Sr Consultant, Business Management

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.

Major Duties :

• Obtain, analyze and summarize market intelligence for the region
• Responsible for the delivery & management of monthly management reporting requirements
• Business Strategy and Growth
• Partner with the management team to develop priorities to enable delivery of the overall strategy for the business
• Drive change through prioritization and alignment of resources
• Own and ensure delivery of initiatives
• Work to align teams to business priorities
• Business Performance and Planning
• Optimize business performance by driving key initiatives
• Input into the annual business budget process including resource budgeting and allocations to achieve business priorities
• Participate in and track investment / productivity initiatives across the business to achieve multi-year targets
• Develop ad-hoc analytics to help the business better understand and manage its costs, risks, capital usage, pricing, growth opportunities, etc.
• Regulation, Risk and Controls
• Work to understand the impact of new regulations on the business and how that may impact the business strategy
• Respond to requests from Regulators as required.
• Ad Hoc / General Business Management Support.

Knowledge :

• Seasoned expert with strong technical and / or business knowledge and functional expertise
• Strong communication skills, together with influencing and relationship-building are important attributes for the role. The ability to maintain confidentiality is essential
• Some cost management experience including preparation of budgets and monitoring expenses for large functions is beneficial
• Able to collaborate across lines of businesses and work with central/corporate organizations, building a strong network
• Working with big sets of data and analyzing this to find conclusions.
• Translating initiatives into a presentation. Must be able to present findings and translate data into corporate presentations.
• Drive trends and provide new conclusions or perspectives on new findings.
• Working collaboratively with business partners: HR, Compliance and Finance in order to support day to day business activities.
• Expert Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills
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• #LI-Hybrid

Experience :

• Solid experience within Financial Services.
• Prior experience of producing MI for senior stakeholders alongside resource and budget management.
• A university/college degree or equivalent and/or relevant proven work experience is required
• Ability to operate autonomously with an ability to face off to the management team, demonstrates a willingness to take initiative and work independently, a problem solver
• Ability to understand the strategic business vision; focus on improving the bottom line
• Sound judgment, professional maturity and personal integrity, strong work ethic, proactive and results-oriented outlook, possess courage to ask tough questions and challenge the status quo
• Strong attention to detail

Salary Range:

$83,100 - 141,300 USD

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

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 e