Compliance – Market Surveillance – Insider Trading – Associate
| Company | Goldman Sachs |
|---|---|
| Location | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2-4 years’ experience/working knowledge of many different product types e.g. fixed-income securities, equity options, and other derivatives such as CDSs
- Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills (Pivot tables, VLookup, experience with large data sets, proficient in data manipulation and presentation)
Responsibilities
- Identify potential insider trading, information barrier, and market manipulation scenarios through investigations and analysis of trading alerts
- Research market-moving events and create market color, conduct an analysis of the trading in the context of this market color, develop and support a recommendation
- Investigate potential trading issues flagged by the business units, such as the Global Markets & Banking and Asset and Wealth Management segments
- Liaise with strategy groups, Engineering, and Technology in the development, review, and testing of new/existing automated surveillance models and output
- Coordinate with the Anti-Money Laundering Group globally on trading-related investigations and potential escalations which may result in the filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR)
- Pursue ad-hoc projects related to trading around market-moving news events such as drug trials, merger & acquisition announcements, offerings, corporate accounting scandals, etc.
- Participate and potentially lead working groups that focus on enhancing controls/quality of the trade surveillance program
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency with Bloomberg, Reuters and other market data tools and aptitude for research
- Interest in capital markets, current events, and financial news
- Ability to identify and draft a narrative explaining trading strategies
- Strong communication skills, comfort developing a recommendation and supporting it by presenting and explaining analysis
- Team player with great attitude and work ethic
- Ability to multi-task on several different assignments/projects
- Interest in working on a global team dealing with global businesses
- FINRA SIE and/or Series 7/63 preferred