Associate, Ongoing Client Readiness

About the Role

Associate, Ongoing Client Readiness with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and remain current on evolving regulatory requirements related to Client Due Diligence (CDD), Know Your Customer (KYC), Customer Identification Program (CIP), and AntiMoney Laundering (AML), and apply regulatory guidance to daily operational activities.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies and supporting enhancements to due diligence and compliance workflows.
• Maintain a strong understanding of business processes, timelines, and risk considerations associated with client onboarding and ongoing due diligence, ensuring consistent adherence to compliance standards.
• Verify, validate, and authenticate client information, documentation, and legal entity agreements for new and existing clients to ensure accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including legal, compliance, and internal stakeholders, to exchange risk assessment information and respond to inquiries.
• Identify, analyze, and assess potential risk factors, inconsistencies, or discrepancies in client data and escalate issues in accordance with internal policies and procedures.
• Exercise sound business judgment to prioritize workload, manage time-sensitive requests, and meet service-level expectations in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Alteryx (to run data analysis and build workflows)
• SQL (to prepare and run queries for Rolling Review)
• Project Management skills (including application enhancements, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), test script generation, and coordination of testing with business stakeholders)
• Identifying risks inherent in daily business process and driving initiatives to design controls and mitigate risk while seeking Straight-Through-Processing (STP) workflows.
• Analyzing and solving reference data discrepancies and exceptions management.
• Designing test documents, executing test scripts, and monitoring production environment rollouts.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Regulatory Science, or related field and one (1) year of experience in job offered or a related role.

OR

• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Regulatory Science, or related field and three (3) years of experience in job offered or a related role.