Analyst - Global Financial Controls (CCAR Testing)
Posted Aug 26, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you wrote documentation that someone else had to use. How did you make it clear?
What they are checking: Whether they can write the governance and process documentation this role is responsible for.
Tell me about a time you had to follow up with someone repeatedly to get what you needed.
What they are checking: Whether they can stay persistent and professional when control owners are slow to provide evidence.
What interests you about controls and governance work in a regulated bank?
What they are checking: Whether they see value in this work and are likely to stay engaged with it.
What would you do
A control owner doesn't understand why their control is part of the CCAR program and sees it as extra work. How would you explain it to them?
What they are checking: Whether they can train and guide control owners so the program works without constant policing.
Your testing finds that a control has not been performed for two months. What do you do next?
What they are checking: Whether they document the gap, escalate it properly and work toward fixing it rather than quietly retesting.
How would you explain a testing result to a senior stakeholder who has five minutes?
What they are checking: Whether they can lead with the conclusion and the risk instead of walking through every step.
About the work
In your own words, what is CCAR, and why does the Federal Reserve require it of a bank like Northern Trust?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that capital planning and stress testing must rest on well-controlled data and processes.
How would you evaluate where a misstatement could most likely happen in a significant financial process?
What they are checking: Whether they can think in terms of risk and assertions to focus testing where errors would matter.
Walk me through how you would test a control that is supposed to ensure data feeding a CCAR submission is complete and accurate.
What they are checking: Whether they can design practical test steps and know what evidence they need.
What is the difference between a preventive and a detective control? Can you give an example of each in financial reporting?
What they are checking: Whether they have the basic control vocabulary they will use every day.
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