Program Associate

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 Global Regulatory Affairs Office (GRAO) is responsible for overseeing the enhancement of our risk management and controls, remediation of regulatory and audit findings and the administration of regulatory affairs, including establishing a centralized and sustainable connection point for global regulatory communications, ensuring preparedness for examinations.

This Program Sr Consultant role reports to the GRAO Program Management Office (PMO) that is responsible for day-to-day enablement of the GRAO strategy.  The primary responsibility of the Program Sr Consultant is to support the PMO in providing continuity in committee governance activities across the various programs that execute the GRAO strategy.  The role holder will need the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and exercise good judgment in a variety of situations. The Program Sr Consultant must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion and attention to detail.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Responsible to develop and finalize governance committee materials as required in the PMO oversight and governance routines
• Responsible to develop and finalize ad-hoc presentation materials, reports and correspondence as needed
• Responsible to develop and maintain the annual governance committee calendar and monthly agendas
• Responsible to coordinate and support scheduling of governance committee meetings as needed
• Responsible to coordinate and support annual reviews and updates to governance committee charters as needed
• Responsible to support and coordinate closure of challenge log items
• Act as a key point of contact to support PMO governance routines
• Responsible to maintain timely packaging and archival of completed PMO governance deliverables
• Support the PMO in maintaining timely and relevant program governance updates to the PMO Team Planner board
• Support and coordinate program governance communications
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and supports the PMO to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity.
• Demonstrates flexibility and agility to pivot to new and/or changing program priorities
• Ability to work with multiple partners in cross-functional groups at various levels throughout the organization
• Maintains confidentiality of correspondence records, presentations and reports in a central repository system
• Prioritizes and handles multiple projects with accuracy
• Delivers a work product that requires less revision
• Able to facilitate discussions and reach decisions

The ideal candidate should have a fair amount of the following:

• A College or University degree and relevant governance experience with industry knowledge is required (financial risk, non-financial risk, regulatory and/or compliance)
• Technical skills: Outlook, Teams, Microsoft Office 365 suite required (advanced with Excel, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, MS Project, Adobe).
• ·Excellent oral and written communication skills are required
• Self-motivated, highly flexible and adaptable to change
• Analytical and problem-solving skills are required
• Must have solid judgment to manage competing priorities
• Has gravitas and ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels
• Results oriented

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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.