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Mars, Incorporated

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Salt Lake City, UT · On-site

You will assist in ensuring adherence to the Quality Management System (QMS). And this is how you ... of audit readiness and compliance to the QMS • Escalate issues as needed What you'll bring • ...

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Manager, Business SOX IA

Salt Lake City, UT · On-site

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Manage SOX 404 and Internal Audit engagement(s) and workflow of all client deliverables for ... * Assist in developing fee quotes and budgets. * Prepare of client billings and collection of ...

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Internal Audit - Salt Lake City - Associate, Business Audit - 10171411

Salt Lake City, UT • On-site

Goldman Sachs, Inc.
Finance and Insurance • 10K+ employees

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Company rating: 7.8 out of 10

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Job Duties: Associate, Business Audit with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in Salt Lake City, Utah. Responsible for providing independent assurance for the firm's internal control structure. Responsibilities include management and performance of the audit including planning, execution and reporting; management of issue remediation; ongoing assessment of risk including sufficient assurance work to form a view as to the firm's control structure. Participate in firm control initiatives. Assist with planning, scoping, and execution of risk-based and regulatory required audits of business areas. Assist with multiple audits concurrently, including the planning and scoping of the audits, employing audit and analytical procedures and techniques to assess the design and operating effectiveness of the controls to mitigate risks, and discussing the results with the firm's local and global management. Drive discussions with senior business stakeholders to understand risk drivers, control state, and impact in order to formulate a point of view of the control environment. Define audit scope and perform detailed walkthroughs to evaluate the adequacy of the control designs and develop test plans and perform testing to assess control operating effectiveness. Drive report preparation by drafting commercially effective audit reports, including writing clear and concise findings. Participate in department-wide initiatives aimed at continually improving Internal Audit's processes and supporting infrastructure. Analyze data by applying various data analysis techniques to derive conclusions and make business decisions to drive projects.
Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, Financial Risk Management, Business Analytics, or a related field, and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related role. Prior work experience must include three (3) years of experience in the following: assessing the likelihood and impact of internal control weaknesses; participating in planning, scoping, and executing risk-based and regulatory required audits; independently assessing a firm's internal control structure and its conformance with regulatory requirements; analyzing enterprise risks, assessing mitigating controls and their interconnection with execution processes and comprehensiveness of a firm's risk inventory; and evaluating risk remediation actions and resolution of a firm's operations control issues.
©The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2026. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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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.

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