Privacy Associate 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.

Major Duties

• Reporting into the Privacy Operations and Infrastructure Manager, the role will focus on coordinating the necessary activities to map out, identify, develop, maintain, and oversee the execution of operational activities, processes and infrastructure that support the implementation of the Global Privacy Program, Policy and Standards across Northern Trust
• Possess regulatory, technical, business and functional knowledge and experience in Privacy operational capabilities, coordination of Privacy Policies and Standards; risk assessments; control monitoring and communicating effectively with Business Units and Operational Functions on the requirement to embed Privacy controls into Business processes
• Maintains and oversees processes and systems that enable Global Privacy to monitor Privacy regulatory developments
• Provides reports to Global Privacy on such regulatory developments globally
• Coordinates and oversees processes and tools that support the completion of Privacy Regulatory Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments
• Assists in maintaining and overseeing the completion of action plans required to support the execution of the and ensure this is completed annually within the defined timeframes and following the established methodologies and systems
• Assists in maintaining and oversee completion of actions plans adopted to respond to Global Privacy Audits and Global Compliance Testing
• Coordinates and oversees execution and completion of Privacy Risk Monitoring Plan activities.
• Oversees completion of requests for access to personal data (DSARs), and support updates to Privacy notifications, disclosures and awareness materials, including the updating of Privacy Notices; Internal Privacy Partner Passport pages; Privacy Training and Awareness campaigns
• Coordinates actions plans to support Privacy Projects as these may arise
• Participates in Committees to represent Privacy Operations
• Preserves corporate memory and heritage
• Builds and maintains excellent working relationships with the global, regional and local privacy, risk and compliance teams and Business Units and Operational Functions that are subject to privacy and information processing requirements
• Solves problems in straightforward situations
• Analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents
• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team
• Works within guidelines and policies

Knowledge

• Knowledge of risk management and strategic goals for the bank's business and the financial services industry
• In depth knowledge of regulations impacting Privacy Risk as privacy and financial services regulations, acquired through formal education and work experience is required
• Proven track record in supporting and coordinating privacy risk and incident management and compliance strategies, policy and governance frameworks, implementation of controls to effectively manage compliance risks
• Experience and knowledge of existing working practices in the financial services industry, including provision of technical advice, risk management, outsourcing, information security controls, data protection impact assessments, and governance and compliance
• Proven ability to adapt to changing priorities, whilst maintaining focus on organization and team activities
• Communication and analytical skills are necessary to consult with partners/clients, and analyze information and apply regulations
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change
• Requires expanded conceptual knowledge in own job discipline
• Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work
• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in financial / banking industry.
• Minimum 5 years of risk management or compliance experience.
• Minimum 7 years of working knowledge and expertise in Risk Management and Operations or a related subject e.g. Privacy.
• Must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree
• Candidates possessing Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) or equivalent Privacy certifications are preferred
• Provides informal guidance to new team members

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

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.