The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Internal Audit-Data Analytics, Data Engineer -New York-Vice President

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$150K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience with a bachelor's in computer science, Math, or Statistics
  • Strong experience in RDBMS/SQL
  • Exposure to ETL processes, data engineering, and data governance
  • Experience in data quality measures and entitlement models
  • Proficiency in programming languages (Python, Java, C++)
  • Knowledge of basic statistics and its application
  • Excellent communication skills and strong team player

Responsibilities

  • Perform database activities like data modeling and data governance
  • Manage and tailor requirements for audit projects to provide actionable insights
  • Build production-ready analytical tools using reporting tools like Tableau or QlikView
  • Execute data analysis activities involving ETL processes
  • Provide integrity assessments on automated controls through data analysis
  • Write code for data analysis in languages like Python or Java
  • Identify and implement process standardization and automation in audit applications
  • Partner with audit teams to identify risks and enhance audit testing efficiency

Benefits

  • Dynamic and collaborative work environment
  • Opportunity to innovate within a leading financial institution
  • Professional development and growth opportunities
  • Supportive company culture emphasizing teamwork
  • Engagement in critical decision-making processes at the corporate level
Full Job Description
Job Description

Data Analytics

In Internal Audit, we ensure that Goldman Sachs maintains effective controls by assessing the reliability of financial reports, monitoring the firm's compliance with laws and regulations, and advising management on developing smart control solutions. Embed Data Analytics team leverages its programming and analytical capabilities to build innovative data driven solutions. The team works closely with auditors to understand their pain points and develop data-centric solutions to address the same

Your Impact

As part of the third line of defense, you will be involved in independently assessing the firm's overall control environment and its effectiveness as it relates to current and emerging risks and communicating the results to local/ global management. In doing so, you will be supporting the provision of independent, objective and timely assurance around the firm's internal control structure, thereby supporting the Audit Committee, Board of Directors and Risk Committee in fulfilling their oversight responsibilities.

We are looking for a strong data scientist, passionate about using data to challenge the norm, to join our Embed Data Analytics team. The candidate will work closely with the audit teams to build innovative and reusable analytical tools that will help make audit testing more efficient and provide meaningful insights into firm's control environment.

Responsibilities
  • Perform Database related activities - Data Modeling, Data Engineering, Data Governance, and maintenance of Entitlements.
  • Obtain/Manage requirements that are tailored to each audit project and provide the results that can be used to provide insight to auditors in terms of sample selection, control gap identification, completeness of data sources, and data integrity (i.e., Data Blessing)
  • Build production ready analytical tools to automate repeatable and reusable processes within IA using reporting tools such as Tableau, Spotfire or QlikView
  • Execute elected data analysis activities. Such activities may be defined as procedural or programmatic tasks related to the analysis, extraction, transformation, and uploading of data (structured and unstructured) (i.e., ETL processes).
  • Perform Data analysis activities that may also be supplemented by summarized technical narratives describing the integrity of specific automated controls.
  • Write data analysis code (e.g., Python, Java, or Slang)
  • Identify areas for process standardization and implement automation techniques in applications used for audit process and Data Analytics
  • Execute on Embed DA - Data strategy developed by IA management within the context of audit responsibilities, such as risk assessment, audit planning, creation of reusable tools and providing innovative solutions to complex problems.
  • Partner with audit teams to help identify risks associated with businesses and facilitate strategic data sourcing and develop innovative solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness of audit testing.
  • Build and manage relationships and communications with Audit team members

Basic Qualifications
  • 8+ years of experience with a minimum of bachelor's in computer science, Math, or Statistics
  • Strong experience in RDBMS/ SQL
  • Exposure to ETL Processes, Data Engineering and Data Governance
  • Experience in implementing Data Blessing/Data Quality measures and entitlement models
  • Proficiency in programming languages, such as Python, Java, or C++
  • Knowledge of basic statistics, including descriptive statistics, data distribution models, Time Series Analysis, correlation, and regression, and its application to data
  • Strong team player with excellent communication skills (written and oral). Ability to communicate what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and ability to handle multiple tasks
  • Strong contributing member of Data Science team and help build analytical capabilities for Internal Audit Division
  • Driven and motivated and constantly taking initiative to improve performance

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with advanced data analytics tools and techniques
  • Familiarity with text analytics and NLP using python
  • Familiarity with machine learning algorithms and exposure to supervised and unsupervised learning - Linear/Logistic Regression, SVM, Random Forest and Boosting, Clustering and Patterns Recognition techniques
  • Experience with analytical/ statistical programs such as SAS, SPSS, and R
  • Experience with visualization tools (Tableau, Spotfire or QlikView) is a plus
  • Creativity/Innovation, i.e., ability to create new ways to improve current processes and develop practical solutions that add value to department

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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Join the prestigious team at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a global leader in finance and investments, and propel your career to new heights. Our firm is renowned for its commitment to excellence, innovation, and leadership in the financial sector.

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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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