• Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

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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.

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The successful candidate is responsible for providing second line of defense leadership of the credit risk oversight of Northern Trust's Treasury investment portfolio, and market risk oversight for the bank's trading activities.

Major Duties

Oversight of Treasury Investment Portfolio Credit Risk

Serve as the primary conduit between CreditRisk and Treasury ensuring that

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Manage the Corporate Trading Market Risk team

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Manages the corporate market risk function which includes real time active monitoring of positions against limits, ensuring data accuracy, reviewing excess positions and recommends limit changes in the context of current and anticipated market

Verifies that activities meet any regulatory requirements (primarily Federal Reserve Bank and CFTC) and is the primary point of contact with regulators for this risk area. Provides quarterly and other updates as requested.

Oversees the development of market risk management analysis reports and responsible for measuring and analyzing the Corporation's risk exposure (e.g., Value at Risk, Net Open Position limits).

Ensures trading risk management procedures are updated, reviewed and followed including Covered Position Identification Reviews.

Reviews and provides sign off on all Trading Market Risk external disclosures, local trading risk policies, internal SOX reports, Swap Dealer thresholds.

Consistently displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the rest of the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity. Communicates and provides risk mitigation advice and requirements to managers and appropriate partners/team members. Identifies situations which pose significant risk and provide leadership in developing policies and/or procedures that create the proper balance between risk and reward.

Other Responsibilities

Knowledge/Skills

Multi-disciplinary expert with authority, knowledge of market and credit risk. Knowledge in developing standards or best practices required to facilitate implementation of additional asset types for the investment portfolio and market risk management activities. Excellent leadership, analytical, conflict management, and negotiation skills are required as well as sophisticated oral and written communication skills. Additional knowledge/skills include analytical, problem-solving skills, Bloomberg, and advanced desktop technology skills in database management, Cognos, Excel and Powerpoint. Murex experience would be

advantageous.

Experience and Knowledge

10+ years of prior credit underwriting experience including knowledge of the Asset Backed Securities and structured credit markets. Broad knowledge of the global capital markets and Fixed Income asset classes. Familiarity with VaR and other market risk metrics preferred. Prior credit risk evaluation of securitizations helpful. Degree in Business, Finance, Math or similar discipline. CFA, FRM or MBA a plus. Technical skills preferred Bloomberg, FactSet, Excel, Murex.

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.