Specialist, Audit Services APAC

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 Summary

The successful candidate will be a key member of the Asia Pacific (APAC) regional Audit Services Team, responsible for the oversight and execution of internal audit engagements, including planning, developing the audit scope, maintaining the budget and timeframes of the project to meet audit requirements, preparing reports and ensuring department Standards are properly met.

The role is a direct report to the Head of Audit Services, APAC, with a dotted line to the Director, Global IT Audit.

The role provides input to improve operational efficiency and/or to enhance the design or operating effectiveness of the internal control environment. The role provides technical expertise, with a focus on Operational Resilience, Business Continuity Management and Information Security and performs hands-on and supervisor related work including training new employees or those with lesser experience, reviewing work of others, and providing regular feedback and coaching to employees.

You will be an integral part of the APAC Audit Services team, responsible for interacting with local, regional and global Senior and Executive management. This is an exciting opportunity to work on assignments to meet regulatory requirements across the APAC region.

The role can be based in our Melbourne or Sydney office.

Key Responsibilities

• Functions in various roles on audit engagements, including leading audits, staffing audits and providing consulting or oversight functions based on the needs of the team
• Coordinates and collaborates with the global technology audit team on the identification of risks and execution of internal audits in line with the internal audit plan
• Manages internal audit projects related to Operational Resilience, Business Continuity, Information Technology General Controls (ITGC), information security/cyber, business application, and integrated business audits
• Provides technical expertise to the APAC and IT Audit Teams and uses sound audit practices
• Maintains familiarization and technical expertise with the assigned business unit(s) including organizational structure, personnel, activities and products, new product development, financial performance and risk and problem areas
• Responsible for staying current on regulations (particularly in the APAC region) and changes within the industry, designing and delivering audit engagements in accordance with regulations
• Interacts and partners with Senior and Executive Management to understand the risks within the business, business changes and other significant events that could significantly affect the business and/or the audit plan
• Participates in targeted senior-level committees and client meetings, presents to the corporate Audit and Business Risk Committees, Oversight Committees, Legal Entity Boards and Risk Committees as required
• Communicates with external auditors, and various regional risk committees as part of ongoing continuous monitoring which assists in managing the Audit Plan
• Manages and performs special projects as assigned
• Participates in meetings with business unit to discuss audit results
• Communicates with partners at all levels, developing and presenting recommendations on operations and controls for the business unit
• During audit engagements, assigns work to auditors, sets priorities and monitors activity
• Utilizes understanding of various Corporate units to ensure operations, services, and systems have proper audit controls in place (i.e., design of the control environment)
• Reviews audit work including work paper documentation, findings and recommendations and the final report to ensure appropriate adherence to the Corporation's/Department's Policies and Standards and ensuring work is performed within established timeframes
• Evaluates corporate management, business processes, business controls and operating practices during audits and consulting/monitoring engagements
• Applies analytical skills to review information and determine potential control weaknesses

About You

• Significant experience of auditing against regulatory requirements relating to Business Resiliency and Information Security in the financial services industry in Australia and/or APAC region (e.g. APRA CPS 230, CPS 234, MAS guidelines etc.)
• Knowledge of financial industry standards and frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, FFIEC, GDPR)
• Professional certifications (e.g., IIA, CPA, CA, CISA, CISSP, CCSP)
• Strong communication, analytical, leadership, and organizational skills
• Strong report writing and work paper documentation skills
• A College or University degree is preferred

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

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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.