Job Description
CONTROLLERS
Controllers ensure that the firm meets all the financial control and reporting obligations of a global, regulated, and public financial institution. Our professionals measure the profitability of, and risks associated with, every aspect of the firm’s business. Controllers also ensure that the firm’s activities are conducted in compliance with the regulations governing transactions in the financial markets.
YOUR IMPACT
Are you looking to apply your accounting and analytical skills to discover and resolve exceptions in the firm’s official books and records? Do you want to interact with all businesses in Goldman Sachs and deepen your understanding of their needs and supported flows? Our Reconciliations team is seeking a professional who is looking to collaborate with all divisions to ensure accuracy, completeness, and governance of the firm’s books and records. You will develop expertise in identifying and resolving exceptions across all our supported groups, identify and implement enhancements to prevent exceptions, and exercise and develop all of your communication skills while coordinating with all impacted groups.
OUR IMPACT
The Ledger Integrity Team is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the firm’s books and records. The team performs daily intercompany, external and internal reconciliations, reporting identified exceptions to responsible teams across Operations. The ledger integrity team strives to accurately and effectively compare internal books and records to external clearing agents such as BoNY and DTCC. The team performs inter-company reconciliations to help facilitate business transactions between a GS company and its affiliates. The Ledger Integrity team monitors reconciliations between the internal ledgers of the firm to ensure that the books and records on which our financial statements are based are accurate. We assess and report operational risks through the analysis of settlement and trade activity to allow the business to better manage their risk.
Business Unit Overview
At Core Operations- Ledger Integrity, we provide senior management with critical control indicators to assess economic, regulatory, and operational risks associated with the operations areas that support the business units. We help maintain the firm’s reputation and clients’ confidence by ensuring compliance with customer protection regulations as well as liaise with regulators and auditors during audit processes. We help improve the efficiency and controls of securities, foreign exchanges, commodities, and futures businesses through independent reconciliations and oversight of trade and clearance processes. Through the development, testing, and implementation of strategic technology and new business initiatives, we help ensure the adequacy of controls to mitigate financial, regulatory, and reputational risks for the firm.
Job Summary And Responsbilities
- Prepare to gain a comprehensive understanding of the settlement and trade flows for all the firms businesses and how they interact with the books and records that are held both internally and externally.
- Identify trends of issues causing exceptions and conduct deep-dives into technical issues to investigate and fix root causes spanning multiple teams and vendors.
- Work with business partners to analyze and implement solutions and workflows for new business opportunities.
- Collaborate with a global team to leverage knowledge and best practices.
- Showcase your attention to detail and ability to master the wide variety of breaksheets.
- Develop strong and effective relationships with critical vendors which maintain books and records.
- Highlight your ideas for improving processes and implement them globally to impact and uplift the entire process.
- Work with senior technologists and project managers on key projects that are re-shaping the exception identification, communication, and resolution models.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Proven analytical skills, problem solving ability, and a control mentality paired with meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks with dynamic and aggressive deadlines.
- Aptitude for building relationships and ability to communicate complex issues to a wide array of internal clients with differing levels of product experience.
Preffered Qualifications
- Self-motivated and proactive team player, who takes ownership and accountability of projects, has strong organizational skills as well as the ability to effectively manage competing priorities.
- Flexible and able to work well under pressure in a team environment.
- Experience communicating complex operational flows to varied audiences in verbal and written mediums.ions for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html
Please note that our firm has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for employees who work onsite at any of our U.S. locations to safeguard the health and well-being of all our employees and others who enter our U.S. offices. This role requires the employee to be able to work on-site. As a condition of employment, employees working on-site at any of our U.S. locations are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, and to have either had COVID-19 or received a booster dose if eligible under Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) guidance, unless prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Applicants who wish to request for a medical or religious accommodation, or any other accommodation required under applicable law, can do so later in the process. Please note that accommodations are not guaranteed and are decided on a case by case basis.
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