Compliance, Financial Crime Controls, Vice President, Dublin Dublin · Ireland · Vice President

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 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 firm's compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and implement and improve workflows, which includes 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
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, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do.
We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.
Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.
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Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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