Senior Auditor, Issue Validation

6 days ago


Manila, Philippines Northern Trust Full time

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 provides 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.

Department

Audit Services - Asset Servicing and International

Role

Audit Services is offering an exceptional opportunity for an experienced audit professional who is keen to apply their knowledge and experience in the Issue Validation and Account Servicing Loss Investigation team. This position will report locally to the Senior Audit Manager in Manila and will support predominantly stakeholders in EMEA and North America regions.

As a Senior Auditor, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful execution and delivery of issue validation approaches through engagement with all levels of management from across Audit Services, businesses and control functions. Through engagement with other team members, you will undertake the end-to-end execution of validation testing. Success is measured by the comprehensiveness of the workpapers, integrity of the assessment, quality of the validation reports, timeliness of the deliveries, and your ability to foster relationships both internally in the audit department and with key stakeholders. In addition, the Senior Auditor may also execute a broader role across the team in terms of supporting more junior members of the team with respect to expected service delivery.

The key responsibilities of the role include:
  • Accurately design and execute the testing approach and ensure that work paper documentation is clear, concise, supports the reviews performed, and explains decisions made during the project
  • Escalate and/or communicate with management, supporting efforts to discuss any matters raised during the review
  • Identify and analyze risks, plan and prioritize validation tasks for on-time delivery, conduct interviews, observe operations, document and analyze processes and controls
  • Exercise responsibility over the execution of assigned validation projects and/or other deliverables to ensure that work is performed timely and accurately
  • Develop and demonstrate an understanding of the business risks, controls, and processes, along with an understanding of relevant laws, regulatory rules and knowledge of the impact of IT systems within areas reviewed
  • Establish and develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders
  • Support other audit team members in their responsibilities to ensure quality of work, timeliness of delivery to stakeholders, and compliance with internal audit standards.
  • Assist with ad hoc projects as necessary
Skills / Experience

The successful candidate would benefit from having:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics is preferred, but not required
  • Professional accounting certification (e.g., CPA, CIA, ACA, ACCA) is a plus
  • 6+ years of experience auditing in a financial institution or similar public accounting experience in the financial services industry is required
Required Competencies
  • Strong leadership skills, self-starter, ability to independently work on deliverables, proactively assess issues, identify solutions and problem solving skills with attention to detail
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Ability to adapt and respond positively in a changing and dynamic work environment as part of a Global Audit team across multiple time zones and jurisdictions
  • Proficiency in MS Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel is a plus. Additionally, experience with audit workpaper applications such as Teammate is advantageous
  • Ability to work independently, engage with senior stakeholders, and work in a team environment
  • Ability to multi-task, and work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines
  • While not required, experience in data analytics is desirable
Work Schedule

4:00PM - 1:00AM, Mondays-Fridays, Hybrid

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.

About Our Manila Office

The Northern Trust Manila office celebrated a decade of excellence in 2024. Through agility, resiliency, innovation, and excellence, they have evolved into a dynamic hub with diverse capabilities and a thriving workforce of over 1,200 - driving meaningful impact and sustainable growth. Learn more.

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