Quality Assurance Specialist - Enterprise Resilience

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized awardwinning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds 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 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role/Department

The First line of Defense Quality Assurance Partner will support the Operational Assurance Program and is responsible for ensuring Northern Trusts services processes and systems meet predefined quality standards and regulatory requirements. The Quality Assurance Partner will play a critical Risk Management role by preventing/minimizing impact of errors mitigating risks and ensuring quality service delivery.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Lead the development and of action plans aimed at reinforcing business processes and workflows while also defining clear roles and responsibilities for creation validation tracking and closure of plans

• Perform riskbased testing to assess business processes are meeting defined objectives

• Monitor business risks associated with the first line of defense through metrics reporting data correlation and control testing

• Collaborate with risk management and business continuity / resiliency teams to align quality assurance initiatives with resilience strategies

• Analyze issue and incident management reports to identify patterns and areas for improvement

• 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 chang

Skills/Experience

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Several years of related experience in Quality Assurance

• Expert knowledge of quality management principles and frameworks

• Strong understanding of risk management industry regulations and standards that impact quality assurance practices

• Strong understanding of data analytics and related quality assurance tools software and technology to monitor and improve quality

• Ability to analyze data processes and systems to identify areas for improvement to solve complex quality related issues

• Applies knowledge of key business drivers and the factors that maximize department performance

• Thorough understanding and knowledge of resiliency regulations jurisdictional requirements and guidelines for financial services organizations

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

• Experience of working in rapidly changing and ambiguous work environment

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate crossfunctionally 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 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.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds 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 .

We hope youre 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.