First Line of Defense Risk and Resiliency Specialist | London, UK

First Line of Defense Risk and Resiliency Specialist

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.

Role/ Department:

The Specialist is responsible for working with practice managers globally to provide advisory and assurance on effective risk mitigation and execution of control best practices. Regular activities executed by the Specialist include risk-based control reviews, supporting and challenging business groups Risk Control Self Assessments (RCSA), effective test execution, in-depth analysis of incidents to identify key trends and solutions to prevent future reoccurrence and consulting on process, product or service changes. Ability to lead projects, solve complex problems and support less experienced members of the team.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Successful candidate will support a number of business groups including Banking & Markets, Derivatives and Collateral.
• Engages in the Risk Control Self Assessments for the business groups to ensure program framework is adhered to, the integrity of the data and appropriate risk treatment is adopted where risk is out of appetite.
• Complete validation and assurance review of actions taken by practice to address audit issues prior to the business asserting closure to audit.
• Evaluates incidents and operational losses and performs thorough evaluation to identify trends and root cause. Prepares recommendations for process and control enhancements in alignment with the practice control manager and the practice management.
• Contribute to the periodic risk reviews of operational processes, procedures, and client specific servicing deliverables. Ensure risk review results are documented and reviewed with the control manager and the global control executive overseeing the practice. Recommend control enhancements for high risk processes.
• Support the risk-based control test plan to identify excessive risk and/or control issues at an early stage. Report process test findings to control management, (via the agreed Control Testing report template).
• Participate with control project deliverables, as assigned, to implement enhanced controls and efficiency enhancements.
• Escalate risk and control related matters to the practice control manager in a timely manner.
• Assist key Control programs such as the Audit Remediation, Loss identification, Fraud, to include the execution of the programs, and to ensure the implementation and tracking of agreed actions.
• Assist with operational and/or corporate risk initiatives where directed.

Skills/ Qualifications:

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Extensive experience in Banking or Financial Services.
• Proven experience in Risk and/or control experience.
• Professional with extensive business experience preferably within Banking & Markets and/or derivatives, multi-disciplinary functional experience with a focus on proactive activities within the Global Control group.
• Collaborative with the ability to explain difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
• Attention to detail.

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.