Compliance, Control Room, Analyst, Sydney

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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.

The Control Room, part of the Compliance Division, is seeking a compliance officer for a role in Sydney. The Sydney Control Room is one of eight Goldman Sachs Control Rooms globally (including Jersey City, Salt Lake City, London, Warsaw, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bengaluru). The Control Room is primarily responsible for preserving the integrity of the Firm's information barriers by monitoring and controlling the flow of confidential information between the Firm's advisory side businesses and public side businesses.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

JOB SUMMARY AND RESPONSBILITIES

• Interacting with the Securities Divisions, Asset Management and Corporate Advisory businesses in order to maintain the Firm’s Restricted Trading List,
• Confidential Lists and other information control lists
• Liaising with Legal and other Compliance teams in order to monitor and/or restrict sales, trading and/or research activities pursuant to certain legal,
• regulatory and/or policy considerations
• Reviewing research publish by the Global Investment Research Division to ensure compliance with certain legal and regulatory obligations
• Applying the Global Research Settlement rules, applicable local laws and Firm’s policies to monitor and facilitate communications between Equity Research and Corporate Advisory personnel
• Working with the Business Selection & Conflicts Resolution Group (BSCRG) to facilitate approval for certain firm and client transactions and subsequent risk management activities

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Undergraduate degree with minimum of 1-2 years of compliance or legal-related experience in financial services industry preferred
• Possess a general understanding of the current regulatory environment and financial markets and/or securities regulation and rules
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive and willing to take on issues/responsibilities that require focus and determination
• Ability to work as a member of a team in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented with ability to multitask, organize and prioritize

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2019. All rights reserved Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Vet.