Senior Audit Manager - Business Audit

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role Overview:

The Asset Servicing International (ASI) Team within Audit Services is responsible for providing assurance focused on Northern Trust’s core banking and asset servicing operations, in addition to evaluating and advising on implementation of new and emerging Technology and Data Analytics. With this focus, team members have the unique opportunity to develop views towards enterprise risks across global processes and key technologies, drive thought leadership in assessing fraud risks and controls, and create data analytics strategies to increase assurance effectiveness. Team members are encouraged to build authentic relationships, think creatively and challenge the status quo, seek emerging trends and develop an insightful point-of-view, and hold themselves accountable in a flexible and delivery driven culture.

The Senior Audit Manager is responsible for providing critical oversight to audit projects across ASI, including providing oversight to the audit team and communicating results of the engagement to senior management. The Senior Audit Manager provides technical expertise and training to auditors within the engagement audit team and works closely with Audit Directors to lead asset servicing portfolios, build strong stakeholder relationships and take ownership of audit engagements.

Major Duties:

Oversees two or more audit engagements simultaneously at a minimum

Conduct and document more complex and high risk audits throughout the Corporation

Demonstrates professional skepticism and comfort with questioning how certain processes are being performed in order to facilitate making improvements

Handle risk assessments by critically assessing emerging risks

Provide insights in building the Audit Plan evolution

Showcase expertise in handling stakeholder relationships

Functions in various roles on audit assignments, including leading audits, staffing audits, and providing oversight functions based on the needs of the team

Applies analytical skills to review information, perform assessments of the audit results, and evaluate the adequacy of controls

Leads a team of 2 or more staff

Works closely with the Audit Director to manage the asset servicing portfolio and provide insights to leadership around holistic assurance for the portfolio

Reviews the work papers of the audit team members ensuring that departmental standards have been met

Communicates the audit status to business unit and Audit Services management. Responsible for direct interaction with different committees and/or management

Completes and compiles findings and recommendations for the purpose of status updates, memos, and audit reports, including drafting issues and validating business action plans

Coordinates with other audit teams (business unit, regional, and specialist) to ensure evaluations of related areas occur timely and cover key areas within the audit

Provides training, coaching, and auditing expertise to the audit team

Operates independently; has in-depth knowledge of business unit/function

As subject area expert, provides comprehensive, in-depth consulting and leadership to team and partners at a high technical level

Carries out activities that are large in scope, cross-functional and technically difficult

Role is balanced between high level operational execution and development, and execution of strategic direction of business function activities

Leading continuous monitoring meetings with business and Audit Services management

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

For internal applications - 24 months as People Manager or at a Consultant level or proven work experience for 24 months leading teams or leading audits

12 to 15 years’ experience in internal audit in the financial services industry is preferred but not mandatory

Comprehensive knowledge of internal audit lifecycle, risk assessments, audit plan build, attending risk committees

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; experience with audit work paper applications preferred

Professional certifications (e.g., CPA, CISA, CIA, ACA, ACCA) and/or an MBA along with demonstrated technical abilities in select areas (e.g., accounting, regulatory compliance, etc.) are preferred but not mandatory

General knowledge of the operations, functions, and objectives of interfacing areas is required to properly perform audits on operations, services, systems, workflow, and operational impact on other areas

Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment

Strong organizational and time management skills

Must be flexible and adaptive to change

Experience Required:

A College or University degree and/or adept auditing experience in a financial institution, or similar public accounting experience

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

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