Associate, Global Financial Control

About the role

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 financial institution founded in 1889, is hiring an Associate for its Global Financial Control team in Manila. Working under direct supervision, the Associate supports compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and SOC on behalf of the team, which oversees and tests the SOX program and the Service Organization Control (SOC) program for Northern Trust's business areas in periodic SEC filings and SOC reports. The role may be entry level, with room to grow professionally.

Key responsibilities

• Review various departments by understanding and documenting their key risks and controls
• If assigned, develop and run test steps, document results and evaluate them to assess control quality
• Stay up to date on SOX and SOC regulatory rules and industry changes
• Communicate with partners at all levels and present recommendations on operations and controls
• Identify and resolve problems within established guidelines, referring complex issues to supervisors or experts
• Work as a team member and independently, meeting deadlines and producing formal reports

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree required; Accounting or Finance preferred
• Experience in financial services preferred
• Master's degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA or CIA, a plus
• Knowledge of auditing in financial services, basic accounting principles and related work experience

Required skills

• Excellent oral and written communication
• Analytical and organizational skills for internal controls documentation and testing
• Flexibility and adaptability to change