Audit Specialist - Risk and Control Enhancement

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions. Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure:
Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide. With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Audit Services provides independent assurance over how Northern Trust manages risk, strengthens controls, and supports responsible growth.

• Lead audit validation work focused on operational risk and control transformation.
• Partner with audit teams to plan, challenge, and deliver high-quality audit coverage.
• Interpret regulatory expectations, risk themes, and industry practices to guide control assessment.
• Analyze risk and control information to identify issues, insights, and practical improvements.
• Prepare clear reporting for senior leaders on audit observations and control effectiveness.
• Advise on testing approaches, issue development, and audit reporting quality.
• Coordinate with business and risk stakeholders to understand change activity and emerging risks.
• Support team capability through knowledge sharing, coaching, and participation in relevant forums.

• 10+ years of extensive operational risk management experience, including knowledge of risk and control self-assessment and third‑party risk practices.
• Proven experience applying audit, risk, or control principles within financial services or a similarly regulated environment.
• In-depth understanding of relevant regulatory expectations and how they inform audit coverage and control evaluation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and develop practical recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present risk and control insights clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Relevant professional certification or advanced qualification, such as accounting, audit, information systems, risk, or business administration credentials.

$114, USD (base pay estimate). Northern Trust may also provide discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

• 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

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).

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at , or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.

It is the policy and practice of Northern Trust to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Northern Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or age. All employment decisions will be made in a non‑discriminatory manner in accordance with our obligations under the law and codes of practice.

This includes human resources’ decisions relating to…