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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

New York, New York, Us

• Perform operational risk coverage for US legal entities and several divisions including Asset Management, Private Wealth Management, Merchant Banking and Global Investment Research. • Managed a global team of 5, responsible for executing the firmwide operational risk framework including Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), Scenario Analysis (to assess the severity of tail risks for key operational risk categories as an input to the calculation of operational risk capital), quarterly risk profile assessments, operational risk events and new activity reviews.• Co-managed a project to develop a Control Assurance program for the firm, designed to assess the reasonableness of the rating of key controls noted in the RCSA process.• Develop guidance for assessing the adequacy of remediation for operational risk events.

New York, New York, Us

• Regional co-head with accountability for managing a dedicated audit team and the execution of the annual audit plan of the Asset Management business (GSAM) in the Americas.• Coordinated with EMEA and Asia team leads, deputy and global audit directors to define the global annual audit plan for GSAM.• Participated in strategic working groups to establish a process for IA validation of Fed finding and to enhance the system infrastructure capturing audit documentation, management action plans and continuous monitoring activities.• Allocated resources across audit projects within the Americas, identifying resource shortages and participating in recruiting, interviewing and evaluating candidates.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

• Planned and managed audits of processes within the Private Client Asset Management division (including Alternative and real estate products) including front office (sales, investment management, and trading), trade confirmation and settlement, anti-money laundering, investment compliance, and mutual fund operations.• Coordinated the Asia Asset Management audit plan in Singapore (4 months), performed international audit projects in Tokyo (2 months), Sydney, and Bangalore.• Performed audits of fiduciary businesses/products including equity, fixed income, and money market trading, CDS, CDO’s/CLO’s, REITs, direct real estate investments, Funds Transfer, Fund Valuation, Broker Dealer Ops., and Commercial Paper. Performed audits of OCC and FRA 23 A&B requirements.• Assigned staff to audit projects and scope areas, monitored project status and budgets, reviewed workpapers, communicated audit findings to the auditee, and drafted audit reports.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Finance, General

Master'S Degree, Finance, General