Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance - Anti Bribery & Corruption, Vice President, Birmingham ...

Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance - Anti Bribery & Corruption, Vice President, Birmingham Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Financial Crime Compliance ("FCC") is part of the firm's Global Compliance Division and is responsible for coordinating Goldman Sachs' enterprise-wide anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and government sanctions compliance efforts. Within FCC, the Anti-Bribery Group is responsible for implementing the firmwide anti-bribery and anti-corruption program, including assessment of the firm's bribery/corruption risk, development and implementation of policies and procedures to prevent, detect and report bribery and corrupt payments; due diligence with respect to proposed transactions, intermediaries, and certain other business counterparties; training of relevant personnel; monitoring and surveillance of gifts, travel and entertainment; investigations of "red flags" and internal escalations; and bringing significant issues to the attention of senior management.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Anti-Bribery Compliance Officer would assist in all aspects of the anti-bribery program, including but not limited to:

• Supporting the implementation of anti-bribery policies, procedures and projects
• Conducting intermediary/finder, vendor, third party distributor, and transaction due diligence reviews, analysis and writing-up generating reports
• Reviewing gifts, travel and entertainment, relationship candidate and charitable contribution requests
• Investigating escalations and conducting forensic reviews and data analytics
• Conducting firmwide and targeted bribery risk assessments
• Collaborating with firmwide risk partners on anti-bribery matters
• Contribute to overall program management and governance by:
• Tracking/monitoring team productivity and efficiency
• Creating and providing anti-bribery training
• Generating firmwide anti-bribery metrical reporting
• Maintaining bribery risk and anti-bribery control inventories
• Collaborating with other control functions

BASIC QUALIFICATION:

• Strong experience in anti-bribery/anti-corruption compliance, legal, consulting, law enforcement, investigations or audit preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication/presentation skills (fluency in English required)
• Strong analytical, investigative and risk assessment skills
• Ability to prioritize demanding workflows, be detail-oriented and well-organized
• Ability to adapt to new changes and new challenges
• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to forge strong relationships with colleagues and clients
• Self-starter, pro-active and able to work independently and yet still be team-oriented
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel proficiency preferred), and databases such as World-Check, Factiva, and Lexis/Nexis