Sr. Implementation Lead (Finance)

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 Title: Sr. Implementation Lead (53474)

Location: Chicago, IL

Company: Northern Trust

Job Description:

Northern Trust is seeking a highly experienced Sr. Implementation Lead to join the Strategic Spending and Productivity team within Information Technology. This role will be pivotal in helping drive initiatives focused on productivity and efficiency that will help us optimize our Technology costs while ensuring the business needs are met.

Responsibilities:

This position is focused on large scale initiatives with a high degree of complexity that impacts all lines of business within Information Technology. This position leverages deep functional and business expertise to work on large-scale enterprise-wide initiatives. These projects involve review of existing and future technology needs, business process redesigns, and operating model reviews. This position will help ensure that the costs of various investments and technology alternatives are understood, opportunities are identified and initiatives are in place to help optimize our costs and capabilities over time. Key initiatives will likely include work on Technology's on-prem and cloud roadmaps and application / technology rationalization efforts.

Major Duties:

Seasoned multi-disciplinary expert with extensive technical and / or business knowledge and functional expertise Focus of role is on execution of key productivity and efficiency initiatives to help Information Technology deliver accelerated productivity savings and efficiency. Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with multiple technology teams to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity Manages implementation of complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues Communication of program objectives; risk; issues and overall status to multiple levels of the organization Facilitation of cross discipline (business unit) coordination for decision making regarding scope; prioritization and issue resolution.

Knowledge:

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

Experience:

A College or University degree and/or relevant proven work experience is required. Related Industry qualification is preferred.

Salary Range:
$137,400 - 240,400 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 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.