Risk Treatment Specialist

The Risk Treatment Specialist is a key position within Northern Trusts Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function charged with the responsibility of overseeingissuesmanagement and risk treatment. Sitting within the 2ndline of defense this Specialist reports to the Head of Risk Treatment and will playan important rolein governing issues management and risk treatment and related activitiesestablishingdeep relationships with the 1stline of defense and other key stakeholders. The core responsibilities encompass oversight of governance program adherence system integration and thematic analysis. The Risk Treatment Specialist role will support the Head of Risk Treatment is fostering a proactive approachtoissuesmanagement across the lines of defense.

The key responsibilities of the role may include:

• Support sustaining and embedding issues management and risk treatment practices across lines of defense through adherence monitoring

• Maintain applicable ERM Policies Standards and Procedures for issues management and risk treatment

• Produce impactful and insightful thematic analysis to support proactive risk management

• Maintain monitoring and oversight of issues management policy exceptions and tracking and reporting on alignment with applicable ERM Policies and Standards

• Engage with Data & Technology teams and Risk Enablement team for relevant GRC tooling enhancements and bug remediation to ensure continued alignment to Policies and Standards

• Interact withrisktreatment andissues managementleadershipacross the organizationto clearly articulateworkflow requirements

• Work across the lines of defense to coordinatechanges providereviewand challenge and respond to audit and regulatory requirements

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• 10years ofRisk Managementexperiencetoincludeone of the following:Operational Risk Financial RiskCyber Resilience Cybersecurity Risk Management IT RiskandControl and/or IT Audit

• Strong working knowledge of theinherentrisksin the financial services industry

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in designing training and monitoring enterprise risk treatment practices supporting effective implementation and sustainability

• Proven capability in high-quality execution including both independentexecution as well as influencing cross-functional stakeholders to drive change

• Experience with risk treatment and issues management functions and industry tools to support the program (i.e.ServiceNowFusionCoupa)

• The ability to think strategically creatively and logically to solve problems and drive risk management enhancements

• The ability to lead projects from conception through execution and sustainmentleveragingsound change management principles and technical capabilities to arrive at theoptimalsolution

• Analytical and communication skillsto summarize and analyze information

• Organizational skillsto coordinate risk related activitieswith peers and senior executives

• Advanced Microsoft Office 365 skills

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B L-1 TN O-1 E-3 H-1B1 F-1 J-1 OPT CPT or any other employment-based visa)

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