Frances

I am an Executive Director in Internal Audit and part of a team that covers the firm’s Securities and Investment Banking divisions. My team works in partnership with our clients to identify potential risks and control weaknesses within their business and to agree on and track solutions for remediation. In addition to my audit role, I’m also an active member of the Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit and Executive Office Women’s Network where we focus on providing events that cater to the career and development challenges faced by the men and women of our division.

My work varies and involves both individual, self-directed activities such as responding to client queries and ad hoc reviews, and larger team-based projects that can be multiregional and span a number of months.

Internal Audit is the perfect department for identifying opportunities across the firm, for getting involved in a diverse range of activities and for building your network. For me, this has led me to become involved in two firmwide working groups and has also provided me with the opportunity to work in offices around the globe including New York, Hong Kong, Milan, Paris and Frankfurt.

The great thing about working here is that Goldman Sachs has a very diverse workforce and working alongside these talented individuals challenges my way of thinking and pushes me to consider new strategies for approaching issues and solving problems. I definitely think that the best part about my job is the wide range of people that I get to interact with and the broad view of all levels across the organization that this gives me. Also, the Internal Audit department is constantly evolving, making it an interesting and exciting place to work.