Internal Audit - Dallas - Associate, Technology Audit - 10066859

Goldman Sachs • Dallas, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is seeking an Associate, Technology Audit in Dallas, Texas. This role involves designing control testing steps to evaluate the adequacy and operating effectiveness of controls around underlying system architecture. The position ensures that system features meet business, technology, and regulatory requirements. The Associate will design and execute tests to validate application system controls through data analysis, code inspection, and re-performance of system processes using programming languages such as Python, SQL, C#, C++ or Java. Responsibilities include defining and presenting the scope, progress, and results of reviews to stakeholders, documenting audit testing, utilizing sampling techniques, and executing audits from planning to reporting, including managing finding remediation and continuous risk assessment. The role also involves analyzing data using various techniques to derive conclusions and make business decisions, and collaborating with technology stakeholders, developers, and architects to understand risk drivers.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related computational and analytical field and one (1) year of experience in job offered or a related Application Support role OR Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related computational and analytical field and three (3) year of experience in job offered or a related Application Support role.
• Performing design assessment by understanding and reviewing the system architecture or system code configuration to opine if design is in line with business expectations (1 year with Master's or 3 years with Bachelor's).
• Performing control effectiveness testing by designing and implementing scripts, implementing analytical and data analysis skills, recreating error scenarios through reperformance to opine on control effectiveness (1 year with Master's or 3 years with Bachelor's).
• Documenting audit testing procedures and results in a clear and concise manner (1 year with Master's or 3 years with Bachelor's).
• Using communication and presentation abilities to convey scope, progress, and results of audit reviews to internal audit teams, technology, and business stakeholders (1 year with Master's or 3 years with Bachelor's).
• Identifying and assessing technology risks and related controls within complex technology architectures and business processes, including as part of integrated audits (1 year with Master's or 3 years with Bachelor's).
• Reviewing code in programming languages such as Python, C#, C++ or Java (1 year with Master's or 3 years with Bachelor's).
• Performing data analysis using tools such as Excel, SQL or Aqua DB Studio (1 year with Master's or 3 years with Bachelor's).

Responsibilities

• Design control testing steps to evaluate the adequacy of the control design and operating effectiveness of controls around the underlying system architecture.
• Ensure that system features meet business, technology, and regulatory requirements.
• Design and execute tests to validate application system controls through data analysis, code inspection and re-performance of system processes in programming languages such as Python, SQL, C#, C++ or Java.
• Define and present the scope, progress, and results of the review to audit management, technology, and business stakeholders.
• Document audit testing and results in a clear and concise manner.
• Utilize sampling techniques to determine groups to be audited or use complete enumeration methods.
• Execute on the audits on plan, including planning, execution and reporting, management of finding remediation, continuous assessment of risk, audit resource management and firm control initiative participation.
• Analyze data by applying various data analysis techniques such as Python, SQL to derive conclusions and make business decisions to drive projects.
• Collaborate with senior technology stakeholders, applications developers and system architects, engineers to understand risk drivers and audit applications and systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level