Compliance-Control Room-Vice President- Bengaluru

GLOBAL COMPLIANCE

Our division prevents detects and mitigates compliance regulatory and reputational risk across the firm and helps to strengthen the firms culture of compliance. Compliance accomplishes these through the firms enterprise-wide compliance risk management program. As an independent control function and part of the firms second line of defense Compliance assesses the firms 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 firms responses to regulatory examinations audits and inquiries. Youll 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

The Control Room part of the Compliance Division is seeking a compliance officer for a role in Bengaluru. This is one of eight Goldman Sachs Control Rooms globally (including Salt Lake City London Birmingham New York Hong Kong Tokyo and Sydney). The Control Room is primarily responsible for preserving the integrity of the Firms information barriers by monitoring and controlling the flow of confidential information between the Firms private/advisory side businesses (e.g. Investment Banking and Merchant Banking Finance and Risk) and public side businesses (e.g. Securities Asset Management Private Wealth Management and Global Investment Research). Additionally the Control Room is tasked with staying close to banking transactions to ensure that all legal and policy restrictions are activated in a timely manner as well as advising firm divisions dealing with trading and research as to the applicability of those restrictions.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Interacting with the Investment Banking Global Markets and Asset Management Divisions to maintain the Firms Confidential Lists
• Reviewing research published by the Global Investment Research Division to ensure compliance with certain legal and regulatory obligations
• Liaising with Legal and other areas of Compliance in order to monitor and/or restrict sales trading and/or research activities pursuant to certain legal regulatory and/or policy considerations
• Applying the Research Settlement rules to facilitate communications between Equity Research and Investment Banking personnel
• Working with the Conflicts & Business Selection Group to facilitate approval for certain Firm and client transactions and subsequent risk management activities

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors degree in finance Economics Business Administration Law or a related field; an advanced degree (MBA M. SC. Finance CFA Level I or II) is a plus
• Experience:
  • A minimum of 5-7 years of direct experience in financial services with internships or professional experience in compliance risk management or a related control function.
  • Direct experience (4 years) in a Compliance Control Room or Private side Compliance
  • Proven ability to provide strategic guidance on complex compliance matters to team members and senior management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with experience in managing insider trading risk and/or experience in regulations securities laws including SEC Reg M SEC Rules 14e-5 144A and Reg D etc
• Candidates with experience in automation and analytics tools Alteryx Core designer certified or Tableau/SQL certified or equivalent Data Analytics certificates
• Candidates with experience documenting technical processes product specifications user manuals

Candidates need to demonstrate below skills in Interview at the minimum:

• Strong understanding of 1) Financial markets & 2) Functions of a full-service Investment Banking firm
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office products excellent verbal and written communication skills & ability to work as a member of a team in a high-pressure fast-paced environment
• Ability to work as a member of a team in a high-pressure fast-paced environment

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