Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago

Lead mortgage analytics and insights to inform strategy, manage risk, and support portfolio performance. | Requires 10-15 years analytical leadership in mortgage portfolio analysis, strong technical skills in analytics tools, and experience leading multi-level analytical teams. | At the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, employees come first - that’s why we offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. • Collaborative, in-office operating model • Retirement program (401k and Pension) • Medical, dental and vision insurance • Lifestyle Spending Account • Competitive PTO plan • 11 paid holidays per year Who we are Our mission at FHLBank Chicago: To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities. Simply said, we're a bank for banks and other financial institutions, focused on being a strategic partner for our members and working together to reinvest in our communities, from urban centers to rural areas. Created by Congress in 1932, FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, government sponsored in support of mortgage lending and community investment. What it’s like to work here At FHLBank Chicago, we bring people together. We are committed to a high performing, engaged workforce, and to supporting the communities we serve across Illinois and Wisconsin. Our Buddy Program pairs new hires with tenured employees to guide their onboarding. Our professional development and training opportunities through upskilling, mentorship programs, and tuition reimbursement allow employees to grow their career with us. Our collaborative, in-office operating model brings teams together to foster innovation, connection, and shared success. To support balance and flexibility, employees are provided with an allocation of remote days to use as needed throughout the year. What you’ll do This role is accountable for leading the Bank's mortgage analytics and insights function, providing strategic direction and expert analysis of MPF, mortgage loan, and mortgage market data to inform business strategy, manage risk, support portfolio performance, and drive enterprise-wide decision making. How you'll make an impact • You will establish the vision for a multi-level organization of managers and analysts and lead the team in analyzing and developing actionable insights on the Bank's mortgage purchase program (Mortgage Partnership Finance (MPF)) and the broader mortgage market. • You will partner with senior Bank leaders and key stakeholders and provide them with the insights they need to manage the MPF Program and portfolio successfully through dynamically changing market conditions. What you can expect • Establish the vision for a high-performing mortgage analytics and insights organization comprised of managers and analysts, providing leadership, strategic direction, talent development, and technical oversight across the function. • Partner with the MPF business and key stakeholders to analyze emerging issues and develop and recommend solutions that drive the business forward. • Serve as the subject matter expert on mortgage loan analytics, independently reviewing, validating, and challenging analytical methodologies, assumptions, conclusions, and recommendations developed by the team and key stakeholders. • Direct and independently assess the MPF portfolio to identify emerging trends, credit and market risks, performance drivers, and strategic opportunities, communicating insights to senior management, other FHLBanks, and the Board. • Monitor and evaluate mortgage market developments, housing finance trends, regulatory changes, capital markets activity, and competitive dynamics to assess impacts on MPF and recommend strategies for long-term success. • Lead internal and external communication on the performance and risk of the Bank’s MPF and mortgage loan portfolio. • Lead the development of advanced analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, and automation capabilities to enhance analytical depth, operational efficiency, and decision-making across the function. • Maintain and develop centralized reporting on the volumes, quality, risk, and performance of the MPF/mortgage loan portfolio for management, other FHLBanks, and the Board. • Oversee regulatory reporting on the MPF and mortgage loan portfolio to the FHFA, Office of Finance, and rating agencies as required. • Encourages teamwork, professionalism, and high morale on the team and throughout the Bank. • Drive process improvements and efficiencies to eliminate or reduce manual processes and lower the risk of error. • Lead a multi-level organization through subordinate managers, with responsibility for organizational design, performance management, talent development, workforce planning, and employee engagement. • Carry out ad hoc requests from FHLBank executives and senior leaders, auditors, and other stakeholders as needed. What you'll bring • Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, or similar quantitative field required. Master’s degree preferred. • 10-15 years of progressive analytical leadership experience, including significant direct experience analyzing mortgage loan portfolios, mortgage-backed securities, or other residential mortgage assets, is required. • Previous leadership experience is required. Strong preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated success leading analytical teams with multiple levels of leadership and who have been accountable for organizational performance, talent development, succession planning, and strategic execution of a function. • Deep expertise in residential mortgage lending, servicing, portfolio analytics, and mortgage market dynamics is required. • Demonstrated ability to perform, review, and validate complex mortgage loan analyses independently while also critically assessing the analyses, models, assumptions, and conclusions developed by the team. • Ability to translate complex mortgage portfolio and market analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for executive leadership, regulators, and boards of directors. • Strong leadership, management, and coaching skills are a must • Robust analysis skills and expertise with analytics tools, including extensive experience managing and analyzing data sets and using business intelligence tools, are required. Experience with Tableau and SQL is strongly preferred. • Must be an organized, independent thinker with the ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently. • Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written, oral, and listening) are required. The Perks At FHLBank Chicago, we believe in rewarding our high performing workforce. We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan. Our wellbeing program supports employees at work and in their personal lives: Our PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year; our Lifestyle Spending Account provides an annual stipend for employees to support wellbeing activities; and our central downtown location at the Old Post Office provides easy access to public transportation and breathtaking views from our award-winning rooftop. Visit FHLBCbenefits.com for additional details about our benefits. Step into a brighter future with us. Salary Range: $151,025.00 - $265,525.00 The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors. In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which can be found here: https://hrportal.ehr.com/fhlbc

Lead and continuously improve the bank's business continuity program to ensure operational resilience and crisis readiness. | Requires 10+ years in business continuity or related fields, relevant certifications like CBCP, experience with technology and cloud resiliency, strong communication and project management skills, and banking or regulated environment experience. | At the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, employees come first - that’s why we offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. • Collaborative, in-office operating model • Retirement program (401k and Pension) • Medical, dental and vision insurance • Lifestyle Spending Account • Competitive PTO plan • 11 paid holidays per year Who We Are Our mission at FHLBank Chicago: To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities. Simply said, we're a bank for banks and other financial institutions, focused on being a strategic partner for our members and working together to reinvest in our communities, from urban centers to rural areas. Created by Congress in 1932, FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, government sponsored in support of mortgage lending and community investment. What It’s Like To Work Here At FHLBank Chicago, we bring people together. We are committed to a high performing, engaged workforce, and to supporting the communities we serve across Illinois and Wisconsin. Our Buddy Program pairs new hires with tenured employees to guide their onboarding. Our professional development and training opportunities through upskilling, mentorship programs, and tuition reimbursement allow employees to grow their career with us. Our collaborative, in-office operating model brings teams together to foster innovation, connection, and shared success. To support balance and flexibility, employees are provided with an allocation of remote days to use as needed throughout the year. What You’ll Do The Sr. Business Continuity Manager executes, coordinates, and continuously improves the Bank’s Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. This role partners across the Bank to ensure resiliency plans, crisis management guidance, disaster recovery coordination, training, testing, communications, and related documentation are current, cohesive, and executable. The Sr. Business Continuity Manager supports the Bank’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive events while maintaining safe and sound operations, minimizing member disruption, and aligning the BCM Program to the Bank’s risk appetite and operating environment. How You'll Make An Impact • Strengthen the Bank’s resilience by ensuring critical operations can continue and recover quickly during disruptions, minimizing risk and member impact. • Drive enterprise-wide preparedness by partnering across departments to develop, test, and continuously improve business continuity and crisis management capabilities. • Provide leadership during incidents and emerging threats, enabling informed decision-making, coordinated response efforts, and continuous improvement of the Bank’s resiliency posture. What You Can Expect • Lead day-to-day execution and coordination of the BCM Program, including implementation of the Business Continuity Cycle and alignment of resiliency activities to Bank objectives and risk appetite. • Coordinate activities during disruptions, including stakeholder mobilization, status updates, resource prioritization, and support for Crisis Management Team activation and response efforts. Weekends and after-hours may be required in the management of incidents and tests. • Maintain and enhance business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery coordination, and related BCM documentation so plans remain achievable, consistent, complete, and responsive to the Bank’s needs. • Coordinate with IT Disaster Recovery personnel and technology leaders to ensure business continuity expectations, application dependencies, recovery objectives, and disaster recovery exercise outcomes are understood and incorporated into BRM planning and meet the Bank’s risk appetite. • Partner with departments, Department Managers, Information Technology, Communications, Legal, Risk, and other stakeholders to keep business continuity plans current and aligned to critical business processes. • Oversee plan maintenance routines, including quarterly certifications, annual reviews, documentation refreshes, and updates following significant changes to Bank products, systems, processes, staffing, or operating environment. • Coordinate and support risk assessments, Business Impact Analyses (BIA), dependency mapping, mitigation planning, and resiliency strategy development across Bank functions. • Design, coordinate, and facilitate BCM training and testing, including but not limited to tabletop exercises, new hire orientation training, emergency notification tests, continuity tests, techology asset resiliency and recovery activities, and post-test/action item tracking. • Provide regular reporting and updates on BCM Program activities, testing results, plan readiness, open issues, lessons learned, and emerging risks to management, the Executive Team, various operational and risk committees, and other stakeholders as required. • Monitor threats and events that may impact the Bank’s ability to operate, including system loss, location loss, people loss/unavailability, severe weather, broader operational disruptions, and other evolving threat scenarios. • Use BRM tools and platforms