Regulatory Risk and Oversight Specialist

Northern Trust • Tempe, AZ

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Regulatory Risk Management team is responsible for the governing frameworks and accountability models that are in place to assess and understand current regulatory obligations, mitigate regulatory risk, and enable compliance with new and existing regulations. The team focuses on the development, adoption and oversight of activities, framework and accountability models related to the management of regulatory risk across the business and supports this mandate across four key pillars: Regulatory Framework & Governance, Regulatory Change Oversight, Regulatory Risk Management Regulatory Strategy & Sustainability. The role supports the North America Regulatory Risk Management Lead to identify and oversee areas of regulatory change and remediation, working alongside other Regulatory Risk Management Specialists and the 2LOD to ensure alignment on implementation and regulatory sustainability in BAU. This role will also support the reporting of regulatory risk management readiness and areas of potential risk to senior business leaders.

Requirements

• Previous experience in a regulatory, compliance or risk and control environment
• Strong analytical skills, able to present and interpret data to ‘tell the story’
• Ability to connect the dots across functional lines and think out of the box
• Ability to identify problems, develop and communicate solutions
• Able to manage the detail and drive execution while maintaining a strategic view
• Deliver results to tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) to interact and manage expectations with senior level audiences, stakeholders and management
• A strong and proven ability to analyse, synthesize complex issues into non-technical language
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change, with a positive attitude and vision to continually enhance / strengthen current status quo
• Demonstrable ability to influence and persuade others (e.g. peers, partners, senior management and external parties) to implement change, strategy and decision making in a diverse and matrix environment

Responsibilities

• Actively support the embeddedness of the regulatory change framework and relevant regulatory accountability models across the business.
• Partner with relevant regulatory stakeholders within the business and across all Lines of Defense to understand the applicability of the regulatory landscape, understand how regulatory risk is managed and support requirements to adhere to applicable regulations.
• Collaborate with operational leaders to quickly identify and create effective and sustainable solutions for resolving regulatory risk issues.
• Contribute to the production and review of appropriate Regulatory Risk Management metrics, ensuring their accuracy and relevance in supporting the Regulatory Risk Management strategy.
• Identify, validate and oversee remediation of “hotspot” areas of regulatory risk impacting Asset Servicing because of assurance findings and issues consequent to regulatory change implementations.
• Contribute to the wider Regulatory Risk Management team and communication to business stakeholders.
• Advise on opportunities identified to enhance the effectiveness and efficiencies in processes underlying the RCF.
• Assists management in achieving Company’s strategic goals.

Benefits

• flexible and collaborative work culture
• strong history of financial strength and stability
• Movement within the organization is encouraged
• senior leaders are accessible
• company committed to an inclusive workplace
• assisting the communities we serve
• Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture.
• Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed