Asset & Wealth Management- Salt Lake City- Associate, Ongoing Client Readiness- 10404554

Goldman Sachs•Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is hiring an Associate, Ongoing Client Readiness in Salt Lake City, Utah. The role monitors evolving regulatory requirements for Client Due Diligence (CDD), Know Your Customer (KYC), Customer Identification Program (CIP), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML), applying relevant guidance to daily operational activities. The Associate supports process improvements, maintains knowledge of onboarding and ongoing due diligence processes and risk considerations, and ensures compliance standards are consistently followed. The position verifies client information, documentation, and legal entity agreements for new and existing clients; collaborates with legal, compliance, and other internal stakeholders; identifies and escalates risks or discrepancies; and manages time-sensitive work to meet service-level expectations. It also requires experience with data analysis and workflow tools, SQL queries related to Rolling Review, project management and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), risk controls, reference data exceptions, test documentation, and production rollouts.

Requirements

Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Regulatory Science, or a related field and one year of experience in the job offered or a related role; OR a bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in one of those fields and three years of experience in the job offered or a related role.
Required prior experience using Alteryx to run data analysis and build workflows.
Required prior experience using SQL to prepare and run queries for items related to Rolling Review.
Required prior experience with project management, application enhancements, UAT, test-script generation, and coordination of testing with business stakeholders.
Required prior experience identifying risks in daily business processes and driving control-design and risk-mitigation initiatives while seeking Straight-Through-Processing workflows.
Required prior experience analyzing and solving reference data discrepancies and managing exceptions.
Required prior experience assisting with test-document design, test-script execution, and monitoring production-environment rollouts.
Exercise sound business judgment and manage time-sensitive work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Monitor evolving CDD, KYC, CIP, and AML regulatory requirements and apply guidance to daily operational activities.
Identify inefficiencies and support enhancements to due diligence and compliance workflows.
Maintain understanding of business processes, timelines, and risk considerations related to client onboarding and ongoing due diligence.
Verify, validate, and authenticate client information, documentation, and legal entity agreements for new and existing clients.
Collaborate with legal, compliance, and internal stakeholders to exchange risk assessment information and respond to inquiries.
Identify, analyze, and assess potential risk factors, inconsistencies, and discrepancies in client data, escalating issues under internal policies and procedures.
Prioritize workload, manage time-sensitive requests, and meet service-level expectations in a fast-paced environment.
Use Alteryx for data analysis and workflow development and SQL to prepare and run queries related to Rolling Review.
Support application enhancements, UAT, test-script generation, and testing coordination with business stakeholders.
Identify risks in daily business processes and drive initiatives to design controls, mitigate risk, and seek Straight-Through-Processing workflows.
Analyze and resolve reference data discrepancies and manage exceptions.
Assist in designing test documents, executing test scripts, and monitoring production-environment rollouts.