As an IT Risk Operations Senior Analyst, you'll identify, assess, and optimize information security risks. You'll conduct assessments, resolve GRC issues, and mentor junior staff, ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations.
About the Job:
As an IT Risk Operations Senior Analyst, you lead the identification, assessment, and optimization of information security risks and controls. You lead enterprise cyber maturity and IT risk assessments, serving as a trusted advisor on complex and ambiguous risk matters. As a subject matter expert for the IT Risk team, you track and manage all discovered risks and follow up on treatment plans. You have excellent presentation and communication skills and are skilled at ServiceNow as a GRC tool. You are committed to excellence, accuracy, and discretion in all aspects of your work.
What You'll Do:
What You'll Bring to the Role:
Skills You Have:
#LI-Hybrid
Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$98,910.00
Pay Range - End:
$183,690.00
Geographic Specific Pay Structure:
Structure 110:
Structure 115:
We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more.
Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now!
Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.
Skills
Analytical Thinking (NM) - Advanced, Customer Centricity (NM) - Advanced, Strategic Thinking (NM) - Advanced, Cross Functional Partnering & Planning (NM) - Advanced, Process Improvement (NM) - Intermediate, Compliance (NM) - Intermediate, Remediation Planning (NM) - Advanced, Risk Management Strategy (NM) - Intermediate, Coaching & Mentoring (NM) - Advanced, Adaptive Communication (NM) - Intermediate, Business Application (NM) - Intermediate, Engineering Expertise & Practices (NM) - Advanced, Negotiation & Managing Objection (NM) - Intermediate, Data Security (NM) - Advanced, Strategic Vision & Planning (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Assessment & Identification (NM) - Advanced, Risk Mitigation (NM) - Advanced, Learning Agility & Critical Thinking (NM) - Advanced, Risk Governance (NM) - Advanced, Technology Integration (NM) - Intermediate, Scenario Planning (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Consulting (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Optimization (NM) - Intermediate
FIND YOUR FUTURE
We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.
As an IT Risk Operations Senior Analyst, you lead the identification, assessment, and optimization of information security risks and controls. You lead enterprise cyber maturity and IT risk assessments, serving as a trusted advisor on complex and ambiguous risk matters. As a subject matter expert for the IT Risk team, you track and manage all discovered risks and follow up on treatment plans. You have excellent presentation and communication skills and are skilled at ServiceNow as a GRC tool. You are committed to excellence, accuracy, and discretion in all aspects of your work.
What You'll Do:
- Execute complex GRC initiatives and assessments to ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations
- Conduct IT risk and compliance assessments and define effective risk mitigation strategies
- Partner with stakeholders to resolve GRC issues and strengthen governance and risk management practices
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members to support their professional development
What You'll Bring to the Role:
- Bachelor's degree in MIS, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- 6-8 years of experience in information systems or systems audit with strong knowledge of technologies and processes
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing IT general controls
- Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex and ambiguous situations
- Experience with ServiceNow
- Excellent relationship management, influence, and communication skills, with sound judgment and diplomacy
Skills You Have:
- Adaptive Communication: Formulates strategies to be used to convey complex information about services, products, systems, or processes to targeted audiences; communicates and liaises between technical and non-technical audiences
- Cross Functional Partnering & Planning: Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions within the organization, and who have different areas of expertise, to achieve common goals
- Negotiation & Managing Objection: Compromises in a cooperative effort to reach mutually satisfactory conclusions and results; navigates challenging conversations
- Process Improvement: Assesses the current processes and impact to analyze, design, and manage potential improvement areas for more efficient, effective workflow
- Risk Assessment & Identification: Leverages industry knowledge to determine and seek hazards that could potentially prevent the program, enterprise, or investment from achieving their objectives; designs systematic processes of identifying severity of hazards and evaluating the scale and impacts of any associated risk on the business
- Risk Consulting: Identifies, understands, and facilitates discussions/processes and provides recommendations/resources to manage risk in collaboration with business and process owners
#LI-Hybrid
Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$98,910.00
Pay Range - End:
$183,690.00
Geographic Specific Pay Structure:
Structure 110:
Structure 115:
We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more.
Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now!
Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.
Skills
Analytical Thinking (NM) - Advanced, Customer Centricity (NM) - Advanced, Strategic Thinking (NM) - Advanced, Cross Functional Partnering & Planning (NM) - Advanced, Process Improvement (NM) - Intermediate, Compliance (NM) - Intermediate, Remediation Planning (NM) - Advanced, Risk Management Strategy (NM) - Intermediate, Coaching & Mentoring (NM) - Advanced, Adaptive Communication (NM) - Intermediate, Business Application (NM) - Intermediate, Engineering Expertise & Practices (NM) - Advanced, Negotiation & Managing Objection (NM) - Intermediate, Data Security (NM) - Advanced, Strategic Vision & Planning (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Assessment & Identification (NM) - Advanced, Risk Mitigation (NM) - Advanced, Learning Agility & Critical Thinking (NM) - Advanced, Risk Governance (NM) - Advanced, Technology Integration (NM) - Intermediate, Scenario Planning (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Consulting (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Optimization (NM) - Intermediate
FIND YOUR FUTURE
We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.
- Flexible work schedules
- Concierge service
- Comprehensive benefits
- Employee resource groups
Top Skills
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