Senior Audit Manager, AML & Financial Crime

Northern Trust
Ireland
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Problem-solving","Leadership","Communication","Strategic thinking"]

Lead independent audit coverage over Northern Trust’s financial crime risk management framework, including AML, sanctions, fraud risk, and anti-bribery/corruption. You’ll guide complex audit engagements, challenge risk assessments and testing approaches, review findings, and provide strategic insight to senior leadership and Board stakeholders. The role also supports the audit function’s financial crime audit strategy and drives methodology improvements, regulatory engagement, and capability building.

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Northern Trust
Northern Trust
5 hours ago

Senior Audit Manager, AML & Financial Crime

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Job Summary

Lead independent audit coverage over Northern Trust’s financial crime risk management framework, including AML, sanctions, fraud risk, and anti-bribery/corruption. You’ll guide complex audit engagements, challenge risk assessments and testing approaches, review findings, and provide strategic insight to senior leadership and Board stakeholders. The role also supports the audit function’s financial crime audit strategy and drives methodology improvements, regulatory engagement, and capability building.
Location: Ireland
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead development and execution of audit coverage across AML, sanctions, fraud, anti-bribery and corruption, and related financial crime disciplines.
  • •Provide subject matter expertise and oversee audit planning, risk assessments, testing strategies, findings, and reporting.
  • •Review and challenge audit scope, methodology, testing approaches, and conclusions to ensure effective coverage of key financial crime risks.
  • •Draft and review reporting for senior management, Audit Committees, and Boards; engage with executive management and represent Internal Audit with regulators and external stakeholders.
  • •Contribute to the financial crime audit strategy and risk-based audit plan; lead special reviews/investigations and drive continuous improvement and talent development within the audit team.

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience in financial crime risk management, Internal Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Regulatory Supervision, or a related discipline in financial services.
  • •Extensive knowledge of AML, sanctions, fraud risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity reporting.
  • •Experience auditing or overseeing financial crime programmes in complex, global financial institutions.
  • •Strong understanding of global financial crime regulations, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
  • •Experience engaging with regulators and senior executive stakeholders, including leading complex audit engagements and influencing audit strategy.
Skills:Analytical thinkingProblem-solvingLeadershipCommunicationStrategic thinking
Certifications:CAMSCGSSCFECRCMCPAACAACCA

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Northern Trust
Global financial services firm providing wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions to institutions, corporations, and affluent individuals, with a focus on custody, investment management, and technology-driven services.
Industry: Asset Management
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Chicago, United States
Founded: 1889
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