Capital Markets Regulatory Specialist

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.
Working Model:
Hybrid
We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home.
Summary
The Global Regulatory Specialist (FX) has overall responsibility for understanding the landscape of regulatory regimes that may impact Northern Trust's GFX department. The Specialist supports the business unit and its client base through regulatory considerations and developments. The Specialist is expected to stay in direct contact with regulators, peers industry groups as well as the GFX department and internal teams such as compliance, risk and legal.
Major Duties
• Stays abreast of regulatory changes that may impact the FX department in all global regions the department operates across, with a primary focus on the US, UK, EU and Singapore
• Contributes to the development of GFX strategy and operating platform, as they intersect with global regulations
• Extensive working knowledge of current global FX market regulations
• Comfortable interpreting regulations and guidance from CFTC, NFA, FCA and MAS, in addition to other regulatory regimes
• Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues
• Provides leadership and guidance to internal partners and external clients on regulatory impacts
• Coordinates with internal compliance, legal, risk and control partners
• Uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives
• Work is guided by functional policies
Knowledge/Skills
• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view
Experience Required
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
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.
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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 [email protected].
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.