IAM Risk & Audit Leader

Northern Trust; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 99,600 - 169,200; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Lead for Identity & Access Management (IAM) Risk & Audit to strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance across IAM capabilities such as IGA, PAM, access controls, authentication, authorization, and directory services.

The role partners with IAM engineering, risk, internal audit, compliance, and business stakeholders to drive audit readiness and remediation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in Cyber Security, IAM, Risk Management, Audit, Compliance, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading or supporting audit, compliance, and risk management activities.
• Strong understanding of Identity & Access Management concepts, controls, and governance practices.
• Experience with control frameworks, audit activities, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, and management presentations.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal and external audit activities related to IAM processes and controls.
• Coordinate the collection, validation, and delivery of audit evidence.
• Support regulatory examinations, risk assessments, and compliance reviews.
• Partner with control owners, auditors, and stakeholders to address audit requests and findings.
• Drive audit readiness activities and support remediation efforts through completion.
• Lead execution and monitoring of IAM controls.
• Identify control gaps, process weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
• Track risk issues and remediation activities and provide status updates to stakeholders.
• Help ensure IAM processes align with regulatory requirements, security standards, and organizational policies.
• Support control testing and effectiveness reviews.
• Develop and maintain IAM risk, audit, and compliance reporting.
• Analyze IAM data to identify trends, control exceptions, and emerging risks.
• Create dashboards, scorecards, and metrics supporting management and leadership reporting.
• Develop KPI, KCI, and control effectiveness reporting.
• Provide insights and recommendations that support risk reduction and operational improvements.
• Support IAM governance and risk management initiatives.
• Contribute to governance maturity, policy development, and process improvement efforts.
• Participate in governance forums, working groups, and control review discussions.
• Recommend improvements that strengthen compliance, audit readiness, and operational effectiveness.
• Support development of reporting and materials used for governance and leadership reviews.
• Partner with IAM engineers, risk teams, auditors, compliance partners, and business stakeholders.
• Communicate risk, audit, and remediation activities effectively across multiple audiences.
• Provide guidance to analysts and team members supporting IAM governance activities.
• Facilitate collaboration across teams to address control gaps and compliance requirements.
• Promote best practices that strengthen the IAM control environment.

Skills

IAM

Audit & Compliance

Risk Management

Data Analysis

Reporting

Stakeholder Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Lead for Identity & Access Management (IAM) Risk & Audit to strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance across IAM capabilities such as IGA, PAM, access controls, authentication, authorization, and directory services.

The role partners with IAM engineering, risk, internal audit, compliance, and business stakeholders to drive audit readiness and remediation initiatives.