Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance – Anti Bribery & Corruption, Associate, Birmingham location_on Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
* Contributing 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 QUALIFICATION:
* 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 detail-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
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