Implementation Consultant

**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.

**Role Summary**:
The Capital Markets Chief Admin Offices comprises the Risk, Resiliency and Regulatory Change teams. This role sits within the Reg Change team and is responsible for regulatory identification, impact assessment and consultative support on the implementation of regulations which impact the products and services provided by the Capital Markets businesses to institutional clients.

The team has responsibility for providing centralised oversight of reporting, implementation and escalation for all regulations impacting Capital Markets.

Major Duties
- Stays abreast of regulatory changes that may impact the Capital Markets business units in all global regions the department operates across, with a primary focus on the US, UK, EU, AUS and Singapore
- Contributes to the development of CM strategy and operating platform, as they intersect with global regulations
- Extensive working knowledge of current global financial services market regulations
- Comfortable interpreting regulations and guidance from CFTC, NFA, ESMA, FCA and MAS, ASIC in addition to other regulatory regimes
- Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues
- Provides leadership and guidance to internal partners and external clients on regulatory impacts
- Coordinates with internal compliance, legal, risk and control partners
- Uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
- Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives
- Work is guided by functional policies

**What you will do**:
The key responsibilities of the role include (but are not limited to):

- Reviews, disseminates, and interprets laws and regulations and works to proactively establish
and document related policies, procedures and standards.
- Verifies that activities meet federal, state and/or local legal and regulatory requirements
and regulations and monitors outcomes/risk levels for the organization or assigned area.
- Consults with partners regarding daily decisions that could pose risk and conflict with
existing policy, and assist with client negotiations of new and existing business on various
issues that may conflict with bank policies and procedures.
- Communicates and provides risk avoidance advice and requirements to managers and appropriate personnel.
- Identifies situations which pose significant risk and guides management in developing policies
and/or procedures that minimize risk.
- Interacts with regulators, internal and external auditors on regulatory topics.
- Provides direction and training to more junior staff.
- Serves on internal and external groups to provide and receive advice on industry trends.
- Serves as go to person for the group and promotes sharing of expertise
- Is a technical expert with in-depth knowledge of risk avoidance and compliance.
- Handles more extensive, high-profile work
- Strategic in developing, implementing and administering risk programs within functional areas.

**About you**:

- Knowledge of risk management and strategic goals for the bank's business.
- In depth knowledge of regulations, federal, state, and local laws and regulations acquired through formal education and work experience is required.
- 7 or more years of risk management or compliance experience.

**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.

**Reasonable accommodation**

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.