This role is for a Senior Vice President in Internal Audit focused on Cloud Technology Audit at Goldman Sachs. The position involves assessing and assuring the firm's cloud computing environments' integrity, security, and compliance, leading audit efforts, and managing a team. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of financial services audit experience with deep expertise in cloud technologies and controls.
In Internal Audit, we ensure that Goldman Sachs maintains effective controls by assessing the reliability of financial reports, monitoring the firm’s compliance with laws and regulations, and advising management on developing smart control solutions. Our group has unique insight on the financial industry and its products and operations. We’re looking for detail-oriented team players who have an interest in financial markets and want to gain insight into the firm’s operations and control processes. What We Do: As the third line of defense, Internal Audit's mission is to independently assess the firm's internal control structure, including the firm's governance processes and controls, and risk management and capital and anti-financial crime frameworks, raise awareness of control risk and monitor the implementation of management's control measures. In doing so, Internal Audit communicates and reports on the effectiveness of the firm's governance, risk management and controls that mitigate current and evolving risk, raises awareness of control risk, assesses the firm's control culture and conduct risks, and monitors management's implementation of control measures. Goldman Sachs Internal Audit comprises individuals from diverse backgrounds including chartered accountants, developers, risk management professionals, cybersecurity professionals, and data scientists. We are organized into global teams comprising business and technology auditors to cover all the firm's businesses and functions, including securities, investment banking, consumer and investment management, risk management, finance, cyber-security and technology risk, and engineering. Who We Look For: Goldman Sachs Internal Auditors demonstrate strong risk and control mindsets, analytical skills, exercise professional skepticism, and are able to challenge and discuss effectively with management on risks and control measures. We look for individuals who enjoy learning about audit, businesses and functions, have innovative and creative mindsets to adopt analytical techniques to enhance audit techniques, building relationships and are able to evolve and thrive in teamwork and in a fast-paced global environment. Your Impact: As a Cloud Technology Auditor, you will be involved in providing assurance on the integrity, security, and compliance of an organization's cloud computing environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP). As a Cloud Technology Auditor in the Core Engineering team, 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 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. Responsibilities include performing regular risk assessments, meeting business/engineering stakeholders, monitoring regulatory requirements, leading audit work including scope definition, control assessment, audit review, reporting findings, validating closure of management action points, and managing and developing the team. Basic Qualifications: More than 10 years of relevant audit experience focusing on Financial Services, degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering or equivalent, highly motivated with strong analytical skills, ability to work effectively across a large audit team, multitasking skills, and strong written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills. Preferred Qualifications: Technology audit skills including deep understanding of Cloud computing, technologies, risks and mitigating controls, cloud computing concepts, architecture, and service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), familiarity with cloud-native security tools and services, proficiency in auditing various cloud services and related controls, understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and relevant certification or industry accreditation. ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS: Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm headquartered in New York. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities. Salary Range: The expected base salary for this position is $100,000 - $250,000 with potential discretionary bonus. Benefits include healthcare, vacation policies, financial wellness, health services, fitness, child and family care, and more.