Senior Compliance Technology Developer

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 world's 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 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Regulatory Change Technology team is a newly formed team that develops, maintains, and supports Compliance Regulatory Change management organization. This team is responsible for all data and technology capabilities supporting rules inventory, horizon scan, compliance testing, compliance risk assessment, and compliance metrics monitoring.

We are seeking a hands‑on Senior Compliance technology Developer to implement business requirements under the direction of product management and technology leadership. This role involves Service Now and Cube configuration, custom integration development, and support on production issues. It also requires in‑depth knowledge of Service Now capabilities, with prior hands‑on development and configuration experience. Key knowledge includes Service Now IRM capabilities, along with Service Now modules such as Audit.

• Works closely with client management to identify and specify the complex business requirements.
• Provide consultation to business unit and IT management and staff at a high technical level on all phases of the project development cycle.
• Hands‑on designer for systems and their subsystems utilizing a thorough understanding of available technology, tools and existing designs.
• Implement changes with business unit, ensuring all changes are executed to the highest quality and alignment with business objective.
• Support global operations with issues and bug fixes. Ensuring timely remediation of bugs, and provide adequate consultation with business unit partners to determine the most effective resolution.
• Help direct systems projects, including project planning, management status reporting, systems specifications and implementation.
• Review, negotiate, and maintain vendor contracts and makes recommendations for purchasing outside services.
• Maintain effective communicate with various business areas and outside vendors, consultants, and clients.
• Ensure all technical implementation are well documented and adheres to audit and control requirements.

• In depth regulatory compliance change and rules capabilities experience.
• Hands‑on technical experience with horizon scan, GRC systems, and other compliance capabilities systems experience. Must have Service Now configuration and customization experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• In‑depth knowledge of the system development life cycle, the client area's functions and systems, and applications program development technological alternatives.
• Analytical ability, strong judgment and management skills, and the ability to work effectively with client and IT management and staff.
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change.
• Leadership and organizational skills are required to help determine the Business Unit's goals, resources needed, and help assess and assist in the development of the skills of the staff.
• Experienced, functional area expert with technical and/or business knowledge and functional expertise.
• Must be competent to work at a technical level of all phases of system design and implementation.

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. We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #Made For Greater

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 you're 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.