Sr. Analyst – Global Financial Controls (SOX & SOC)

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.

Major Duties:

Planning & Risk Assessment

• Evaluate processlevel and financial reporting risks to identify key risks control objectives controls and potential sources of misstatement.

• Develop and maintain an understanding of business operations systems and control environments for assigned SOX and SOC processes.

Governance & Process Oversight

• Maintain effective working relationships with control/process/IT owners and provide ongoing SOX and SOC guidance and training.

• Support annual/quarterly SOX and SOC governance planning activities including coordination of walkthrough schedules timelines and tracking of key governance and testing milestones in accordance with departmental standards and audit requirements.

• Maintain SOX and SOC governance documentation including risk and control matrices and process narratives ensuring alignment with approved methodologies and internal standards.

Walkthroughs & Process Understanding

• Execute walkthroughs to document endtoend processes key risks control activities and supporting systems.

• Validate risktocontrol alignment and confirm control ownership execution and consistency with documentation.

• Monitor and assess control environment changes including changes in processes systems or ownership and evaluate impacts to SOX and SOC scope and testing approaches.

Test of Design & Operating Effectiveness (TOD/TOE)

• Perform and document tests of design and operating effectiveness in accordance with established sampling and testing standards.

• Evaluate audit evidence for completeness accuracy and relevance to support control conclusions.

• Escalate evidence requests and followups with control owners in a timely manner

• Identify assess and timely communicate control design and operating effectiveness deficiencies to control and process owners.

Results Evaluation & Reporting

• Assess testing results and determine control effectiveness conclusions using established SOX and SOC methodologies.

• Evaluate severity and root cause of control issues considering both design and operating effectiveness factors.

• Ensure testing conclusions are clearly documented and supported by sufficient evidence to enable external audit reliance.

• Communicate testing results control deficiencies and key observations to control/process/IT owners and governance leads in a timely and professional manner.

• Support remediation tracking and validation activities by documenting issue resolution status and retesting results in accordance with departmental standards.

Control Environment Changes

• Communicate and document changes to the control environment including process changes system changes control modifications and ownership changes in coordination with business units and process owners.

• Support ad hoc projects and initiatives as requested by Global Financial Controls management

Knowledge / Skills

• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate risks controls and testing results to diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to operate effectively in a fastpaced dynamic environment as part of a Global Financial Controls team supporting multiple time zones and jurisdictions.

• Strong technical aptitude and systems knowledge preferred with the ability to understand and assess process and systemdriven controls.

• Highly adaptable and flexible with the ability to respond effectively to changing priorities regulatory requirements and control environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required; Accounting or Finance preferred.
• Experience within the Financial Services industry preferred.
• Prior Public Accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Five to eight or more years of experience in SOX SOC internal controls audit or financial servicesrelated roles.
• Professional certifications such as CPA CIA or CISA are a plus.

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 and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

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

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