Compliance, Financial Crime Controls - Business Analyst, Associate / Analyst, Warsaw

Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risk across the firm and helps strengthen the firm’s culture of compliance. As a second line of defense, we assess risk, monitor compliance with laws and regulations, design controls, conduct testing, investigate risks, and lead responses to regulatory examinations and audits. You will work with a diverse team of professionals from law, accounting, sales and trading, and we seek individuals with sound judgment, curiosity and adaptability.

OUR IMPACT

Financial Crime Compliance coordinates Goldman Sachs’ enterprise‑wide anti‑money laundering, economic sanctions, e‑communications and anti‑bribery compliance efforts. The team administers surveillances, due diligence, investigations and other control processes designed to identify potential money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, securities fraud and other violations of law.

YOUR IMPACT

• Collaborate with senior leadership across Compliance, Operations, Engineering and the Business to execute on the strategic vision for KYC systems
• Know regulatory and firm KYC requirements to ensure products are fully compliant with global regulatory standards
• Understand firm products, services and divisional systems to define and deliver system functionality
• Write, refine, and test product requirements
• Work with Change Management teams to plan and release new functionality
• Ensure stakeholder awareness of new and existing KYC system functionality

Basic Qualifications

• Degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s) in a related field such as Legal, Finance, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Product Management, Engineering or related quantitative disciplines
• Experience at a global, highly regulated financial institution
• Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLookups) and PowerPoint
• Understanding of data structures and query languages such as SQL
• Knowledge of data quality and data analysis methodologies
• Ability to communicate compliance requirements for consumption by engineering and other cross‑functional partners
• Experience using JIRA and writing business requirements
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to adapt in a fast‑paced work environment; strong sense of urgency
• Strong work ethic

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical skills (Alteryx, SQL, R, Python, Tableau)
• Awareness and experience working with AML trends and typologies
• Experience building and enhancing existing processes
• Experience in large‑scale system development
• Firm understanding of Know Your Customer regulations and/or experience working in a Know Your Customer role (Operations, Execution, Compliance, Legal)

About Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm headquartered in New York with offices around the world.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.

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