Compliance, Global Privacy Office- Americas Advisory, Vice President, Dallas

Goldman Sachs•Dallas, TX

23d•Onsite

About The Position

Description Global Compliance Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risk across the firm and helps to strengthen the firm’s culture of compliance. Compliance accomplishes these through the firm’s enterprise-wide compliance risk management program. As an independent control function and part of the firm’s second line of defense, Compliance assesses the firm’s compliance, regulatory and reputational risk; monitors for compliance with new or amended laws, rules and regulations; designs and implements controls, policies, procedures and training; conducts independent testing; investigates, surveils and monitors for compliance risks and breaches; and leads the firm’s responses to regulatory examinations, audits and inquiries. You'll be part of a team with members from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds, such as law, accounting, sales, and trading. We look for those who possess sound judgment, curiosity, and are able to adapt to a changing regulatory landscape. Global Privacy Office (GPO) This is an exciting opportunity to be a member of Goldman Sachs’ Global Privacy Office (GPO) supporting the Americas region. The successful candidate will work from Goldman Sachs’ Dallas office on multiple regional and global programs managed by the Global Privacy Office, to deliver on our privacy strategy and respond to critical regulatory deadlines, as well as to mature our existing privacy compliance program. This position will support matters globally, but with a particular focus on matters in the Americas region. The candidate will also play a key role in collaborating with colleagues across the firm to further build out the firm’s privacy program to address the evolving regulatory landscape, enhance divisional collaboration and increase cross-functional engagement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent; legal degree is helpful
At least 7 years of work experience, with at least 5 of those working in the Privacy or Data Protection domain
Experience with reviewing, advising and implementing programs to address privacy laws on a local and global level (e.g., CCPA, GLBA, CAN-SPAM, PIPEDA, GDPR)
CIPP Certification Required
Highly motivated with the ability to work autonomously as well as in a team and collaboration-oriented environment
Highly organized, attention to detail and excellent follow through skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; risk-based prioritization
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively articulate complex regulatory requirements to stakeholders and dependent teams at all levels of the firm
Able to coordinate activities with multiple interdependencies and to escalate items that are unresolved or at risk
Comfortable working with incomplete information, to ask focused questions and rapidly gain an in-depth understanding of the current processes and compare and relate to similar situations
Detailed problem tracking, resolutions and completion of all actions and issues by their deadlines

Nice To Haves

Financial services experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Reviewing and assessing products, features, and business activities against privacy compliance requirements and advising stakeholders on those requirements
Supporting privacy risk assessment processes and other aspects of the firm’s privacy compliance program
Providing privacy compliance advice and support on cross-functional projects to implement privacy laws
Monitoring and reporting to senior management on the status of the privacy program
Partnering with Legal, Compliance, Engineering, Risk and business teams to research and assess the impact of new privacy and data protection laws or regulations, and manage the work to deliver required changes
Identifying and independently executing on opportunities to efficiently scale the firm’s global privacy program
Partnering with Engineering teams to identify and design new tools, or improve existing tools, that support the firm’s privacy compliance program
Supporting the development and implementation of privacy program governance frameworks with key stakeholders in Operations, Compliance, Technology, Legal and Risk
Driving accountability for privacy program components operated by the first line of defense
Creating, reviewing, and revising privacy program policies and procedures
Contributing to other activities within the Global Privacy Office where necessary