such as emergency notification systems, AI tools (Co-Pilot), Microsoft M365, Riskonnect or similar systems to administer program activities, maintain records, support communications, and track issues or remediation items. • Serve as a key liaison with appropriate city, county, state, federal, industry, and emergency management organizations involved in threat monitoring, disaster planning, and recovery coordination. • Maintain employee-facing BCM resources and guidance, including SharePoint content, procedures, playbooks, templates, training materials, and communications that support awareness of employee responsibilities during an event. • Document incidents, exercises, decisions, and lessons learned, and partner with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in resiliency practices, controls, and readiness. • Perform other duties as assigned. What You'll Bring • Bachelor’s degree in business, risk management, emergency management, information technology, operations, or related field; equivalent work experience may be considered. • 10+ years of relevant experience in business continuity, business resiliency, operational risk, crisis management, disaster recovery coordination, technology operations, or related field. • Experience partnering with technology teams in organizations leveraging cloud platforms to assess business impacts, recovery requirements, operational dependencies, and resiliency strategies. • Current Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP - minimum) or Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP - preferred) (or related/equivalent). • Experience in banking, financial services, regulated environments, or other highly operational and control-oriented environments preferred. Experience with organizations utilizing cloud- • Experience managing cross-functional initiatives and working across departments to align plans, dependencies, resources, and executive-level decision-making. • Experience with M365, visualization and planning tools, and ability to learn third-party resiliency, risk, notification, or governance systems. • Excellent verbal, written, listening, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly during both steady-state operations and high-pressure disruption events. • Strong ability to influence without direct authority, build consensus, and bring together diverse perspectives to reach practical decisions. • Strong technical aptitude and ability to understand system dependencies, disaster recovery considerations, cloud/technology resiliency concepts, and how technology disruptions impact business processes. • Ability to break down complex issues, analyze root causes, develop workable solutions, and translate operational needs into clear plans, actions, and communications. • Strong project management and organizational skills, including ability to manage timelines, follow-ups, documentation, testing cycles, and competing priorities. • Detail-oriented and disciplined in documentation, records management, issue tracking, and controls-minded program execution. • Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization, including employees, people leaders, senior management, executive stakeholders, and external partners. • Sound judgment, calm presence under pressure, and ability to balance employee safety, member impact, operational continuity, risk, and regulatory expectations. • Curiosity and continuous improvement mindset, including ability to research trends, industry practices, regulatory expectations, and technology changes that may improve the Bank’s resiliency posture. • Professionalism, discretion, collaboration, accountability, and commitment to the Bank’s mission and safe and sound operations. The Perks At FHLBank Chicago, we believe in rewarding our high performing workforce. We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan. Our wellbeing program supports employees at work and in their personal lives: Our PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year; our Lifestyle Spending Account provides an annual stipend for employees to support wellbeing activities; and our central downtown location at the Old Post Office provides easy access to public transportation and breathtaking views from our award-winning rooftop. Visit FHLBCbenefits.com for additional details about our benefits. Step into a brighter future with us. Salary Range $181,125.00 - $318,675.00 The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors. In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which can be found here: https://hrportal.ehr.com/fhlbc

Lead and continuously improve the bank's business continuity management program to ensure operational resilience and crisis readiness. | Requires 10+ years in business continuity or related fields, CBCP certification, experience in banking or regulated environments, and strong technical and project management skills. | At the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, employees come first - that’s why we offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. • Collaborative, in-office operating model • Retirement program (401k and Pension) • Medical, dental and vision insurance • Lifestyle Spending Account • Competitive PTO plan • 11 paid holidays per year Who We Are Our mission at FHLBank Chicago: To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities. Simply said, we're a bank for banks and other financial institutions, focused on being a strategic partner for our members and working together to reinvest in our communities, from urban centers to rural areas. Created by Congress in 1932, FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, government sponsored in support of mortgage lending and community investment. What It’s Like To Work Here At FHLBank Chicago, we bring people together. We are committed to a high performing, engaged workforce, and to supporting the communities we serve across Illinois and Wisconsin. Our Buddy Program pairs new hires with tenured employees to guide their onboarding. Our professional development and training opportunities through upskilling, mentorship programs, and tuition reimbursement allow employees to grow their career with us. Our collaborative, in-office operating model brings teams together to foster innovation, connection, and shared success. To support balance and flexibility, employees are provided with an allocation of remote days to use as needed throughout the year. What You’ll Do The Sr. Business Continuity Manager