Senior Program Manager - Third Party Risk

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.

Major Duties:

• Responsible for performing ongoing monitoring activities for HR vendors for an assigned region to ensure compliance with the requirements of the NT TPRM (Third Party Risk Management) program
• Facilitate meetings with assigned region vendor managers on all aspects of the TPRM program and consult on required templates/documents
• Track, follow up, and monitor timely completion of the required TPRM documents by regional BU vendor managers
• Conduct periodic training sessions to assigned region BU vendor managers on the requirements and changes to the NT TPRM program
• Perform Quality Control/Audits (QC/A) and activities required for review & approval by either internal to the team or by the TPRM program
• Assist with resolving regional escalated issues and monitor timely resolution by BU vendor managers
• Perform reporting to BU Senior Management and other NT internal groups on the status, issues and risks of the program for the assigned region.
• Leads others to solve complex problems
• Uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions
• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives
• Work is guided by functional policies

Knowledge:

• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Demonstrates strong analytical skills with the ability to generate complex reports on a regular and ad hoc basis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to be impactful with external regulators and partners.
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change in a high demand environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint as well as data analytic tools including PowerBI
• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Experience:

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in Finance or Risk and/or other appropriate academic major is highly preferred
• Demonstrated hands-on experience working with vendors/clients in other large financial institutions in a Risk/ Vendor Management practice
• 3-5 years of experience as a Consultant/ Senior Consultant with a public accounting firm, or particular business/industry experience to meet special needs of vendor manager/ 3rd party oversight
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity

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.

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.

Talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

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