Northern Trust
Internal Audit Manager - AML / Financial Crime
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About Northern Trust
As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) guides the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.
Since 1889, Northern Trust is grounded in three guiding principles: [Service], [Expertise], and [Integrity]. These reflect the business conduct pillars that inform our employees—partners—and ensure we provide exceptional value to our clients and the communities we serve.
With over 135 years of experience and opportunities for 24,000+ partners, we combine cutting-edge technology with unparalleled service for the world’s most sophisticated clients.
Role/Department: Audit Manager – AML & Financial Crime Audit (London)
Location: London, UK Working Arrangement: Hybrid
The [Audit Services] team at Northern Trust is offering an outstanding opportunity to expand your expertise in [Anti-Money Laundering (AML)] and [Financial Crime]. This strategic role focuses on customer due diligence, sanctions compliance, governance, and transaction monitoring—key elements in safeguarding trust and ensuring regulatory harmony.
As an Audit Manager, you will collaborate with senior stakeholders across England, Ireland, London, Chicago, Boston, and Manila. You will gain a deep understanding of Northern Trust’s global operations while aligning with the [Management Group], contributing directly to the company’s stability and reputation.
Key Responsibilities
- Project Leadership: Lead audit project teams, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to Audit Department Policies and Standards, and alignment with stated objectives.
- Risk & Control Knowledge: Maintain a robust understanding of business risks, regulatory frameworks (such as AML, sanctions, and fraud), systems dependencies, and compliance processes.
- Audit Methodology: Design and execute tailored testing approaches. Ensure workpapers are clear, documented, and substantiate findings with supporting evidence.
- Process Optimisation: Identify efficiency opportunities through [data analytics], collaborating with global teams to strengthen operational workflows.
- **Stakeholder Communication:**Communicate audit status transparently—facilitating conversations with stakeholders and Audit Services management on identified risks or issues.
- Reporting & Insights: Compile high-quality findings and recommendations, ensuring reports, memos, and status updates provide actionable intelligence.
- Relationship Building: Cultivate strong internal and cross-functional relationships, combining leadership with technical credibility.
- Optional: Apply broader oversight, supporting enhanced continuous monitoring in allocated areas.
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Requirements
To excel in this role, you must have:
- Mandatory:
- Extensive experience in assurance (internal/external audit, monitoring, or testing) within financial institutions or consulting.
- Focus in [AML], economic sanctions, or (AML) fraud scrutiny—preferred.
- Preferred:
- Certifications such as ACAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner), or equivalent formal training.
- Hands-on experience within AML services, sanctions compliance, or fraud prevention frameworks.
- Professional Competencies:
- End-to-end project leadership, managing deadlines and multi-tasking across engagements.
- Stakeholder engagement skills, including collaborating with senior management teams.
- Technical acumen with audit workpaper software (advantage in using Teammate or similar tools).
- Work assumptly:
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- A proactive, adaptable mindset capable of thriving in a dynamic environment.
- Acquisition of new skills in data analytics applications.
Something Else
Work Authorisation: Applicants must demonstrate the right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of application and throughout employment.
Note: Northern Trust cannot sponsor work visas for this position, including:
- Skilled Worker visas
- Global Business Mobility routes
- Graduate visas
- Youth Mobility Scheme
- High Potential Individual visas
- Scale-up Worker visas
- Temporary Worker visas
Working with Northern Trust
By choosing Northern Trust, you become a valued partner in a collaborative, adaptive culture, all while anchoring your career within a financially stable institution.
Our approach extends across the Northern Trust Principles That Endure™:
- A culture of inclusion ensures every team member can thrive.
- A global reach supports ongoing professional development, professional and personal growth.
- Leadership equips partners to reach full potential.
As part of that legacy, Northern Trust’s philanthropic commitment involves countless employees who dedicate their time to improving communities worldwide.
Reasonable Accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to accessibility for all partners. If you require adjustments to facilitate the application or onboarding process, please contact our HR Service Center:
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