Ke (Coco) Cao

Operational Risk Analyst @ Goldman Sachs | M.S. in Enterprise Risk Management @ Columbia University

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

About

Ke (Coco) Cao is a risk management professional with a Master of Science in Enterprise Risk Management from Columbia University and experience as an Operational Risk Analyst at Goldman Sachs. She specializes in Operational, Financial, and Credit risk assessments, focusing on identifying key risks, evaluating control effectiveness, and providing actionable risk mitigation strategies. Committed to continuous growth in the financial industry, she strives to deepen her expertise, drive innovation, enhance risk management strategy and mindset through data-driven insights and strategic problem-solving.

Experience

  • Operational Risk Analyst at Goldman Sachs
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Associate Faculty at Columbia University School of Professional Studies
    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr

  • Systemic Risk Office Intern at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
    Jan 2024 - Apr 2024 · 4 mos

  • Intern at Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Department at Arch Capital Group Ltd.
    Jul 2023 - Sep 2023 · 3 mos

    1. Retrieved raters for Cyber Open Brokerage policies of June 2023 and prior coming from Archlink to perform data scraping for benchmarking as part of the price to manual report developed by the Strategic Analytics and Actuarial team in Insurance US. 2. Performed data input validation to assist building up the Cyber Risk Catphish model, reproduced old analysis on new records held data, created the Best Fit Power Model for each high-level industry on Excel. 3. Plugged the Best Fit Power Model built into data breach scenario using Python and fit the loss numbers into a Ground-up Loss Distribution.

  • Corporate Underwriting Audit Intern at Arch Insurance Group Inc.
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 · 3 mos

    1. Collaborated closely with experienced underwriters and professionals in generating Business Unit Peer Review Audit Questionnaires, which serve as a structured tool to gather feedback, insights, and information about the underwriting process of a given program – including Risk Selection, Pricing, Terms and Conditions, Risk Summary / Referral etc. 2. Acquired knowledge of a comprehensive range of insurance terminology, policy forms, and rate structures and learned how they were described in the policy documents and scripted in insurance contracts. 3. Explored a range of roles within the insurance sector, widened professional contacts by connecting to professionals from various backgrounds, and acquired a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted responsibilities encompassing different roles within a commercial insurance company.