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.
Role/ Department: Senior Consultant/Internal Audit (Chief Administrative Office)
The CAO Team is responsible for providing centralized administrative support to the Audit Services department across a number of disciplines, including: program-level support of annual audit plan execution, resource planning and execution, support of financial management, global project and initiative oversight, communication strategy, and employee engagement. Team members within the CAO team are encouraged to build authentic relationships with global managers, think creatively, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
The Senior Consultant is responsible for managing and prioritizing a portfolio of projects and initiatives on behalf of one or more of Audit Services’ stakeholder teams through a central operating model, in addition to helping the group’s CAO with strategic projects and initiatives. This role will be based in the Chicago market and will be a direct report of the Audit Services CAO, with indirect reporting to assigned functional Managing Director(s) (MD).
Key Responsibilities:
- Project management, including team audit planning, and work to deliver the Audit Services initiative portfolio.
- Track key deliverables and identify/escalate realized and potential obstacles and delays to the CAO.
- Centralize resource planning, including working with Recruiting to attract and onboard talent.
- Evaluate and analyze team monthly expenses and explain variances to budget.
- Participate/lead engagement initiatives on behalf of the department and their functional MD team(s).
- Collate and review MD Dashboard key metrics.
- Coordinate, attend, and track actions from team meetings.
- Integrate key communications into overall department strategy and process.
- Think strategically to connect the dots across BU teams and relaying key themes to MDs.
- Support CAO efforts to manage operational risk programs on behalf of the department.
- Collaborate with others on the team to deliver consistency across all teams globally.
- Assess department processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Monitor and create team KPIs to drive performance.
- Special and ad/hoc strategic projects as appropriate.
Skills/ Qualifications:
- Proven project management skills.
- Strategic mindset.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and comfort providing reasonable challenge to senior management.
- Highly flexible and adaptable to change, with a “can do” attitude.
- Knowledge or desire to build understanding of the end-to-end internal audit process.
- Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Strong work ethic.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications - advanced MS Excel skills preferred.
Working Model: Hybrid (#LI-Hybrid)
We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home.
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.
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. #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 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.
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