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$ 171700 - 300500
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Job Description
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 worlds 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 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Role/ Department:
The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) is a critical member of the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) senior staff as well as a member of the Audit Leadership Team. The CAO provides key direction and support to the CAEs management of the business of audit including headcount management and tracking oversight of third-party relationships strategic development initiatives and communications organizational design and structuring and collaborating with key business partners such as Human Resources and Finance to partner on key efforts such as financial management career development and engagement. The CAO has a team of Business Managers who manage and prioritize a portfolio of projects and initiatives on behalf of assignedAudit Services teams including monitoring progress against departmental targets (e.g. resource utilization plan schedules and deadlines) identifying and escalating bottlenecks resourcing constraints or dependencies and addressing the sequencing of work as needed.
The key responsibilities of the role include:
- Directs the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems applying advanced critical thinking
- Guided by organization functional strategy has broad impact on the functional divisional or regional results
- Participates in developing the divisions strategic and financial plan and sets goals and priorities based on the direction set for the unit; follows through to ensure that objectives are met
- Tracking key deliverables and identifying and escalating realized and potential obstacles and delays
- Provides leadership and guidance to staff fostering and environment that encourages employee participation teamwork and communication
- Provides execution of the foundational activities which can include driving corporate issues to resolution in a timely fashion driving communication plan to promote current status and change agenda to foster alignment of goals and deliverables and liaising with other BU CAOs to leverage best practices
- Directs the activities of staff resources to support and facilitate business unit objectives
- Responsible for oversight at the Business Unit level of risk policy development and adherence
- Ensures effective communication between Audit and other corporate teams
- Thinking strategically to connect the dots across Audit teams and relaying key themes to the CAE
- Assessing department processes for efficiency and effectiveness
- Communicating quality expectations and driving accountability
Skills/ Qualifications:
- Understanding of the end-to-end internal audit process including annual planning risk assessments and project execution (planning through reporting)
- Strong attention to detail
- Problem-solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to influence without direct authority and comfort providing reasonable challenge to senior management
- Highly flexible and adaptable to change
- Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Strong work ethic
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications - advanced MS Excel skills preferred
Salary Range:
$171700 - 300500 USDSalary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension) health and welfare benefits (medical dental vision spending accounts and disability) paid time off parental and caregiver leave life & accident insurance and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.
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.
Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us andapply 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 .
We hope youre 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