executes, coordinates, and continuously improves the Bank’s Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. This role partners across the Bank to ensure resiliency plans, crisis management guidance, disaster recovery coordination, training, testing, communications, and related documentation are current, cohesive, and executable. The Sr. Business Continuity Manager supports the Bank’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive events while maintaining safe and sound operations, minimizing member disruption, and aligning the BCM Program to the Bank’s risk appetite and operating environment. How You'll Make An Impact • Strengthen the Bank’s resilience by ensuring critical operations can continue and recover quickly during disruptions, minimizing risk and member impact. • Drive enterprise-wide preparedness by partnering across departments to develop, test, and continuously improve business continuity and crisis management capabilities. • Provide leadership during incidents and emerging threats, enabling informed decision-making, coordinated response efforts, and continuous improvement of the Bank’s resiliency posture. What You Can Expect • Lead day-to-day execution and coordination of the BCM Program, including implementation of the Business Continuity Cycle and alignment of resiliency activities to Bank objectives and risk appetite. • Coordinate activities during disruptions, including stakeholder mobilization, status updates, resource prioritization, and support for Crisis Management Team activation and response efforts. Weekends and after-hours may be required in the management of incidents and tests. • Maintain and enhance business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery coordination, and related BCM documentation so plans remain achievable, consistent, complete, and responsive to the Bank’s needs. • Coordinate with IT Disaster Recovery personnel and technology leaders to ensure business continuity expectations, application dependencies, recovery objectives, and disaster recovery exercise outcomes are understood and incorporated into BRM planning and meet the Bank’s risk appetite. • Partner with departments, Department Managers, Information Technology, Communications, Legal, Risk, and other stakeholders to keep business continuity plans current and aligned to critical business processes. • Oversee plan maintenance routines, including quarterly certifications, annual reviews, documentation refreshes, and updates following significant changes to Bank products, systems, processes, staffing, or operating environment. • Coordinate and support risk assessments, Business Impact Analyses (BIA), dependency mapping, mitigation planning, and resiliency strategy development across Bank functions. • Design, coordinate, and facilitate BCM training and testing, including but not limited to tabletop exercises, new hire orientation training, emergency notification tests, continuity tests, techology asset resiliency and recovery activities, and post-test/action item tracking. • Provide regular reporting and updates on BCM Program activities, testing results, plan readiness, open issues, lessons learned, and emerging risks to management, the Executive Team, various operational and risk committees, and other stakeholders as required. • Monitor threats and events that may impact the Bank’s ability to operate, including system loss, location loss, people loss/unavailability, severe weather, broader operational disruptions, and other evolving threat scenarios. • Use BRM tools and platforms such as emergency notification systems, AI tools (Co-Pilot), Microsoft M365, Riskonnect or similar systems to administer program activities, maintain records, support communications, and track issues or remediation items. • Serve as a key liaison with appropriate city, county, state, federal, industry, and emergency management organizations involved in threat monitoring, disaster planning, and recovery coordination. • Maintain employee-facing BCM resources and guidance, including SharePoint content, procedures, playbooks, templates, training materials, and communications that support awareness of employee responsibilities during an event. • Document incidents, exercises, decisions, and lessons learned, and partner with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in resiliency practices, controls, and readiness. • Perform other duties as assigned. What You'll Bring • Bachelor’s degree in business, risk management, emergency management, information technology, operations, or related field; equivalent work experience may be considered. • 10+ years of relevant experience in business continuity, business resiliency, operational risk, crisis management, disaster recovery coordination, technology operations, or related field. • Experience partnering with technology teams in organizations leveraging cloud platforms to assess business impacts, recovery requirements, operational dependencies, and resiliency strategies. • Current Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP - minimum) or Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP - preferred) (or related/equivalent). • Experience in banking, financial services, regulated environments, or other highly operational and control-oriented environments preferred. Experience with organizations utilizing cloud- • Experience managing cross-functional initiatives and working across departments to align plans, dependencies, resources, and executive-level decision-making. • Experience with M365, visualization and planning tools, and ability to learn third-party resiliency, risk, notification, or governance systems. • Excellent verbal, written, listening, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly during both steady-state operations and high-pressure disruption events. • Strong ability to influence without direct authority, build consensus, and bring together diverse perspectives to reach practical decisions. • Strong technical aptitude and ability to understand system dependencies, disaster recovery considerations, cloud/technology resiliency concepts, and how technology disruptions impact business processes. • Ability to break down complex issues, analyze root causes, develop workable solutions, and translate operational needs into clear plans, actions, and communications. • Strong project management and organizational skills, including ability to manage timelines, follow-ups, documentation, testing cycles, and competing priorities. • Detail-oriented and