Manager- Issue Remediation Oversight

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.

Job Description:

723 - Infrastructure Issue Remediation Oversight Lead

Position Overview:
The Infrastructure Issue Remediation Oversight Senior Lead is a key position within the Global Infrastructure Risk and Control team, supporting the remediation of global Infrastructure process and control gaps. The ideal candidate will be risk and control minded and have a strong background in identifying and effectively remediation process and control gaps in a sustainable way at a large financial institution. The positions will be expected to risk-minded guidance to Infrastructure Technology teams. The position will is will be the regional issue remediation leader and report to regional and global management.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively support the global process and control issue remediation efforts.
• Manage the regional issue remediation activities and support staff in execution of the defined objectives.
• Drive the Infrastructure Technology teams issue remediation to effective and sustainable solutions with minimal oversight.
• Support reporting on current state of on-going remediations.
• Provide strategic thinking, thought leadership, and guidance on identifying key risks and assessing the design and effectiveness of potential solutions.
• Establish strong working relationships and communications with key stakeholders globally across all lines of defense.
• Ensure that meetings are effective and deliverables are issued accurate, complete, and provided timely to stakeholders.

Key Skills:

• In depth understanding of the Infrastructure Risk and Control
• Good understanding of Processes supporting Infrastructure Standards and associated procedures.
• Excellent understanding of Risk/ Issues Management Processes and Procedures
• Effective GRC understanding to manage governance and risks while maintaining compliance with industry and government regulations.

Leadership Skills:

You will need Strong leadership capabilities who can excel in effective decision making, mentoring teams, and delivering results

• Ability to develop long-term strategies and align them with organizational goals. Also, ability to influence and inspire others toward achieving shared goals.
• Capable of analyzing complex situations to make informed decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to articulate vision and direction clearly to various stakeholders.
• Ability to make critical decisions under pressure by balancing risk and opportunity while considering long-term impact.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and build cohesive teams with strong collaborative skills to foster partnerships with other teams/ stakeholders.
• Skilled in negotiation and handling difficult conversations.

Qualifications:

• Proven audit or risk leader with 12+ years of Internal Audit or Risk Management experience.
• 3+ years of experience in Financial Services.
• Experience effectively managing teams of 1 or more staff.
• Solid understanding of financial services processes, regulations, risks and controls.
• Internal Audit or Risk related Certification (CSIA, CIA, CRISK, etc.) a plus.
• Internal Audit or Risk experience working at Big4 is a plus.
• Highly motivated, self-starter who deals well with ambiguity and can drive execution.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, leadership and organizational skills are required.
• Proven ability to build relationships, influence and motivate teams across the organization in order to ensure that the slate of work is established, understood, supported and completed.
• Ability to challenge and influence stakeholders of differing viewpoints to reach consensus.

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.