Sr.Analyst–GlobalFinancialControls(SOX&SOC)

**_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. ## **Major Duties:** **Planning & Risk Assessment** * Evaluate process‑level and financial reporting risks to identify key risks, control objectives, controls, and potential sources of misstatement. * Develop and maintain an understanding of business operations, systems, and control environments for **assigned SOX and SOC processes**. **Governance & Process Oversight** * Maintain effective working relationships with control/process/IT owners and provide ongoing SOX and SOC guidance and training. * Support annual/quarterly SOX and SOC governance planning activities, including coordination of walkthrough schedules, timelines, and tracking of key governance and testing milestones in accordance with departmental standards and audit requirements. * Maintain SOX and SOC governance documentation, including risk and control matrices and process narratives, ensuring alignment with approved methodologies and internal standards. **Walkthroughs & Process Understanding** * Execute walkthroughs to document end‑to‑end processes, key risks, control activities, and supporting systems. * Validate risk‑to‑control alignment and confirm control ownership, execution, and consistency with documentation. * Monitor and assess control environment changes, including changes in processes, systems, or ownership, and evaluate impacts to SOX and SOC scope and testing approaches. **Test of Design & Operating Effectiveness (T