Technology/Data Analytics Specialist or Senior Consultant - Chief Control Office

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.

Role

Based in the first line of defense with in the Enterprise COO function, we are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Reporting Specialist to support the ongoing implementation of the Reporting Standards across Northern Trust. This will involve supporting 1st and 2nd line of defense stakeholders standardizing controls and issues reporting across the governance forums, to ensure consistency through development of reporting standards, data metrics, data dictionaries, reports, and data quality, while establishing communities of practice for ongoing oversight and learning.

This individual will become deeply familiar with data sourcing, data standards and be responsible for answering questions that arise from partners as Issues and Controls metrics are reported in the governance committees. In addition, this individual will also work closely with various stakeholders to ensure ongoing escalation of implementation and compliance concerns. The ideal candidate will have a risk and compliance background, experience working across the three lines of defense, experience with data mapping, business analysis and Power BI (or similar solutions).

Principal Responsibilities

• Reporting Standards and Alignment:  Define standard set of tactical and strategic reports needed and align stakeholders on data sources and data maps to be used for board, scorecard, and other metrics within the 1LOD and 2LOD.  This includes creation and maintenance of the data map, establishing data dictionary, and aligning standards across 1LOD and 2LOD
• Health of Control Environment and Issue Management: Create standard set of reports, including report trends, and  "central" data extracts.  Produce any ad-hoc reports needed by the CCO teams
• Control and Issue standards adherence: create and run data quality reports, work with the team to resolve exceptions, and produce metrics to identifying trends
• Enterprise Thematic Analysis: Understand the overall health of the internal control environment (including issues), identify trends, weaknesses, and determination of required mitigation actions.
• Review and Challenge:  Respond to the 2LOD review and challenge requests

• Identify and escalate situations that include complex challenges and articulate actionable plans to drive results, while demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate experience in reviewing and interpreting deliverables, providing recommendations, and taking initiative on projects or team tasks, while managing multiple priorities effectively and driving outcomes independently
• Assist in the transformation and change across a global organization in line with a defined project timeline, particularly in enhancing processes and controls supporting issues and control reporting
• Perform thematic read-across to identify enterprise trends and opportunities, formulating remediation plans and ownership to address.

Skills / Experience

• Several years experience in financial services and experience/expertise in Business Analysis, Reporting, CCO or Internal Audit related role.
• Demonstrated willingness in driving transformation and change across a global organization.
• Experience in risk and control assessments (e.g., RCSA, Compliance Risk Assessment) to support an understanding of risk and control framework for the reporting purposes
• Strong communication written/oral skills, ability to communicate complex topics in a simple and concise manner
• Proficient in Excel and PowerBI, and other business applications
• Experience using ServiceNow is strongly desired
• Ability to think strategically, execute with precision and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, or a related field. An MBA, or related advanced credentials 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.