disciplined in documentation, records management, issue tracking, and controls-minded program execution. • Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization, including employees, people leaders, senior management, executive stakeholders, and external partners. • Sound judgment, calm presence under pressure, and ability to balance employee safety, member impact, operational continuity, risk, and regulatory expectations. • Curiosity and continuous improvement mindset, including ability to research trends, industry practices, regulatory expectations, and technology changes that may improve the Bank’s resiliency posture. • Professionalism, discretion, collaboration, accountability, and commitment to the Bank’s mission and safe and sound operations. The Perks At FHLBank Chicago, we believe in rewarding our high performing workforce. We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan. Our wellbeing program supports employees at work and in their personal lives: Our PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year; our Lifestyle Spending Account provides an annual stipend for employees to support wellbeing activities; and our central downtown location at the Old Post Office provides easy access to public transportation and breathtaking views from our award-winning rooftop. Visit FHLBCbenefits.com for additional details about our benefits. Step into a brighter future with us. Salary Range $181,125.00 - $318,675.00 The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors. In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which can be found here: https://hrportal.ehr.com/fhlbc

Lead and continuously improve the Bank’s Business Continuity Management program to ensure operational resilience during disruptions. | Requires 10+ years in business continuity or related fields, CBCP certification, experience in banking or regulated environments, and strong technical and project management skills. | At the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, employees come first - that’s why we offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. • Collaborative, in-office operating model • Retirement program (401k and Pension) • Medical, dental and vision insurance • Lifestyle Spending Account • Competitive PTO plan • 11 paid holidays per year Who We Are Our mission at FHLBank Chicago: To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities. Simply said, we're a bank for banks and other financial institutions, focused on being a strategic partner for our members and working together to reinvest in our communities, from urban centers to rural areas. Created by Congress in 1932, FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, government sponsored in support of mortgage lending and community investment. What It’s Like To Work Here At FHLBank Chicago, we bring people together. We are committed to a high performing, engaged workforce, and to supporting the communities we serve across Illinois and Wisconsin. Our Buddy Program pairs new hires with tenured employees to guide their onboarding. Our professional development and training opportunities through upskilling, mentorship programs, and tuition reimbursement allow employees to grow their career with us. Our collaborative, in-office operating model brings teams together to foster innovation, connection, and shared success. To support balance and flexibility, employees are provided with an allocation of remote days to use as needed throughout the year. What You’ll Do The Sr. Business Continuity Manager executes, coordinates, and continuously improves the Bank’s Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. This role partners across the Bank to ensure resiliency plans, crisis management guidance, disaster recovery coordination, training, testing, communications, and related documentation are current, cohesive, and executable. The Sr. Business Continuity Manager supports the Bank’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive events while maintaining safe and sound operations, minimizing member disruption, and aligning the BCM Program to the Bank’s risk appetite and operating environment. How You'll Make An Impact • Strengthen the Bank’s resilience by ensuring critical operations can continue and recover quickly during disruptions, minimizing risk and member impact. • Drive enterprise-wide preparedness by partnering across departments to develop, test, and continuously improve business continuity and crisis management capabilities. • Provide leadership during incidents and emerging threats, enabling informed decision-making, coordinated response efforts, and continuous improvement of the Bank’s resiliency posture. What You Can Expect • Lead day-to-day execution and coordination of the BCM Program, including implementation of the Business Continuity Cycle and alignment of resiliency activities to Bank objectives and risk appetite. • Coordinate activities during disruptions, including stakeholder mobilization, status updates, resource prioritization, and support for Crisis Management Team activation and response efforts. Weekends and after-hours may be required in the management of incidents and tests. • Maintain and enhance business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery coordination, and related BCM documentation so plans remain achievable, consistent, complete, and responsive to the Bank’s needs. • Coordinate with IT Disaster Recovery personnel and technology leaders to ensure business continuity expectations, application dependencies, recovery objectives, and disaster recovery exercise outcomes are understood and incorporated into BRM planning and meet the Bank’s risk appetite. • Partner with departments, Department Managers, Information Technology, Communications, Legal, Risk, and other stakeholders to keep business continuity plans current and aligned to critical business processes. • Oversee plan maintenance routines, including quarterly certifications, annual reviews, documentation refreshes, and updates following significant changes to Bank products, systems, processes, staffing, or operating environment. • Coordinate and support risk assessments, Business Impact Analyses (BIA), dependency mapping, mitigation planning, and resiliency strategy development across Bank functions. • Design, coordinate, and facilitate BCM training and testing, including but not limited to tabletop exercises, new hire orientation training, emergency notification tests, continuity tests, techology asset resiliency