Jobs at Northern Trust

Leads the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise third-party risk management programs. Responsibilities include developing risk methodologies, operating models, controls, documentation, reporting, training, gap analyses, regulatory impact guidance, and technology enablement. The role coordinates global business units, manages stakeholder relationships, supports system implementations, prioritizes process automation requirements, and serves as a subject matter expert for third-party risk, issue and incident management, and regulatory compliance.

Leads complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple projects and workstreams. Responsibilities include establishing governance, roadmaps, integrated plans, delivery cadence, and decision forums; managing scope, dependencies, risks, resources, costs, and milestones; coordinating business, product, technology, operations, and control stakeholders; supporting pilots, implementation, adoption, executive reporting, benefit tracking, and operational transition. The initial program focuses on AI, automation, and emerging technologies, with future assignments potentially spanning strategic, regulatory, product, data, digital, and change initiatives.

Leads business analysis across complex projects and interconnected workstreams, defining analysis approaches, requirements, processes, controls, testing, and implementation readiness. Facilitates senior stakeholder workshops, evaluates AI and automation opportunities, resolves conflicting requirements, develops recommendations, coordinates cross-functional analysis, supports testing and adoption, and coaches other analysts. The role operates autonomously in ambiguous environments and contributes to operating models, governance, and value measurement.

Independently deliver business analysis for strategic projects and workstreams, including AI and automation initiatives. Analyze business problems, assess feasibility and impacts, facilitate requirements workshops, document testable requirements, support solution design and testing, maintain traceability, and assist with implementation readiness and adoption. Collaborate with business, product, operations, technology, and risk stakeholders while managing medium-to-high-complexity deliverables with limited supervision.

Independently delivers business analysis for strategic projects and workstreams, including AI and automation initiatives. Responsibilities include assessing opportunities, facilitating requirements workshops, documenting requirements and controls, supporting solution design and testing, maintaining traceability, evaluating operational impacts, and assisting with implementation readiness and adoption. The role collaborates with business, product, operations, technology, and risk stakeholders while managing complex deliverables with limited supervision.

Supports Northern Trust’s International Treasury team with collateral program management, net interest income analysis, international securities portfolio analysis, daily liquidity coverage and overnight position monitoring, liquidity threshold calibration, contingency funding plan testing, business continuity planning, strategic goal tracking, and audit-point coordination across global entities.

Manages complex securities finance client relationships as a technical expert and strategic consultant. Identifies opportunities to expand services, improve profitability, and develop tailored solutions. Coordinates service teams, resolves issues, advises clients on regulatory and financial developments, supports policy and process redesign, and cross-sells banking products. Leads presentations, negotiations, pricing strategies, and delivery of new services while ensuring client satisfaction and relationship growth.

Serve as a client-facing expert in private markets analytics and performance measurement, translating investment and operational data into clear reporting. Support service delivery, onboarding, and business development across EMEA, mentor team members, run system demonstrations, troubleshoot complex data queries, and collaborate with technology for automation and new product implementation.

Lead enterprise data modelling and semantic/knowledge modelling across Snowflake and Databricks, govern canonical entities and lineage, define standards and guardrails, support agentic AI data products, mentor architects, and present architecture to stakeholders to ensure compliance, performance, and interoperability.

Perform credit risk audit coverage across Finance, Treasury & Markets and CAO activities. Assess controls for credit origination, limits, CECL, stress testing, netting, SCCL and RWA. Execute end-to-end audit engagements, document findings, liaise with senior leaders and regulators, and support knowledge sharing and internal training. Use data manipulation, transformation and reconciliation to validate controls and deliver timely, high-quality assurance.

Lead digital asset risk oversight by identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating risks across blockchain protocols, custody, smart contracts, tokenisation, and DeFi. Develop risk frameworks, KRIs, reporting, and governance; partner with legal, compliance, technology, and security to address operational, cyber, third-party, and regulatory risks; advise senior management and support regulatory readiness.

Lead global accounting product portfolio, define vision and multi-year roadmap, align Product/Technology/Operations/Finance/Risk, own pricing and P&L, drive modernization and revenue growth, sponsor delivery and governance, and represent the firm in client and industry engagements.

Lead enterprise-wide compliance for digital assets and blockchain, shaping strategy, governance, risk assessment, regulatory interpretation, and stakeholder advisory. Develop frameworks, oversee controls and reporting, engage regulators, and partner with Technology, Cybersecurity, Legal, and Operations to manage digital-asset risk.

Lead UK localisation and enhancement of Northern Trust's insurance investment accounting product. Ensure UK GAAP/IFRS17/Solvency II/SORP compliance, design UK reporting and operational model, support client acquisition/onboarding, oversee integrations and month-end processes, produce UK-compliant reporting, and collaborate cross-functionally to drive product improvements and client engagement.

Oversee, review and sign off financial accounts and reporting deliverables for UK funds produced in other jurisdictions. Approve XD working papers and distributions, ensure compliance with SORP/COLL and accounting standards, liaise with trustees, custodians, auditors and clients, meet KPI deadlines, and drive process improvements and training.

Manage and optimise institutional equity securities lending portfolios and support build-out of equity total return swap products. Execute lending and swap trades, monitor risk, collateral, and P&L, engage counterparties and clients, produce reporting and market commentary, and partner with cross-functional teams to improve controls, automation, and product development.

Serve as central client contact for institutional fund clients, managing transaction processing, account setup, reporting accuracy and escalations. Build trusted relationships, coordinate with internal teams, identify service improvements and business opportunities, mentor junior staff, document procedures, and communicate product, technology, or regulatory changes. Ensure delivery and client satisfaction across global time zones.

Lead and oversee global KYC/EDD controls and processes, act as subject-matter expert advising on AML/KYC, support a multi-year KYC transformation, manage oversight, risk escalations, regulatory exams and reporting, and drive centralization and efficiency across first- and second-line teams.

Support daily asset allocation and portfolio rebalancing for DC clients, investigate client and internal queries, maintain procedures and controls, analyse data for discrepancies and improvements, support reporting and monitoring, assist technology/process enhancements, and collaborate across teams to deliver accurate operational and client outcomes.