Compliance, Regional Country Compliance, Associate, Dublin

OUR IMPACT

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.

YOUR IMPACT 

As part of the Regional Country Compliance team, you will provide compliance support and coverage for the Irish operations of Goldman Sachs Bank Europe, with focus on its consumer deposits business and regulatory interactions. You will also participate in region-wide and global initiatives to enact the Global Compliance mandate and Business Unit priorities. 

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To fulfil this role you will need to:

• Have consumer regulatory experience with a solid understanding of key areas such as new business initiatives, customer servicing and communications, and changes to existing product and service offerings
• Support ad-hoc and regular Compliance reporting to the Executive and Supervisory Board
• Contribute to the annual Compliance Risk Assessment
• Ensure appropriate integration of applicable rules into the Compliance program and control plan
• Ensure adherence to EU regulations, including implementation of new regulations and regulatory change management
• Liaise with other Compliance Officers in the Goldman Sachs Compliance Division globally as well as other stakeholders throughout the firm to ensure adherence to firmwide compliance standards 

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

A strong candidate for this role will satisfy the following criteria:

• University degree
• 3-5+ years' Compliance experience relating to investment services
• Enhanced knowledge of the different regulatory requirements during the lifecycle of consumer products (e.g. products and service design through implementation, ongoing consumer support and marketing)
• Proven ability to navigate in an international environment
• Any knowledge of other local regulatory regimes (in Europe or globally) is an advantage
• Clear, concise communication and drafting skills; able to communicate with impact at senior levels and with external regulators
• Experience in interacting with regulators, or supporting regulatory audits or inquiries
• Risk Management: the ability to identify, understand and articulate risks associated with regulatory reporting and working with multiple stakeholders to assist in the mitigation/escalation of those risks
• Team-oriented and supportive of others’ success; comfortable representing a teamwork product to stakeholders
• Detail-oriented with ability to multitask, organize and prioritize
• Familiarity with legal entity governance 
• Well organised with the ability to manage both longer term projects and daily, often time-sensitive, escalations
• Strong analytical, technical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to exercise sound and balanced judgement
• Take ownership of tasks, progress them independently, and escalate to senior stakeholders when required