Application Business Owner, Senior Consultant

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.

Application Business Owner, Senior Consultant

Summary:

Northern Trust is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented professional to serve as an Application Business Owner within our Enterprise Incident Management team. This role is critical to ensuring that access to key business applications is properly governed, aligned with internal policies, and meets regulatory expectations.

You will act as a central point of contact for access oversight, working closely with business partners, compliance, and technology teams to support operational integrity, risk reduction, and audit readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Access Oversight: Lead and coordinate periodic reviews of user access to ensure alignment with business roles and regulatory requirements.

• Governance & Risk Mitigation: Maintain access structures that reflect business functions and help reduce operational and reputational risk.

• Control Validation: Identify and help resolve access-related risks, including potential conflicts, while supporting documentation of controls and remediation efforts.

• Audit & Regulatory Support: Prepare and manage business-facing documentation for internal audits and regulatory reviews, ensuring timely and accurate responses.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with business units, compliance, and technology teams to ensure consistent governance practices and resolve access-related issues.

Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of experience in business application oversight, risk management, or compliance—preferably in financial services.

• Strong understanding of business operations and how access governance supports risk reduction and regulatory alignment.

• Experience supporting internal audits and working across departments to drive governance outcomes.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with a focus on business impact and stakeholder engagement.

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Salary Range:

$83,100 - 141,300 USD

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

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.