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Goldman Sachs

Risk, Operational Risk, Associate, Salt Lake City / Dallas

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An Operational Risk Analyst is responsible for identifying and assessing potential harm to an organization's assets, earning potentials, or economic condition posed by operational processes. Analyzes incident reports, investigates fraudulent activities, and implements strategies to mitigate operational risks.

$73,967 / year median in Utah

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Job Description

Level/Location:
Associate, Salt Lake City or Dallas The Associate in Op Risk Programs Governance is responsible for supporting the design, implementation, and maintenance of the operational risk governance framework while managing cross-functional projects across operational risk teams. This role bridges governance oversight with hands-on project delivery, ensuring that risk policies, standards, and initiatives are executed effectively and in alignment with departmental expectations and enterprise risk appetite.
Primary Responsibilities:
Support operational risk program activities by helping coordinate timelines, deliverables, stakeholder inputs, and follow-up actions across teams Assist with risk and issue reviews by gathering information, organizing materials, documenting updates, and tracking open items through completion Help maintain clear program reporting, including status updates, meeting materials, action logs, issue summaries, remediation progress, and key themes for leadership review Partner with Risk, business, compliance, audit, and technology stakeholders to coordinate program execution, validate updates, and support timely resolution of open items Support operational risk processes by helping document risks, controls, issues, decisions, and follow-up actions in a clear and organized way Identify themes, risks, dependencies, or delays that may require additional stakeholder follow-up or escalation Support updates to procedures, program materials, and governance documents to help drive consistent execution across teams
Qualifications:
3-5 years of prior work experience in operational risk, program management, non-financial risk, compliance, internal audit, controls, financial services, or a related field Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage timelines, track action items, follow up with stakeholders, and maintain accurate program materials Working understanding of risk, controls, issues, audit findings, remediation, or governance processes Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear updates, summarize key points, and communicate follow-ups effectively Ability to organize information, identify themes, and escalate delays, risks, or dependencies appropriately Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint Team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, attention to detail, and willingness to learn
Preferred:
Experience supporting operational risk, governance, control, audit, regulatory, or cross-functional programs Exposure to issue management, remediation tracking, risk reporting, audit findings, or program governance routines Experience preparing stakeholder updates, meeting materials, action trackers, and leadership summaries Ability to build relationships across teams and help drive accountability, follow-through, and consistent execution
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. 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. : https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html © The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved. 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. We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits Healthcare & Medical Insurance We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance. Holiday & Vacation Policies We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year. Financial Wellness & Retirement We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees' priorities. Health Services We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices. Fitness To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount). Child Care & Family Care We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available. Benefits at Goldman Sachs Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer. Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE
TITLEAssociate
OFFICE LOCATION
(S)Salt Lake City JOB FUNCTIONOperational Risk DIVISIONRisk Division

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