and recovery activities, and post-test/action item tracking. • Provide regular reporting and updates on BCM Program activities, testing results, plan readiness, open issues, lessons learned, and emerging risks to management, the Executive Team, various operational and risk committees, and other stakeholders as required. • Monitor threats and events that may impact the Bank’s ability to operate, including system loss, location loss, people loss/unavailability, severe weather, broader operational disruptions, and other evolving threat scenarios. • Use BRM tools and platforms such as emergency notification systems, AI tools (Co-Pilot), Microsoft M365, Riskonnect or similar systems to administer program activities, maintain records, support communications, and track issues or remediation items. • Serve as a key liaison with appropriate city, county, state, federal, industry, and emergency management organizations involved in threat monitoring, disaster planning, and recovery coordination. • Maintain employee-facing BCM resources and guidance, including SharePoint content, procedures, playbooks, templates, training materials, and communications that support awareness of employee responsibilities during an event. • Document incidents, exercises, decisions, and lessons learned, and partner with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in resiliency practices, controls, and readiness. • Perform other duties as assigned. What You'll Bring • Bachelor’s degree in business, risk management, emergency management, information technology, operations, or related field; equivalent work experience may be considered. • 10+ years of relevant experience in business continuity, business resiliency, operational risk, crisis management, disaster recovery coordination, technology operations, or related field. • Experience partnering with technology teams in organizations leveraging cloud platforms to assess business impacts, recovery requirements, operational dependencies, and resiliency strategies. • Current Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP - minimum) or Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP - preferred) (or related/equivalent). • Experience in banking, financial services, regulated environments, or other highly operational and control-oriented environments preferred. Experience with organizations utilizing cloud- • Experience managing cross-functional initiatives and working across departments to align plans, dependencies, resources, and executive-level decision-making. • Experience with M365, visualization and planning tools, and ability to learn third-party resiliency, risk, notification, or governance systems. • Excellent verbal, written, listening, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly during both steady-state operations and high-pressure disruption events. • Strong ability to influence without direct authority, build consensus, and bring together diverse perspectives to reach practical decisions. • Strong technical aptitude and ability to understand system dependencies, disaster recovery considerations, cloud/technology resiliency concepts, and how technology disruptions impact business processes. • Ability to break down complex issues, analyze root causes, develop workable solutions, and translate operational needs into clear plans, actions, and communications. • Strong project management and organizational skills, including ability to manage timelines, follow-ups, documentation, testing cycles, and competing priorities. • Detail-oriented and disciplined in documentation, records management, issue tracking, and controls-minded program execution. • Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization, including employees, people leaders, senior management, executive stakeholders, and external partners. • Sound judgment, calm presence under pressure, and ability to balance employee safety, member impact, operational continuity, risk, and regulatory expectations. • Curiosity and continuous improvement mindset, including ability to research trends, industry practices, regulatory expectations, and technology changes that may improve the Bank’s resiliency posture. • Professionalism, discretion, collaboration, accountability, and commitment to the Bank’s mission and safe and sound operations. The Perks At FHLBank Chicago, we believe in rewarding our high performing workforce. We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan. Our wellbeing program supports employees at work and in their personal lives: Our PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year; our Lifestyle Spending Account provides an annual stipend for employees to support wellbeing activities; and our central downtown location at the Old Post Office provides easy access to public transportation and breathtaking views from our award-winning rooftop. Visit FHLBCbenefits.com for additional details about our benefits. Step into a brighter future with us. Salary Range $181,125.00 - $318,675.00 The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors. In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which can be found here: https://hrportal.ehr.com/fhlbc

Lead financial planning and analysis for IT organization to support budgeting, forecasting, and investment decisions. | Requires 5-10 years FP&A or finance experience supporting IT, strong financial modeling, and ability to partner with IT leadership. | At the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, employees come first - that’s why we offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. • Collaborative, in-office operating model • Retirement program (401k and Pension) • Medical, dental and vision insurance • Lifestyle Spending Account • Competitive PTO plan • 11 paid holidays per year Who We Are Our mission at FHLBank Chicago: To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities. Simply said, we're a bank for banks and other financial institutions, focused on being a strategic partner for our members and working together to reinvest in our communities, from urban centers to rural areas. Created by Congress in 1932, FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, government sponsored in support of mortgage lending and community investment. What It’s Like To Work Here At FHLBank Chicago, we bring people together. We are committed to a high performing, engaged workforce, and to supporting the communities we serve across Illinois and Wisconsin. Our Buddy Program pairs new hires with tenured employees