Controllers - AWM Regulatory Controllers, Associate - Jersey City

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.Goldman Sachs' Asset & Wealth Management Division (AWM) delivers investment and advisory services for the world's leading institutions, financial advisors and individuals globally- overseeing more than $2 trillion in assets under supervision worldwide.Our ImpactThe Asset & Wealth Management Division's Regulatory Controllers (AWM-RC) team's key responsibility is to assist AWM in ensuring compliance with applicable global regulatory requirements, supporting the regulatory change environment and maintaining relationships with key internal stakeholders including the portfolio managers/COOs, risk management, legal, compliance, operations, technology and finance as well as other external stakeholders including regulatory reporting vendors and regulators globally.AWM-RC partners with these stakeholders to onboard, interpret and implement new/changing regulatory requirements, report to regulators to comply with global regulations including but not limited to Dodd-Frank requirements (Commodity Futures Trade Commission, Volcker and Securities and Exchange Commission), European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive and Luxembourg's Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) risk reporting, and support new/additional regulatory reporting obligations from AWM's acquisitions, new fund launches and business and system change management.AWM-RC is also responsible for oversight of regulatory reporting preparation vendors, leveraging our breadth of knowledge across the businesses and products (fixed income, equity, quant etc.), and global regulatory requirements involving complex models including notional exposure for all derivative types, counterparty exposures, portfolio liquidity, market risks including greeks, core accounting data sets etc. AWM-RC sets regulatory reporting policies for implementation by vendors and data owners, perform final review and submission of reports prepared by reporting vendors.Your ImpactKey responsibilities include:Support a dynamic team to complete quality filings with respective global regulators on a recurring basis. You are expected to provide thought leadership, recommend constructive actions to make the filing process more efficient/effective, and execute on those recommendationsYou will be involved in the oversight of various vendors and data providers related to data collection and production of filingsYou will be aligned with specific trading desk(s), functional datasets and regulation. You are expected to be a go-to person and maintain stakeholder relationships for each of these areas of responsibilities in a relatively short timeframe. You will also interact directly with the portfolio managers/COOs to review and approve the reports prior to submission and assist in investigating data quality and resolving issues at sourceYou will be integral to a development team that is responsible for enhancing our AWM reporting framework, including development and testing of core internal and vendor technology systems to facilitate applicable regulatory requirementsWork closely with respective portfolio managers/COOs, strats and finance engineering teams to implement complex calculation and reporting rules around portfolio exposures and risks metrics and assist in improving data governance infrastructureFor new/evolving regulatory requirements, you are expected to partner directly with our legal/compliance teams to provide recommendations that will impact our regulatory policy making and interpretations, and partner with various portfolio managers/COOs and functional data owners to implement these requirementsYou will be communicating directly with senior management across businesses and divisions to build consensus, communicate impact, escalate risks and provide thought leadership.

Basic QualificationsDegree qualification required5+ years of relevant work experience in product control, asset management regulatory/compliance, asset management fund controller rolesCFA, CPA and/or MBA Preferred

CompetenciesKnowledge and experience in working with various financial productsGood understanding of broad aspects of various functions within the asset management industryGood understanding/experience with technology implementation and keen interest in how technology should be utilized to create value/scaleAwareness and interests in the changing global regulatory landscapeAbility to work independently, but always a team player who is energetic, enthusiastic and inquisitiveAbility to engage cross functional key stakeholders, build consensus and drive changeExcellent written and verbal communication skillsStrong analytical and research skillsStrong project and time management skillsStrong execution skills, detail oriented with a control mindset

Salary RangeThe expected base salary for this Jersey City, New Jersey, United States-based position is $85000-$140000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.BenefitsGoldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.