Full Job Description
We are searching for a highly-skilled business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) and risk and controls self-assessment (RCSA) Senior Consultant to contribute to the effort and help us maintain momentum and growth trajectory.
The ideal candidate will have substantive project management experience as well as strong work plan development and progress oversight skills, including experience in systems implementations and post go-live enhancements. This position will be expected to prepare and present progress updates to Global Procurement Leadership on a regular basis, ensuring the project objectives are being achieved.
The candidate will be responsible for working on multiple large and small scale projects at a time, manage the projects to a successful outcome and collaborate with the Global Procurement teams.
- Leads a business continuity or disaster recovery program for Global Procurement. Oversees, plans, and manages activities for the business continuity or disaster recovery function and units, ensuring that the business objectives are met in a timely manner.
- Leads, tracks and documents the annual risk and controls self-assessment program for all global procurement controls in scope.
- Indirectly manages and liaises with domestic and international business continuity or disaster recovery coordinators throughout the procurement organization
- Participates in the development of long-range business continuity and disaster recovery plans for in scope procurement activities.
- Coordinates and executes the testing of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, recommends and follows up on business unit implementation of changes to the plans as appropriate.
- Consults with internal partners to identify critical business functions in order of priority or application/system tier level that must be restored in event of a disruption
- Keeps abreast of current legal requirements in order to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and interprets those mandates for management and staff.
- Represents Global Procurement and provides leadership of various business continuity and disaster recovery related steering committees in conjunction with the senior management of Global Procurement.
- Consults with internal partners on business continuity and disaster recovery processes assuring consistency with industry best practices.
- Serves as the Point of Contact to the various committees and steer groups across the organization.
Salary Range:
$83,100 - 141,300 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.
