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Job Description
Job Summary: Financial Services Assurance and Validation Testing Specialist
Northern Trust is seeking a highly skilled Financial Services Assurance and Validation Testing Specialist to join its Global Regulatory Affairs Office.
The successful candidate will bring proven expertise in financial services assurance and validation testing activities and will contribute to the execution of the significant remediation quality control/validation testing plan.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership: Demonstrate excellent communication to influence a wide range of stakeholders, demonstrate strong initiative, project management, people skills, sound decision-making, intuitive thinking, and sensitivity to cultural diversity.
- Technical/Operational: Establish and develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders, accurately design and execute the quality control/validation approach, and ensure that quality control/validation documentation is clear, concise, supports the reviews performed, and explains decisions made.
- Risk Management: Identify and analyze risks, plan and prioritize validation tasks for on-time delivery, conduct interviews, observe operations, document and analyze processes and controls.
Requirements:
- A college or university degree
- 7+ years of experience in financial services, with 3+ years of direct internal audit or testing experience in a financial institution, or similar consultancy experience in the financial services industry
- Superior analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to multitask and prove flexibility to change plans at short notice
- Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms, with all levels of staff and management
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Professional certifications (e.g., CPA, CISA, CIA, ACA, ACCA) and/or an MBA or JD along with proven technical abilities in select areas (e.g., regulatory compliance, risk management, auditing)
- Experience in executing high quality, high value internal testing programs for large businesses or regulated environments
Working with Us:
Northern Trust is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.