Internal Audit Manager - CRO & Capital Markets

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/Department

Audit Services is offering an exceptional opportunity for you to showcase and further expand your knowledge in Non-Financial Risk (NFR) and Capital Markets, with a focus on operational risk, compliance and capital markets activities. We are seeking an eager partner to help advance and grow our NFR and Capital Markets audit coverage across Northern Trust. You will have the opportunity to work with audit partners in Ireland, London, Chicago, and Manila, gain deep insights to Northern Trust’s global business, as well as exposure to senior management, including the ‘Management Group’.

The Audit Manager is a key position within the CRO and Capital Markets Audit Services Team responsible for project management and end-to-end delivery of audit engagements. Success is measured by the comprehensiveness of the workpapers, quality of the audit reports, timeliness of the deliveries, mentoring of junior staff, contributing to team process enhancements, and your ability to foster relationships both internally in the audit department and with key stakeholders. In addition, the Audit Manager may also execute a broader role across the team in terms of executing enhanced continuous monitoring for their allocated areas.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Leads audit project teams, including taking ownership and being accountable in meeting stated audit project objectives and timeframes, adhering to Audit Department Policies and Standards
• Acquires and maintains strong working knowledge of the business risks, controls, and processes, relevant laws, regulatory rules, and knowledge of systems dependencies within areas under review
• Accurately designs and executes the testing approach and ensures work paper documentation is clear, concise, supports the reviews performed, and adequately supports decisions and conclusions made during the project
• Continuously identifies efficiency opportunities such as through use of Data Analytics and works collaboratively with team members globally
• Adopts a proactive manner in communication of the audit status, including leading discussions with stakeholders and Audit Services management where issues/risks have been identified
• Compiles findings and recommendations and ensures they adequately support status updates, memos, and audit reports
• Builds and maintains strong relationships across the Audit Department and business stakeholders alike through provision of in-depth insight and leadership

Skills / Experience

The successful candidate should have:

• Proven assurance experience gained within internal audit, external audit, monitoring or testing functions in a financial institution or consulting environment. Experience in capital markets auditing would be an advantage but not mandatory
• Professional certifications (e.g., CFA, FRM, PRM, CPA, CISA, CIA, ACA, ACCA) are preferable but not mandatory
• Proven experience and ability to work independently and lead audit projects end to end and multi task across projects, engage with senior stakeholders, and work in a team environment
• Experience with audit workpaper applications such as Teammate is advantageous
• Ability to adapt and react positively in a changing and dynamic work environment
• Ability to work and deliver to tight deadlines
• Experience in identifying opportunities to utilise data analytics methodologies

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 [email protected].

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.