Principal, Cybersecurity Finance

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.

The Principal Technology Program Manager plays a critical role in driving successful delivery across complex multiworkstream technology initiatives within the cybersecurity this role a strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts operating models and regulatory expectations enhances the TPMs ability to support accurate planning financial coordination and program execution. The Principal TPM ensures disciplined delivery through robust governance structured planning and clear communication while providing essential financial insight to improve forecasting accuracy identify costrelated risks and maintain transparency across cyber programs. Partnering closely with Program Sponsors Business Leads Technology Finance Procurement Vendor Management and crossfunctional cybersecurity teams this role transforms financial and delivery data into actionable insights that enable better decisionmaking and strengthen the effectiveness of cybersecurity investments and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Track and report program actuals vs. forecast surfacing financial variances to Program Business Leads and Program Sponsors.
• Work with Workstream Leads to update forecasts identify cost impacts from scope or schedule changes surface related financial risks or assumptions and support development of variance mitigation actions.
• Maintain and update required financial documentation such as the Program Spend Summary Report ensuring accuracy and alignment to governance expectations.
• Support Program Sponsors and Business Leads in preparing annual plans midyear reforecasts and capital updates by providing structured data and financial insights ensuring alignment with corporate and technology financial requirements.
• Partner with Technology Finance Procurement and Vendor Management when program activities affect spending resource utilization or contract considerations.
• Deliver executiveready program reporting including status milestones risks issues dependencies and financial summaries.
• Consolidate financial inputs across all workstreams into programlevel dashboards to support leadership visibility and decisionmaking.
• Acts as a resource for direction training and guidance for less experienced staff.

Professional Experience

• 8 years of experience in program management finance or accounting or large-scale technology delivery roles
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with leadership across multiple business units at once
• Demonstrated ability to support financial forecasting conduct variance analysis and develop executive ready reports
• Experience working with structured governance frameworks

Preferred Experience

• Prior experience in the financial services sector; experience within a large financial institution strongly preferred.
• Prior experience working within an information security or technology environment preferred
• Leadership or managerial experience

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical skills with an ability to interpret and communicate financial and delivery data.
• Excellent communication and executivelevel presentation capability.
• Highly organized detailfocused and collaborative.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity complex stakeholder environments and competing priorities.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B L-1 TN O-1 E-3 H-1B1 F-1 J-1 OPT CPT or any other employment-based visa)

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

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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.