Consultant

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.

• Job Profile Summary

Responsible for serving across a variety of projects or a work stream of projects. Responsible for analyzing and translating strategic plans/needs and industry trends to map out how a business should function and determine capability gaps. Assist in developing and expand capability strategy by internal development of the existing platform or by supporting the sales process with clients in developing/designing operating models and functional/client architecture and through new clients. Assist in creation of cross functional Value Stream Mapping and Capability Matrix for major domains within Asset Servicing Provide guidance around business analysis to support the business strategy using modeling methods. Partner with IT in developing an IT framework/product. Provide vision to project teams, resolving cross domain functional issues and alligning project work to the vision/functional designs provided. This role is client-facing (works with external asset management companies) and internally focused (works with technology partners and operational areas), with the objective of engaging with clients to accurately articulate business requirements and understand and solve business problems in order to provide robust and integrated solutions.

• Job Description

Major Duties :

1. Multi-disciplinary candidate with hands on technical and / or business knowledge and functional expertise

2. Focus of role is on execution of strategic direction of business function activities

3. Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues

4. Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity

Knowledge :
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required
• In-depth Functional / Industry Knowledge is required
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change
• Leadership and organizational skills are required to determine the Business Unit's goals, resources needed, and to assess and develop the skills of staff.

High level business understanding of securities markets, Reconciliations and related systems preferred.

Experience :

Qualifications - Internal

Experience
•24 months as a Technical Coordinator/Associate Consultant to move as a Consultant.
•Movement within TL and Consultant is 12 months
Prior experience in Business Analysis and or Project Management type role.
Experience of data analysis including data mapping
Prior experience having worked in a Global Custody and/or Securities Servicing environment
Experience of working in a large multiyear global transformation project
A College or University degree and/or some relevant work experience is preferred.
BA, PM and Agile certifications are encouraged
Seasoned expert with extensive technical and business knowledge and functional expertise that has been developed over 6+ years and/or equivalent experience

Management Level

• Individual Contributor - Professional

• Job Level

Job Level

• P4

• Job Family

Job Family

• Corporate Strategy and Planning

• Job Category

Job Category

• Officer Eligible

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.