at Northern Trust Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
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.
Operational Resiliency Specialist - Risk Control Enhancement
SUMMARY
The 1LOD Operational Resilience Specialist for Europe, Middle East, and Africa will support the Operational Resiliency Program and is responsible for the oversight, reporting, and execution of operational resilience initiatives. The Operational Resilience Specialist will support resilience team leaders and wider business units in the delivery of key projects and provide guidance to other stakeholders.
MAJOR DUTIES
- Collaborates with business and technology stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and align Important Business Service Capabilities based on their strategic importance and impact
- Key Europe, Middle East, and Africa lead in business dependency oversight; monitoring of risks and vulnerabilities across all services. This will include the input into required Management Information reporting, investigation into areas of concern / issues, and the tracking of any required remediation
- Supports the review and oversight of compliance with the Operational Resilience Policy and Standard
- Ensure risks and issues are documented, tracked and reported in a timely manner
- Lead projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
- Acts as a support for colleagues with less experience
- Monitor and analyze impact of new Products and Organizational change
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
- Expert knowledge of operational resiliency including disaster/business recovery, business continuity management, 3rd party vendor/outsourcing, corporate risk policies and standards
- Strong understanding of risk management practices including cyber security and how they apply in Financial Services organizations including the impact of regulation on operational resiliency matters
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Ability to drive to execution
- Applies knowledge of key business drivers and the factors that maximize department performance
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of resiliency regulations, jurisdictional requirements and guidelines within the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions for financial services organizations
EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's Degree or commensurate related job experience
- 5+ years of related experience in Operational Resilience
- Experience of working in rapidly changing and ambiguous work environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functions to achieve measurable results
- Manages related teams, sets team priorities, and allocates resources to align with business objectives
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,...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