to guide their onboarding. Our professional development and training opportunities through upskilling, mentorship programs, and tuition reimbursement allow employees to grow their career with us. Our collaborative, in-office operating model brings teams together to foster innovation, connection, and shared success. To support balance and flexibility, employees are provided an allocation of remote days to use as needed throughout the year. What You'll Do The FP&A Manager – Information Technology is responsible for leading financial planning, forecasting, and performance management in support of the Bank’s IT organization. This role partners closely with IT leadership to translate technology strategy, operating plans, and delivery roadmaps into disciplined financial targets, while ensuring strong cost transparency, data integrity, and actionable insights. The role serves as the primary finance business partner for IT, supporting investment decisions, resource allocation, and executive level reporting in a regulated financial institution. How You'll Make An Impact • Drives informed IT investment decisions by delivering clear budget to actual and forecast variance analysis, identifying key cost drivers, trends, and emerging risks across technology spend. • Provides forward looking insights through scenario and sensitivity analysis to support prioritization of IT initiatives, capacity planning, and funding trade offs. • Acts as a trusted finance partner to IT leadership, advising on cost management, vendor spend, project timing, and run the bank versus change the bank investments. • Strengthens accountability by linking financial results to IT operational drivers, project delivery milestones, and service outcomes. • Enables executive and Board visibility into IT financial performance through consistent, high-quality management and executive reporting. • Improves financial discipline and transparency by standardizing IT budgeting and forecasting assumptions, methodologies, and documentation. • Ensures alignment across Finance by partnering with Accounting on capitalization, expense treatment, and reconciliation between planning outputs and financial reporting. • Enhances efficiency and control by identifying automation opportunities and improving FP&A processes supporting IT. What You Can Expect • Lead the annual budget and planning process, including timeline management, assumption development, and cost center inputs, with a focus on establishing a framework that supports in‑year funding decisions through quarterly reviews and scenario-based trade‑off analysis. • Conduct regular technology spend and funding reviews with IT, leveraging actuals, forecasts, and prioritization discussions to inform ongoing investment decisions and reallocation. • Partner with initiative owners to define measures of success associated with business case definition for cost benefit evaluation and assess return on investment actuals. • Develop and maintain IT forecasts, incorporating actual performance, project delivery timing, vendor billing patterns, and emerging risks. • Partner with IT cost center owners to challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and align technology spend with strategic priorities, aligning cost center budgets to evolving resource and contract assumptions that support quarterly capacity allocation decisions. • Monitor and explain variances related to software, cloud services, infrastructure, cybersecurity, vendors, and IT labor. What You'll Bring • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field (MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred). • 5–10 years of experience in FP&A, finance, or accounting, including direct support of an IT or technology organization. • Hands on experience leading budgets and forecasts. • Experience supporting technology spend, including software, cloud services, vendor contracts, and IT projects. • Strong financial modeling, Excel, and analytical skills. • Ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non-finance stakeholders, particularly IT leaders and project managers. • Strong understanding of IT financial concepts, including rolling forecasting practices, workforce and project cost planning, and the economic drivers of IT labor and vendor spend. • Evaluates and leverages AI capabilities to strengthen FP&A decision support, scenario analysis, and investment planning for Information Technology initiatives. • Strategic thinker with strong attention to detail and data integrity. • Ability to challenge assumptions constructively and translate technical activity into financial insights. • Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, enabling effective partnership and influence with senior IT leadership. • Comfort managing competing priorities and supporting fast moving initiatives. • High accountability for deadlines, accuracy, and quality of deliverables. • Must have proven ability using various BI tools. The Perks At FHLBank Chicago, we believe in rewarding our high performing workforce. We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan. Our wellbeing program supports employees at work and in their personal lives: Our PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year; our Lifestyle Spending Account provides an annual stipend for employees to support wellbeing activities; and our central downtown location at the Old Post Office provides easy access to public transportation and breathtaking views from our award-winning rooftop. Visit FHLBCbenefits.com for additional details about our benefits. Step into a brighter future with us. Salary Range $125,825.00 - $221,275.00 The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors. In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which can be found here: https://hrportal.ehr.com/fhlbc

