Compliance-Birmingham-Associate-Regional Compliance

OUR IMPACT

The Office of Regulatory Relations (ORR) protects the firm's regulatory reputation by managing its relationships with regulators and enhancing the firm's overall regulatory compliance.

We set standards for all regulatory interactions at the firm, lead the firm’s responses to regulatory examinations, audits and inquiries and oversee certain areas of enhancement.

Job Description

ORR works closely with Global Compliance who prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risks across the firm and helps to strengthen the firm’s culture of compliance.

As an independent control function and part of the firm’s second line of defense, Compliance assesses the firm’s compliance, regulatory and reputational risks; 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.

Your Impact

Are you looking for a Regulatory engagement and Compliance role which will give you exposure to all divisions of Goldman Sachs and at all levels?

We are looking for a highly organised professional with strong analytical and communication skills to join our ORR and Regional Country Compliance (RCC) team in London.

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

The ORR and RCC team have day-to-day oversight of the firm’s relationships with its regulators and act as a point of central coordination for EMEA Compliance deliverables and reporting.

The team is the first port of call for all regulatory interaction; they handle enquiries from regulators across EMEA, primarily from the FCA, and coordinate senior manager function applications and associated reporting for EMEA.

In addition to coordinating the programme of regulatory supervisory engagement, responsibilities also include the management of regulatory audits by the FCA (which typically involve onsite meetings).

• As a member of the ORR and RCC team, your day-to-day role will involve:
• Interpreting and clarifying regulatory requests for information.
• Identifying data sources and owners, obtaining and reviewing data to produce the firm’s response to enquiries.
• Liaising with the FCA/PRA to coordinate and arrange regulatory meetings, audits and reviews.
• Working with other Compliance areas and the business to produce responses to information requests ahead of audits/reviews and assist in the preparation for, and attend, related onsite meetings with the FCA.
• Supporting the firm’s governance arrangements, including contributing to and managing the framework supporting the firm’s Senior Manager Arrangements.
• Operating across regulatory programme workstreams to help facilitate and deliver solutions that meet the quality criteria established by Compliance Management.
• Providing analytical, documentary support to compliance project managers and other members of Compliance.
• Supporting and participating in working groups for solutions development and implementation of regulatory change.
• Producing Compliance Management reporting and materials.
• Overseeing compilation and reporting of the annual EMEA Compliance business plan.
• Leading and participating in conduct initiatives for the EMEA Compliance division.
• Facilitating regulatory licensing applications and fee payments to support new and expanded business activities.
• Managing coordination of submission of Compliance-owned non-financial regulatory reports.

Skills And Experience

• Experience in a UK Regulatory engagement role or similar function.
• Familiarity with the UK and/or EU financial services regulatory framework.
• Experience in Compliance or a risk-based function.
• Experience delivering strategic projects or change management.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work under pressure.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• A team player who can work both independently and collaboratively and is able to prioritize in a fast-moving, high-pressure, changing environment.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• About Goldman Sachs

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