Audit Manager - Data, Digital, and Enterprise Change

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

27d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. A career in our Data, Digital, and Enterprise Change (DDEC) Audit team will provide you with the opportunity to work on some of the largest and most complex global transformation initiatives at Northern Trust Corporation. You will work with a team whose focus is on evaluating complex subject matter across data governance and management, digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and large and complex programs. Our business units and corporate functions look to us to leverage our prior experience and skillset to bring insight, best practices and help them successfully navigate their complex transformation journeys. As an Audit Manager – DDEC you will work as part of a team of audit professionals helping to evaluate complex business challenges.

Requirements

• At least 6-8 years of IT Audit experience.
• Strong understanding of leading frameworks/practices/guidance/regulations such as COBIT, NIST, TOGAF, DORA, DCAM, DAMA- DMBOK, PMBOK, EU AI Act, and FFIEC IT examination requirements.
• Strong experience in understanding, defining, and evaluating IT risks and controls and data governance.

Nice To Haves

• 2-3 years of experience in program management and/or assurance of large transformation programs and projects is preferred.
• Experience in implementing and/or performing project assessments, program gateway reviews, and risk-based quality assurance reviews is preferred.
• Experience with Agile, Scaled Agile, and DevOps practices is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional commitment to providing excellent service, by building and maintaining productive relationships with Audit Services teams, Business Units and Corporate Functions.
• CISA certification is strongly preferred.
• Certifications in leading Project, Program and/or Risk management frameworks and methodologies such as Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate implementation of leading data governance and management frameworks and regulations such as Data Management Capability Assessment (DCAM), Data Management Body of Knowledge (DAMA- DMBOK), BCBS 239, and EU Data Governance Act.
• Evaluate implementation of next generation data architecture pattern (Data Mesh) and data management tools such as Collibra.
• Evaluate risks associated with AI use cases implementation including Copilot suite of products and in-house developed Retrieval- Augmented Generation pipelines and systems, Agentic AI and other technologies.
• Evaluate risks associated with blockchain architecture and business use cases around carbon and other digital assets.
• Assessing complex transformation programs as an independent auditor or leading a team with various expertise to deliver key risk related messages to senior program leaders.

Benefits

• Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including 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.
• Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees