Centralized Supervision Manager

Northwestern Mutual•Milwaukee, WI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Northwestern Mutual, we believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. These beliefs launched our company over 160 years ago. Today, they're just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual. We're strong and growing. In a company with such a long and storied history, this may be the most exciting and important time to be a part of Northwestern Mutual. We're strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We provide opportunities for employees to grow themselves, their career and in turn, our business. We care. We make a positive difference in our communities. Nationally, thousands have benefitted from our support of research and programs to fight childhood cancer. Each year, our Foundation, employees and financial representatives donate time, talent and financial support to causes they're passionate about. About the Job: Responsible for supervising and leading the Centralized Supervision Team: a team of skilled professionals in specific compliance division. This role will build relationships, manage projects, hire new team members, as well as continuously coach and develop staff. Will assist and support the development of overall strategy for division to ensure effectiveness and program development. This role will partner with department leaders, business owners, and key stakeholders to advance divisional, departmental, and enterprise objectives.

Requirements

FINRA series 7 & 24 required or can be acquired within 6 months
Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, marketing, pre-law, etc. preferred
Minimum of 6 years of proven experience. Preferably 2 years of leadership experience, formal or informal.
Experience in the financial services/securities industry preferred.
Ability to lead, mentor, and develop direct reports.
Ability to lead others to tackle complex problems using sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
Guided by policies and divisional plan, ability to impact the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives.
Ability to explain information, convey performance expectations and handle sensitive issues.

Responsibilities

Assist in the development and execution of overall strategy to ensure program effectiveness
Demonstrate to partners and stakeholders the value proposition of specialty division
Recruits, hires and onboards talent ensuring the right mix of talent within team.
Builds an inclusive, engaging environment that encourages accountability, productivity, and development.
Builds effective teams by selecting talent, coaching, developing, and motivating divisional personnel
Ensure team has the technical, business and procedural knowledge as well as the interpersonal skills to perform successfully in evolving compliance environments
Builds and maintains relationships across department and with business partners to understand enterprise compliance support needs.
Collaborates with business partners and leadership to identify business challenges and gaps that impact current and future performance and guides team to develop capabilities and processes to meet these needs.
Assist in developing department divisional plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities in support of department business objectives.
Directs work distribution, and assist in the creation and refinement of workflows and processes
May assists with divisional budget management.