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 Associate-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 Associate-Consultant is execute day to day PMO routines and support the PMO members in providing continuity across the various programs and projects that execute the GRAO strategy.   The ideal individual will be able to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations as well as maintain a realistic balance among multiple, competing priorities. The Program Associate-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:

Ensure timely and effective packaging and archival of all program deliverables to evidence completion of a task/set of tasks or milestoneCoordinate assessment, approval and implementation of all change requests to ensure proper control of amendments, dependencies and critical pathDevelop weekly status reporting with updates on key accomplishments, activities coming due as well as risks and issues that may impact the program scope, schedule, people or budgetMaintain and escalate, as needed, log of risks, issues, action items, assumptions and decisions needed through closure or resolutionAbility to work with multiple partners in cross-functional groups at various levels throughout the organizationAct as a PMO key point of contact for programs; provides general assistanceSupport PMO calendar of key activitiesPrepares internal and external correspondences, reports and presentations. Maintains confidentiality of correspondence records, presentations and reports in a central repository systemPrioritizes and handles multiple projects with accuracyDelivers a work product that requires less revisionAble to facilitate discussions and reach decisions

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

A College or University degree and/or relevant project/program management experience is preferredTechnical skills: Outlook, Teams, Power Platforms, Microsoft Office 365 suite required (strong with Excel, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, MS Project).Excellent oral and written communication skills are requiredFunctional / Industry Knowledge is required (financial risk, non-financial risk, regulatory and/or compliance)Self-motivated, highly flexible and adaptable to changeAnalytical and problem solving skills are requiredMust have solid judgment to manage competing priorities

Salary Range:

$74,200 - 126,200 USD

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

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. #MadeForGreater 

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.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.