Strategic Spending & Productivity Business Analyst

About Northern TrustNorthern 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.BackgroundIT Strategic Spending & Productivity (SSP) is a practice in Global Technology Services focused on identifying and delivering opportunities to deliver business value for all IT spending. This team is positioned to equip senior IT leaders with analysis and opportunities to improve productivity and predictability of outcomes.Job DescriptionLeads functional analysis for optimization initiatives to identify improvement opportunities, KPIs and prioritization criteria. Collaborates closely across stakeholder groups including technology leadership, finance, procurement and human resources. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a proven track record delivering exceptional results by adding structure to ambiguous situations, building executive-ready materials and performing data analysis.ResponsibilitiesSupport IT optimization initiatives driving innovation, quality, and efficiencyIdentify inefficiencies and propose alternatives to improve with appropriate monitoring and dataIndividual contributor, a self-starter with excellent communication skills (both oral and written), story-telling, visual design, Excel, Power BI and PowerPoint skillsBuilds relationships and improves communication among stakeholdersSolicits feedback and synthesizes insights to identify opportunitiesProduces ‘magazine-ready’ deliverables and effectively manage expectations and deadlines to ensure exceptional performanceKnowledge / Skills RequiredDiverse problem-solving experience and ability to analyze problems using data-driven approaches (Power BI and Excel) across technology areasDeep experience with PowerPoint and executive storytellingAbility to navigate and work across multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced, high performing environmentAbility to structure work independently and anticipate next steps to make progressStrong organization and facilitation skillsProject management fundamentalsComfortable presenting to senior executivesUnderstanding of the software development lifecycle and broad technology conceptsThoughtful listenerDeep sense of personal integrityStrong desire to drive projects to completion. Identifies issues and recommends solutionsExperienceBachelor’s degree in Business or Technology. Graduate degree a plus3+ years of work experienceExperience with financial services or technology organizations preferred but not requiredPrior experience working in a consulting and/or strategy role a plusWorking With UsAs 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. #MadeForGreaterReasonable accommodationNorthern 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.

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