Job Description

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.

Major Duties: 

Support the completion of Northern Trust’s annual resolution planning activities 

Evaluate regulatory and internal requirements around resolution planning 

Operates as a subject manner expert for resolution planning, provides comprehensive, in-depth consulting and leadership to team and partners at a high technical level 

Gather and aggregate data; conduct financial analyses 

Prepare presentations, supporting template requirements and completing documentation of processes and results 

Conduct some financial analyses with both internal and external data, which may include topics in corporate finance and resolution planning 

Operates independently; has in-depth knowledge of the function 

Carries out activities that are large in scope, cross-functional and technically difficult 

Role is balanced between high level operational execution and development, and execution of strategic direction of business function activities 

Strategic in developing, implementing and administering programs within functional area 

Monitors risks relative to functional area and delivers timely escalation of major issues to manager 

Perform quality control checks/secondary review to ensure accuracy of the data 

 
Knowledge: 

Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail and accuracy 

Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills, the ability to both create and critically review and edit documents 

Excellent marketing, relationship, facilitation and motivational skills 

Exposure to Project Management will be an added advantage 

Comfortable acting as lead person in discussions with other NT functions. 

Ability to work independently and create solutions to business challenges 

Ability to understand and deal with complex issues and make recommendations for appropriate course of action 

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following skills 

Ability to work independently, while escalating complex issues 

Executes efficiently and effectively 

Leadership and organizational skills are essential to prioritize assignments and provide feedback to management 

 Experience: 

A College or University degree and/or 7 to 10 years of relevant proven work experience for a financial industry is required. 

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