Lead, Technology and Cyber Risk Management x 2

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.

The Role

This role is an individual contributor position responsible for the execution of activities supporting IT and Cybersecurity Risk Management, including regulatory interactions, IT risk and control assessments, information security initiatives, and management reporting. The role plays a key part in the identification, assessment, management, and reporting of technology and information security risk, with direct responsibility for delivering work across one or more core practice areas within the Information Security and Technology Risk Management Program. The individual will work closely with peers and management and will contribute to strategic IT Risk and Information Security initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain technology and cybersecurity risk metrics and assessments to inform the firm of its risk posture.


• Manage preparation and delivery of materials for key engagements, including regulatory interactions, audit examinations, and senior management meetings.


• Identify and assess risks associated with internal technologies and externally hosted systems.


• Define requirements and execution plans for information security and technology risk management programs.


• Ensure risk management programs align with applicable regulations, industry standards, and compliance requirements.


• Communicate security policies and requirements clearly to ensure organisational understanding and adoption.


• Produce meaningful, measurable metrics for owned risk management programs.


• Review and assess technology and security controls using established frameworks.


• Drive risk reduction through defined risk treatment and remediation processes.


• Document, track, and report risk findings and remediation plans to management.


• Collaborate with Information Security, Privacy, and Enterprise Risk teams to enhance policies, standards, and frameworks.


• Evaluate and provide risk advice on strategic business and technology initiatives.


• Participate in cybersecurity incident response activities as required.


• Stay current on industry trends, emerging threats, technologies, and regulatory developments and advise management on their potential business and financial impact.

Skills and Experience

• Strong experience in IT Risk Management, Technology Risk, or IT Audit Experience creating metrics and reporting using tools such as Power BI and PowerPoint.


• Required certification: CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, or equivalent.


• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, Computer Science, or related discipline.


• Advanced degree in an IT related field is desirable.


• Strong ability to develop effective technology and cybersecurity risk metrics, assessments, and executive level presentations.


• Experience assessing IT processes including information security, system development and change management, computer operations, and data protection.


• Working knowledge of Financial Services regulatory requirements, including FFIEC handbooks and relevant country specific regulatory bodies.


• Hands on experience applying industry frameworks such as COBIT 5, ISO 27001/27002, and NIST .


• Exposure to one or more information security disciplines (e.g. forensics, secure development, threat intelligence, penetration testing).


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess complex data and formulate sound, well justified risk decisions.


• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities with urgency and attention to detail.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, well structured documentation and reports.


• Ability to work effectively both independently and within global, multi national teams.


• Professional presence and ability to build strong working relationships across all organisational levels and with third party providers.


• Working with Us: As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await.

Working with Us

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. 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 . 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. Looking for greater? You found it. A global financial leader with more than 22,000 employees in 23 locations worldwide, Northern Trust empowers our employees to achieve more than just business goals. Our focus on work-life balance, career mobility and unique opportunities are just a few of the reasons we've been named one of the world's most admired companies.

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