Risk & Access Controls Senior Consultant

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.

About the Role

Were seeking a detail-oriented and compliance-driven professional to join our team as Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Consultant.

In this role youll help ensure that access to critical banking systems is properly governed monitored and aligned with regulatory standards. Youll work closely with business IT and compliance teams to support access reviews entitlement validations and audit readiness.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong foundation in identity governance and a passion for risk management in a regulated environment.

Top Responsibilities:

• Support periodic user access reviews and entitlement validations to ensure compliance with internal policies and banking regulations.

• Maintain and validate role-based access models that align with business functions and reduce access-related risks.

• Identify potential Segregation of Duties (SoD) conflicts assist with documenting mitigating controls and track remediation efforts to support audit readiness.

• Audit & Compliance Support: Contribute to the preparation of documentation and evidence for internal audits and regulatory reviews (e.g. SOX FFIEC).

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with business units IT and compliance teams to resolve access issues and ensure governance alignment.

Qualifications:

• 35 years of experience in access governance IAM IT security or compliancepreferably within banking or financial services.

• Strong understanding of role-based access control (RBAC) entitlement management and segregation of duties principles.

• Experience supporting access reviews certifications and audit documentation.

• Familiarity with IAM or GRC tools (e.g. SailPoint Saviynt Archer ServiceNow).

• Proficiency in analyzing access data and generating governance metrics.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills with attention to detail and sensitivity to access-related data.

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Salary Range:

Salary 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.