Sr Consultant, Operations Control

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.
We are searching for a Sr. Consultant, Operations Control to join our finance team.
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.
The Sr. Consultant, Operations Control is a seasoned professional with extensive business experience, including multi-disciplinary functional expertise and with a focus on proactive activity within the finance operations group.
The key responsibilities of the role include:
• Maintains established operational control processes of the operating group in accordance with the highest standards and best practices.
• Works with both direct and indirect staff, fostering an environment that encourages participation, teamwork and communications.
• Tests controls and measures to identify excessive operational risk and/or control problems at an early stage and works with staff to maintain quality and efficiency standards
• Works cross-functionally with other staff to create highly efficient operational processes that avoid control and quality deficiencies and associated monetary losses.
• Assists the manager in completing all Internal Audit and Regulatory reviews for the operating group and to ensure that review findings are effectively resolved.
• Participates with the operating group in selected scenario analyses for Operational Risk Management.
• Conducts operations group audits of specific areas for audit, policy and regulatory compliance.
• Analyzes and reports on metric processes/systems consistent with Operations & Technology standards, and provides metric reporting for monthly operations group forum review.
• Maintains regular contact with peers internal and external to firm, including regulators and professional organizations.
The successful candidate will benefit from having:
• 5+ years of risk and controls experience
• College or University degree is preferred
• Seasoned professional with extensive business experience, multi-disciplinary functional expertise and with a focus on proactive activities within the operations group.
• Preferred to have strong project management and communication skills
• Preferred to have in-dept knowledge of the firm and the industry.
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 [email protected].
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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