Internal Audit, Asset Wealth Management Technology, Vice President, Dallas

Goldman Sachs•Dallas, TX

12h

About The Position

As a Technology Auditor, you will be involved in providing assurance on the integrity and quality of data used for the purposes of portfolio construction and management, deal workflows, investment research flows, reporting for internal and regulatory purposes, applications stability, system operations along with other general technology controls. As part of the third line of defense, you will be involved in independently assessing the firm’s overall control environment, and communicating the results to the firm’s local and global management on the effectiveness of the firm’s controls that mitigate current and emerging risks, and monitoring the management’s implementation of control measures. In doing so, you are supporting the provision of independent, objective and timely assurance around the firm’s internal control structure, and supporting the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors and Risk Committee in fulfilling their oversight responsibilities.

Requirements

BE/B Tech/MCA/MBA/MS in Information Systems or equivalent University degrees in technology
8+ years of experience in technology audit focusing on Financial Services Technology audit.
Technology audit skills including an understanding of:
System architecture, with high level understanding of databases, operating systems and messaging
Prior experience of testing automated IT application controls
System Development / Programming Languages
System Architecture (Distributed/Messaging, Cloud, emerging technologies)
Operating Systems and databases
Data analysis skills (SQL, ACL, or similar tools)
Application security principles
System development lifecycle (SDLC)
Management, monitoring and operations of technology (backups, change management, system monitoring, incident/problem management)
Business continuity planning and disaster recovery design and implementation
Security within the software development lifecycle
Ability to review code (object oriented programming languages such as Java, C#, C++)
Experience in managing audit engagements or technology projects
Relevant Certification or industry accreditation (CISA, CISSP, etc)
Ability to work effectively across a large global audit team, understanding the team’s role in the overall strategy of the firm
Strong written and verbal communication skills a must; strong interpersonal skills essential.
Requirement for frequent interaction with technology management
Must be able to multitask while managing both timelines and workload

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI, Data Analytics tools and techniques
Audit experience in Cloud and other emerging technologies

Responsibilities

Assist/lead the risk assessment, scoping and planning of reviews.
Assist/lead the execution of the reviews. Specifically focusing on the following:
Analyze the design of controls around the underlying system architecture in the context of information technology controls and its impact on the business.
Analyze the business and technology processes to evaluate the design and effectiveness of the relevant technology controls by designing and executing tests to validate identified system control features, which may require data analysis, code inspection and re-performance of system processes.
Document the results of the test steps executed within the Internal Audit workflow application as per the departmental guidelines.
Assist in/lead the vetting of audit observations
Assist in/lead the tracking, monitoring and recording of remediation of risks identified in reviews.

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