Controllers | Analyst | New York / New Jersey

The Controllers division is dedicated to managing the firm's financial and regulatory obligations, ensuring accurate financial recording, compliance with accounting standards, and the implementation of internal controls to safeguard company assets. It provides financial analysis and reporting to support strategic decision-making across all business areas.

• Regulatory Reporting is responsible for the meticulous preparation and timely submission of periodic reports to regulatory authorities. This function ensures the firm's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, contributing to financial stability, investor protection, and effective risk management. These reports cover a broad spectrum of data, including financial statements, risk exposure, customer information, and transaction details, and are crucial for monitoring and supervising the firm's operations.
• Financial Reporting focuses on implementing and maintaining the firm's integrated financial reporting program. This includes preparing comprehensive financial statements such as balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, which offer an overview of the firm's financial performance and position. The team ensures accurate financial recording and provides essential financial analysis to guide decision-making and support the firm's long-term financial goals.
• Legal Entity Controllers (LEC) are responsible for overseeing the financial integrity and compliance of specific legal entities within the firm. This involves managing the accounting functions, ensuring adherence to local accounting standards and regulatory requirements for each entity, and providing financial oversight for localized performance and reporting. LECs play a key role in maintaining robust internal controls and ensuring that the financial activities of individual legal entities align with the firm's overall financial policies and objectives.
• Reconciliations is a critical internal control procedure designed to verify the accuracy and reliability of accounting data and other management information. This team ensures that information transmitted to, contained in, and reported from financial systems is accurate, complete, and recorded in a timely manner. Reconciliations help to substantiate balances, detect errors, ensure consistency between internal records and financial reports, and quickly identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Product Controllers are responsible for ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting for trading desks and investment products. This involves managing daily Profit & Loss (P&L), conduct independent valuations, and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations. This role bridges front and back office, supporting risk management and providing performance insights for strategic decision-making and financial transparency.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree
• 0-3 years of prior work experience in a relevant field.  
• Proficient to advanced skills with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) 
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through 
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines 
• Team player with positive attitude and strong work ethic 
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment  
• Ability to adapt quickly to a variety of industries and businesses 
• Ability to self-direct, analyze and evaluate and form independent judgments 
• Ability to effectively interact and build relationships with senior management and global stakeholders  
• Commercially savvy with ability to exercise discretion with respect to highly confidential/sensitive information 

• Integrity, ethical standards and sound judgment

  
  

Salary Range

The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States based position is $75,000-$105,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a descretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end. 

Benefits

Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and compettive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generatlly available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 horus per week, can be found here. 

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. Learn more 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. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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