Northern Trust
Business Continuity Testing Senior Associate
Northern Trust, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
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 :
1. Coordinates the business continuity plan and testing development process within Technology.
2. Conducts studies to determine the required level of recovery intervention necessary for continuing bank operations.
3. Consults with individual areas, identifying needs, gathering information and analyzing data to assist in the development of a business continuity plan and associated testing.
4. Analyzes, reviews, critiques, and tests business continuity plans and recommends changes as appropriate.
5. Consults with corporate systems to ensure appropriate back up systems are in place and have been tested to meet established recovery timeframes.
6. Coordinates the testing of the bank's overall business continuity plan including cyber activities.
7. Coordinates the successful implementation of business continuity solutions through the monitoring of technology plans and processes - modifying as needed to accommodate unexpected events.
8. Presents technology business continuity plans and processes to internal and external clients to assure them their needs will be met during an incident.
9. Creates and revises guidelines, instructions, surveys and forms for the business continuity plan process.
10. Interacts with all levels throughout the organization to present the technology business continuity program ensuring that workable plans and testing scenarios are created.
11. Prepares management reports regarding individual plans and overall plan status as necessary.
12. Maintains awareness of current legal/compliance requirements for business continuity plans and standards. Interprets and applies principles to maintain compliance.
Knowledge: Knowledge of disaster recovery planning and business resumption planning usually acquired through related experience to coordinate the planning and recovery processes. Knowledge of current communication and systems technologies usually acquired through formal education or previous experience to test and revise plans to ensure recovery. Knowledge of legal requirements for financial institutions regarding plan documentation and board review requirements to ensure plan compliance. Negotiation and organizational skills for plan development and implementation. Personal computer skills for monitoring plan statuses and management reporting. Experience with creation and facilitation of testing is preferred.
Experience :3-5 years of business continuity/ disaster recovery and systems experience; cyber testing experience preferred. 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.
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2. Conducts studies to determine the required level of recovery intervention necessary for continuing bank operations.
3. Consults with individual areas, identifying needs, gathering information and analyzing data to assist in the development of a business continuity plan and associated testing.
4. Analyzes, reviews, critiques, and tests business continuity plans and recommends changes as appropriate.
5. Consults with corporate systems to ensure appropriate back up systems are in place and have been tested to meet established recovery timeframes.
6. Coordinates the testing of the bank's overall business continuity plan including cyber activities.
7. Coordinates the successful implementation of business continuity solutions through the monitoring of technology plans and processes - modifying as needed to accommodate unexpected events.
8. Presents technology business continuity plans and processes to internal and external clients to assure them their needs will be met during an incident.
9. Creates and revises guidelines, instructions, surveys and forms for the business continuity plan process.
10. Interacts with all levels throughout the organization to present the technology business continuity program ensuring that workable plans and testing scenarios are created.
11. Prepares management reports regarding individual plans and overall plan status as necessary.
12. Maintains awareness of current legal/compliance requirements for business continuity plans and standards. Interprets and applies principles to maintain compliance.
Knowledge: Knowledge of disaster recovery planning and business resumption planning usually acquired through related experience to coordinate the planning and recovery processes. Knowledge of current communication and systems technologies usually acquired through formal education or previous experience to test and revise plans to ensure recovery. Knowledge of legal requirements for financial institutions regarding plan documentation and board review requirements to ensure plan compliance. Negotiation and organizational skills for plan development and implementation. Personal computer skills for monitoring plan statuses and management reporting. Experience with creation and facilitation of testing is preferred.
Experience :3-5 years of business continuity/ disaster recovery and systems experience; cyber testing experience preferred. 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.
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