Sr Lead- Technology Risk and Controls - Risk advisory

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.

The Senior Lead, Technology Risk and Control Officer play a key role within Northern Trust’s Global Technology organization, supporting a strong First Line of Defense and a control‑aware culture. This role is responsible for executing technology risk and control activities that support secure, compliant, and resilient technology solutions.

The Senior Lead serves as a trusted risk partner to Technology and Cybersecurity driving effective risk identification, control assessments, issue management, and risk treatment. This role contributes to strong governance outcomes, regulatory readiness, and continuous improvement of technology risk management practices across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Risk & Control Oversight

Lead and oversee the planning and execution of technology risk and control assessments, including evaluations of control design and operating effectiveness across infrastructure, applications, cloud, SaaS, data, and cybersecurity domains.

Ensure controls are appropriately designed, clearly documented, consistently executed, and supported by complete and reliable evidence.

Identify control gaps, emerging risks, and systemic issues, clearly articulate root cause, impact, and risk implications to senior stakeholders.

Risk Advisory & Stakeholder Partnership

Serve as a risk advisor to technology leaders, control owners, and process owners, providing practical, risk-based guidance to strengthen control maturity and reduce residual risk.

Influence risk treatment decisions by presenting balanced risk assessments that consider business objectives, regulatory expectations, and technology realities.

Build strong partnerships across Technology, Cybersecurity, Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, and Audit.

Risk Treatment, Issues & Governance

Lead and support the technology risk treatment lifecycle, including risk identification, assessment, documentation, approval, and ongoing monitoring of remediation or acceptance decisions.

Oversee the lifecycle of technology control issues, ensuring timely remediation, appropriate escalation, and readiness for validation and audit review.

Support preparation of materials for governance forums and committees, including senior management and risk committees.

Regulatory, Audit & Assurance Support

Play a key role in regulatory exams, supervisory interactions, internal audits, and independent risk assessments, ensuring well-coordinated responses and high-quality evidence.

Proactively monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on technology risk and control expectations.

Qualification & Experience

10–12 years of experience in Technology Risk Management, IT Audit, Cybersecurity Risk, Controls Assurance, or related disciplines.

Bachelor’s degree in technology, information systems, cybersecurity, risk management, or a related discipline.

Prior experience within the financial services industry is preferred.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present risk and control information clearly to senior stakeholders.

Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, or equivalent.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

About Our Pune Office

The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.

Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.