Job Description
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.
Financial Crime Compliance ("FCC") coordinates Goldman Sachs' enterprise-wide anti-money laundering ("AML"), economic sanctions, anti-bribery compliance and conduct and integrity programs. The combined FCC team, which is composed of professionals with extensive law enforcement, regulatory, legal, compliance, forensic consulting, operations and business experience, administers an array of surveillances, due diligence, investigative expertise and other control processes designed to identify potential money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, securities fraud and other violations of law or conduct expectations.
YOUR IMPACT
The FCC team is seeking a Vice-President to lead its function in Dublin, Ireland. As an experienced leader and manager, the successful candidate will have responsibility for the structuring, implementation and management of the Goldman Sachs FCC program in Dublin by performing day-to- day oversight of the firm's activities and frontline personnel from an advisory and regulatory perspective, in addition to managing FCC in Dublin. In addition, the person would provide senior representation in Dublin for Global Compliance, working closely with all in-country Compliance teams and senior business management.
Principal Responsibilities
* Provide oversight for and/or assume MLRO responsibilities
* Acting as an advisor and key point of contact for the Business, appropriately identifying, assessing and escalating risks to relevant stakeholders
* Provide oversight of the receipt, review, investigation and, if appropriate, reporting of suspicious activity externally
* Provide oversight of the team's working relationship and interactions with global cross-divisional partners, including Global Compliance, Engineering, Operations and Sales/Investment personnel through all aspects of FCC programmatic work
* Represent FCC at a senior management and board level as required
* Collaborating with FCC experts across KYC, Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring, Anti-Bribery, Conduct and Integrity locally, regionally and globally on the management of investigations
* Oversight of the development and implementation of risk assessments, policies and procedures, including customer due diligence and outsourcing
* Oversight of the design and enhancement of onboarding controls and tools, including watchlist screening, adverse media screening, enhanced due diligence and customer refresh
* Oversight of the development of controls, processes and procedures to address identified issues/risks as well as areas and processes requiring optimization and improvement
* Provide oversight of outsourced AML/CFT activities and FCC training requirements
* Participate in initiatives to ensure the firms compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and implement and improve work flows, which includes (amongst others), liaising with internal stakeholders across different teams, and regions
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree or above
* 7+ years of professional experience either as a leader or practitioner in the field of Anti Money Laundering or a relevant related field
* Understanding of broader Compliance control and risk functions
* Ability to communicate with impact and tailor messaging to diverse stakeholder groups including engineering & product teams, end users, management, and executive-level leadership
* Exceptional time management and prioritization skills, with a proven track record of coordinating concurrent activities with multiple interdependencies across several teams
* Intellectually curious mindset and motivation to identify creative, innovative solutions
* Leadership, problem solving, and critical thinking skills when under pressure
* Persistent, resourceful and tenacious self-starter
* Ability to cultivate long-term relationships and consensus across stakeholders
* Preferred Qualifications:
* Degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
* Experience working with German and or UK and /or other European regulators
* Data analysis and visualization experience is preferred
* German language skills preferred not required
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