Overview

Financial Crime Compliance (“FCC”) is part of the firm’s Global Compliance Division and is responsible for coordinating Goldman Sachs’ enterprise-wide anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and government sanctions compliance efforts. Within FCC, the Anti-Bribery Group is responsible for implementing the firmwide anti-bribery and anti-corruption program, including assessment of the firm’s bribery/corruption risk, development and implementation of policies and procedures to prevent, detect and report bribery and corrupt payments; due diligence with respect to proposed transactions, intermediaries, and certain other business counterparties; training of relevant personnel; monitoring and surveillance of gifts, travel and entertainment; investigations of “red flags” and internal escalations; and bringing significant issues to the attention of senior management.  

Principal Responsibilities:

The Anti-Bribery Compliance Officer would assist in all aspects of the anti-bribery program, including but not limited to:

·         Supporting the implementation of anti-bribery policies, procedures and projects

·         Conducting intermediary/finder, vendor, third party distributor, and transaction due diligence reviews, analysis and writing-up generating reports 

·         Reviewing gifts, travel and entertainment, relationship candidate and charitable contribution requests

·         Investigating escalations and conducting forensic reviews and data analytics

·         Conducting firmwide and targeted bribery risk assessments  

·         Collaborating with firmwide risk partners on anti-bribery matters

·         Contribute to overall program management and governance by:

·         Tracking/monitoring team productivity and efficiency

·         Creating and providing anti-bribery training

·         Generating firmwide anti-bribery metrical reporting

·         Maintaining bribery risk and anti-bribery control inventories

·         Collaborating with other control functions

Basic Qualifications:

·         A minimum 3-5 years of prior experience in anti-bribery/anti-corruption compliance, legal, consulting, law enforcement, investigations or audit preferred

·         Excellent written and oral communication/presentation skills (fluency in English required) 

·         Strong analytical, investigative and risk assessment skills

·         Ability to prioritize demanding workflows, be detailed-oriented and well-organized

·         Ability to adapt to new changes and new challenges

·         Effective interpersonal skills and ability to forge strong relationships with colleagues and clients

·         Self-starter, pro-active and able to work independently and yet still be team-oriented

·         Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel proficiency preferred), and databases such as World-Check, Factiva, and Lexis/Nexis