Lead financial planning and analysis for IT organization, partnering with IT leadership to manage budgets, forecasts, and investment decisions. | Requires 5-10 years FP&A or finance experience supporting IT, strong financial modeling, and ability to communicate with IT stakeholders. | At the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, employees come first - that’s why we offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. • Collaborative, in-office operating model • Retirement program (401k and Pension) • Medical, dental and vision insurance • Lifestyle Spending Account • Competitive PTO plan • 11 paid holidays per year Who We Are Our mission at FHLBank Chicago: To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities. Simply said, we're a bank for banks and other financial institutions, focused on being a strategic partner for our members and working together to reinvest in our communities, from urban centers to rural areas. Created by Congress in 1932, FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, government sponsored in support of mortgage lending and community investment. What It’s Like To Work Here At FHLBank Chicago, we bring people together. We are committed to a high performing, engaged workforce, and to supporting the communities we serve across Illinois and Wisconsin. Our Buddy Program pairs new hires with tenured employees to guide their onboarding. Our professional development and training opportunities through upskilling, mentorship programs, and tuition reimbursement allow employees to grow their career with us. Our collaborative, in-office operating model brings teams together to foster innovation, connection, and shared success. To support balance and flexibility, employees are provided an allocation of remote days to use as needed throughout the year. What You'll Do The FP&A Manager – Information Technology is responsible for leading financial planning, forecasting, and performance management in support of the Bank’s IT organization. This role partners closely with IT leadership to translate technology strategy, operating plans, and delivery roadmaps into disciplined financial targets, while ensuring strong cost transparency, data integrity, and actionable insights. The role serves as the primary finance business partner for IT, supporting investment decisions, resource allocation, and executive level reporting in a regulated financial institution. How You'll Make An Impact • Drives informed IT investment decisions by delivering clear budget to actual and forecast variance analysis, identifying key cost drivers, trends, and emerging risks across technology spend. • Provides forward looking insights through scenario and sensitivity analysis to support prioritization of IT initiatives, capacity planning, and funding trade offs. • Acts as a trusted finance partner to IT leadership, advising on cost management, vendor spend, project timing, and run the bank versus change the bank investments. • Strengthens accountability by linking financial results to IT operational drivers, project delivery milestones, and service outcomes. • Enables executive and Board visibility into IT financial performance through consistent, high-quality management and executive reporting. • Improves financial discipline and transparency by standardizing IT budgeting and forecasting assumptions, methodologies, and documentation. • Ensures alignment across Finance by partnering with Accounting on capitalization, expense treatment, and reconciliation between planning outputs and financial reporting. • Enhances efficiency and control by identifying automation opportunities and improving FP&A processes supporting IT. What You Can Expect • Lead the annual budget and planning process, including timeline management, assumption development, and cost center inputs, with a focus on establishing a framework that supports in‑year funding decisions through quarterly reviews and scenario-based trade‑off analysis. • Conduct regular technology spend and funding reviews with IT, leveraging actuals, forecasts, and prioritization discussions to inform ongoing investment decisions and reallocation. • Partner with initiative owners to define measures of success associated with business case definition for cost benefit evaluation and assess return on investment actuals. • Develop and maintain IT forecasts, incorporating actual performance, project delivery timing, vendor billing patterns, and emerging risks. • Partner with IT cost center owners to challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and align technology spend with strategic priorities, aligning cost center budgets to evolving resource and contract assumptions that support quarterly capacity allocation decisions. • Monitor and explain variances related to software, cloud services, infrastructure, cybersecurity, vendors, and IT labor. What You'll Bring • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field (MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred). • 5–10 years of experience in FP&A, finance, or accounting, including direct support of an IT or technology organization. • Hands on experience leading budgets and forecasts. • Experience supporting technology spend, including software, cloud services, vendor contracts, and IT projects. • Strong financial modeling, Excel, and analytical skills. • Ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non-finance stakeholders, particularly IT leaders and project managers. • Strong understanding of IT financial concepts, including rolling forecasting practices, workforce and project cost planning, and the economic drivers of IT labor and vendor spend. • Evaluates and leverages AI capabilities to strengthen FP&A decision support, scenario analysis, and investment planning for Information Technology initiatives. • Strategic thinker with strong attention to detail and data integrity. • Ability to challenge assumptions constructively and translate technical activity into financial insights. • Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, enabling effective partnership and influence with senior IT leadership. • Comfort managing competing priorities and supporting fast moving initiatives. • High accountability for deadlines, accuracy, and quality of deliverables. • Must have proven ability using various BI tools. The Perks At FHLBank Chicago, we believe in rewarding our high performing workforce. We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan. Our wellbeing program supports employees at work and in their personal lives: Our PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year; our Lifestyle Spending Account provides an annual stipend for employees to support wellbeing activities; and our central downtown location at the Old Post Office provides easy access to public transportation and breathtaking views from our award-winning rooftop. Visit FHLBCbenefits.com for additional details about our benefits. Step into a brighter future with us. Salary Range $125,825.00 - $221,275.00 The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors. In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which can be found here: https://hrportal.ehr.com/fhlbc