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.

Overview

The Cyber and Technology Risk Lead position as part of the second line of defense will support the team in the identification, assessment, and remediation validation of cyber and technology risks. This role requires experience in cybersecurity and technology risk management with the ability to lead initiatives, analyze data, and build relationships with stakeholders. The Cyber and Technology Risk Lead will partner with first line of defense cyber and technology teams to understand the programs, highlight key risks, drive compliance, and address gaps identified.

Responsibilities

Risk Identification

• Assess cyber and technology programs’ controls and processes through established frameworks
• Review security configurations, security and network architecture diagrams, process documents, and other relevant technical details
• Review and challenge cybersecurity and technology programs to meet relevant industry regulations, standards, and compliance requirements

Risk Monitoring

• Review metrics dashboards and reports to monitor for areas that are shifting negatively from established thresholds
• Stay informed on latest cyber and technology risk trends and threat landscape by collaborating with the threat intelligence and other cybersecurity teams

Remediation Validation

• Validate issues to determine if the remediation efforts have resolved the identified risks from assessments
• Partner with issue owners to determine action plans to remediate identified risks
• Determine if compensating/mitigating controls are sufficient to reduce the identified risks

Qualifications

• 24 months as Senior Associate
• Experience in Cybersecurity Assessment, or Technology Risk management roles. Cybersecurity or Technology Risk consulting experience at a global professional services firm is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in technology, cybersecurity, risk management, or other related discipline.
• Understanding of cybersecurity disciplines such as data protection, identity and access management, cloud architecture and security, vulnerability management, security engineering and architecture, technology infrastructure, network security, secure development lifecycle, attack lifecycle, and detection and response capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in both an individual contributor and team capacity, as well as across globally distributed teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Able to prepare clearly written, organized documents, reports and communications that demonstrate proper justification and support for any conclusions and assessment results.
• Able to interact in a professional manner and develop relationships with individuals and teams at any level in Northern Trust or third-party service provider.
• In-depth knowledge and experience of data analytics and visualization, artificial intelligence (AI) is a plus.

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.

About Our Pune Office

The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.

Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.