Market Risk Analytics & Reporting (A&R) is a group within Core Engineering in the Risk Division of Goldman Sachs. The group ensures the firm’s senior leadership, investors and regulators have a complete view of the positional, market, and client activity drivers of the firm’s market risk profile allowing them to take actionable and timely risk management decisions.
Risk Engineering is a multidisciplinary group of quantitative experts who are the authoritative producers of independent risk & capital metrics for the firm. Risk Engineering is responsible for modeling, producing, reviewing, interpreting, explaining and communicating risk & capital metrics and analytics used to ensure the firm adheres to its Risk Appetite and maintains the appropriate amount of Risk Capital. Risk Engineering provides risk & capital metrics, analytics and insights to the Chief Risk Officer, senior management, regulators, and other firm stakeholders.
Role Responsibilities
A&R delivers critical regulatory and risk metrics & analytics across risk domains (market, credit, liquidity, operational, capital) and firm activities via regular reporting, customized risk analysis, systematically generated risk reporting and risk tools. This role will focus on Market Risk.
A&R has a unique vantage point in the firm’s risk data flows that, when coupled with a deep understanding of client and market activities, allows it to build scalable workflows, processes and procedures to deliver actionable risk insights. The following are core responsibilities for A&R:
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Delivering regular and reliable risk metrics, analytics & insights based on deep understanding of the firm’s businesses and its client activities.
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Building robust, systematic & efficient workflows, processes and procedures around the production of risk analytics for financial & non-financial risk, risk capital and regulatory reporting.
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Attesting to the quality, timeliness and completeness of the underlying data used to produce these analytics.
Qualifications, Skills & Aptitude
Eligible candidates are preferred to have the following:
- Masters or Bachelors degree in a quantitative discipline such as data science, mathematics, physics, econometrics, computer science or engineering.
- Entrepreneurial, analytically creative, self-motivated and team-oriented.
- Excellent written, verbal and team-oriented communication skills.
- Working knowledge of the financial industry, markets and products and associated non-financial risk.
- Working knowledge of mathematics including statistics, time series analysis and numerical algorithms.
- Experience with programming in Python and SQL for extract transform load (ETL) operations and data analysis (including performance optimization). Experience in using languages such as R, Java, C++ is beneficial.
- Experience in developing data visualization and business intelligence solutions using tools such as, but not limited to, Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, and front-end technologies and languages.
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1-5 years of experience, preferably in financial, regulatory or consulting environment
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as data science, mathematics, physics, econometrics, computer science, or engineering
- Working knowledge of the financial industry, markets, products, and associated non-financial risk
- Working knowledge of mathematics, including statistics, time series analysis, and numerical algorithms
- Programming experience in Python and SQL for ETL operations and data analysis, including performance optimization
- Experience developing data visualization and business intelligence solutions using tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, or Power BI
- Strong written, verbal, analytical, creative, self-motivated, and team-oriented communication skills
- 1–5 years of experience, preferably in a financial, regulatory, or consulting environment
- Experience with R, Java, or C++
Goldman Sachs Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Goldman Sachs and has not been reviewed or approved by Goldman Sachs.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as offering multiple plan options with subsidized premiums and prescription coverage. Materials indicate there are no pre-existing condition limitations in the U.S. summary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are considered competitive, including employer 401(k) matching and access to financial education and planning resources. These features position long-term savings as a core component of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-support programs include paid parenting leave, family-care leave, and resources such as childcare support and lactation rooms in some offices. These offerings signal emphasis on supporting caregivers alongside work.
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What We Do
At Goldman Sachs, we believe progress is everyone’s business. That’s why we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices in all major financial centers around the world. More about our company can be found at www.goldmansachs.com
