti-Money Laundering Group on trading-related issues
  • Lead ad-hoc projects focusing on market abuse scenarios
  • Participate in working groups to enhance the trade surveillance program
  • Identify emerging risks for periodic risk assessments

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with advanced surveillance technology
  • Engagement in meaningful investigations that impact market integrity
  • Collaboration with multinational teams on global efforts
  • Professional development opportunities within a global compliance framework
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Markets Surveillance Compliance ("MSC") team sits within the Global Compliance Department and plays a critical role in safeguarding market integrity. Using advanced surveillance technology and analytical rigor, the team identifies potential market manipulation, insider trading, information barrier breaches, and other conduct risks across global business lines. This Salt Lake City opportunity offers the chance to conduct meaningful investigations into trading activity, respond to internal escalations and regulatory inquiries, and help shape the surveillance frameworks that support next-generation trade monitoring.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct investigations into trading alerts to identify potential market manipulation and other suspicious trading patterns
  • Analyze market-moving events, develop market context, and assess trading activity against that backdrop to form and support well-reasoned recommendations
  • Investigate trading-related issues escalated by business units, including Global Markets & Banking and Asset and Wealth Management
  • Partner with Business, Business Aligned Compliance, Engineering, and Technology teams to develop, review, and test new and existing automated surveillance models
  • Coordinate globally with the Anti-Money Laundering Group ("AML") on trading-related investigations and potential escalations, including matters that may lead to Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR)
  • Lead or support ad hoc investigative projects involving market abuse scenarios such as spoofing, layering, wash trading, cross trading, and front-running
  • Participate in and, where appropriate, lead working groups focused on strengthening controls and enhancing the quality of the trade surveillance program
  • Contribute to periodic risk assessments by identifying emerging surveillance and conduct risks


Basic Qualifications
  • Experience/working knowledge of different financial products e.g. equities, fixed-income securities, equity options, and other derivatives such as CDS and CFDs
  • Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills (Pivot tables, VLookup, experience with large data sets, proficient in data manipulation and presentation)
  • Experience in driving efficiencies using AI


Preferred Qualifications
  • Demonstrated curiosity and sound judgment in identifying risks and proposing thoughtful solutions
  • Proficiency with Bloomberg, Reuters, and other market data tools and aptitude for research
  • Strong interest in capital markets, market structure, current events, and financial news
  • Ability to develop clear, concise narratives that explain trading strategies and investigative findings
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to present analysis, articulate recommendations, and defend conclusions clearly and professionally
  • Team player with a great attitude and work ethic
  • Ability to multi-task across several different assignments/projects
  • Interest in working on a global team dealing with global businesses
  • FINRA SIE preferred

About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments concerning mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, and restructurings and spin-offs; and underwriting services comprising public offerings and private placements of a range of securities, loans, and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company’s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution services, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as executes and clears institutional client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment originates longer-term loans; and invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, distressed assets, currencies, commodities, and power generation facilities. The company’s investment management segment provides investment products and services, as well as offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services.

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Learn more about The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Size
45,100 employees
Market Cap
$115.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
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