Senior Auditor

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

Audit Services is offering an exceptional opportunity to join a global team of experts, whose common goal is to provide independent and objective assurance and consulting activities that assess risks and protect the assets, reputation, and sustainability of Northern Trust. Also, this is role will allow you to expand your knowledge in the APAC Team within the Global Audit Services Department.

As a Senior Auditor, you will be responsible for contributing to the planning and executing audit engagements within the APAC region. The role offers an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to contribute to the enhancement and further growth of the global Audit Services team. Through engagement with other team members, you will design and lead the end-to-end execution of audit engagements. Success is measured by the comprehensiveness of the workpapers, integrity of the assessment, quality of the audit reports, timeliness of the deliveries, contributing to team process enhancements, and your ability to foster relationships both internally in the audit department and with key stakeholders.

It is expected that the successful candidate collaborates and works closely with partners in different locations. This position will report to the Associate Director in Singapore

Principal Responsibilities

Leadership

• Establish and develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders;
• Exercise responsibility over the execution of assigned audit projects and/or audit deliverables to ensure that work is performed timely and accurately
• Demonstrate professionalism and leadership during planning interviews/walkthroughs, status meetings, and communication of audit observations with key stakeholders at all levels;
• Deliverables in relation to audit projects managed are carried out in a timely manner; ensuring quality and compliance to the Internal Audit Manual. Additionally, escalate any significant concerns/ budget variances/ delays that will impact the audit project.

Operational

• Perform work that adheres to all Policies and Standards (e.g., creates electronic work papers to evidence scope of examination and accuracy of findings); professional auditing standards; and regulatory requirements;
• Accurately designs and executes the testing approach and ensures, through first-level reviews, that work paper documentation is clear, concise, supports the reviews performed, and explains decisions made during the project;
• Apply analytical skills, discussions with the Business and Audit Partners and the risk assessment process to properly identify key risks and controls, audit scope, and testing approach within an audit or other project.
• 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 systems within areas reviewed.
• Communicates with senior level management, including leading efforts to discuss the business/risk environment and issues/risks raised during the review, along with providing periodic updates, to the status of the project;
• Lead other audit team members in their responsibilities to ensure quality of work, timeliness of delivery to stakeholders, and compliance with internal audit standards.

Skills / Experience

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics is preferred, but not required.
• Professional certifications (e.g., CFA, FRM, PRM, CPA, CISA, CIA, ACA, ACCA) are preferable but not mandatory
• 6+ years of experience auditing in a financial institution or similar public accounting experience in the financial services industry is an advantage but not required. Candidates with experience in performing regulatory and compliance audits are preferred

Required Skills & Experience

• 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
• Ability to adapt and react 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
• While not required, experience in data analytics/manipulation, transformations, and analytical techniques is highly desired.
• 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

Work Schedule

• 9am to 6pm, Mondays-Fridays, Hybrid