Sr Lead, IAM Governance

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.

As a Sr Lead in Identity Access Management, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of user identity data within our organization. You will collaborate closely with application teams to obtain user extracts, validate them against our identity solution, and identify any discrepancies, ultimately strengthening our identity governance and security practices.

Key Responsibilities :

• Governance and Oversight
  • Manage Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) processes to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational policies.
  • Oversee the effectiveness of identity lifecycle management, including provisioning, deprovisioning, and access certification.
• Policy Development and Enforcement
  • Develop, implement, and maintain governance policies and standards for identity and access management.
  • Ensure adherence to industry best practices and internal controls.
• Access Review and Audit Support
  • Coordinate and manage periodic access reviews to ensure accuracy and completeness.
  • Respond to audit requests and provide necessary documentation for compliance audits, including SOX and SOC-related inquiries.
• Metrics and Reporting
  • Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of governance initiatives.
  • Provide regular reporting on IGA governance metrics to leadership and stakeholders.
• Process Improvement
  • Identify gaps and inefficiencies in current IGA governance processes and recommend improvements.
  • Collaborate with technical and business teams to implement process optimizations.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Partner with business units, IT teams, and external auditors to ensure alignment on governance objectives.
  • Lead governance-related discussions during cross-functional meetings.
• Incident Management and Risk Mitigation
  • Investigate and remediate issues related to identity governance processes.
  • Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to access management.
• Documentation and Training
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of IGA governance processes and frameworks.
  • Provide training and guidance to teams on governance policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional experience with significant experience working as a BA on complicated projects with multiple cross functional teams
• Proven experience in identity governance, administration, or data validation.
• Familiarity with identity management tools and systems.
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations and security best practices.
• Experience using Visio and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experienced enough to handle process improvement and synergies big picture
• Comfortable running sql queries and digging into the details of a project. Curiosity is key!
• Experienced in Identity Governance and Administration (IGA); Solid understanding of identity lifecycle (Joiner, mover, leaver) and access certification processes is preferred
• Experienced in implementing Identity governance processes for centralized and de-centralized applications is preferred
• Experienced in creating metrics and dashboard

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant certifications in identity and access management or data governance.
• Experience with identity and access management software such as SailPoint, Okta, or Microsoft Identity Manager

Additional skills:

• Highly motivated, self-directed and possess solid execution skills.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify and resolve data discrepancies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrates critical thought and probes beyond the surface of the requested data to get at the valuable (actionable) information.
• Able to understand complex concepts quickly.
• Detail oriented, but understands broader impacts of requests.
• Adjusts quickly to changing priorities as necessary.
• Manages multiple tasks and deliverables simultaneously and in an organized and results-oriented manner.
• Strives to proactively identify and address areas where business process efficiency and effectiveness improvements would make a positive impact on the top and bottom lines.
• Excellent people skills are also necessary since this position interacts with all levels of resources across the entire organization.

Conclusion
As a Sr Lead, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and security of user identity data within our organization. Your attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy will contribute to the overall success of our identity governance efforts, enhancing our security posture and regulatory compliance.

Salary Range:
$95,600 - 162,400 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

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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.