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.

Consultant – HR Reporting & Analytics

At Northern Trust, data drives all of our decision-making, and HR is no exception. The HR Workforce Analytics team pioneers Northern Trust’s approach to talent strategy and organizational growth. As a member of the team, you will play an important role in helping our HR team address the people-related data and analytical needs of internal clients across the globe.

Supporting the team as a Consultant is much more than simply crunching numbers – it’s about finding compelling insights within data and using your business and communication skills to translate those insights into action. Aside from spending time digging into big, complex data sets, you will help author transformational strategic planning, forecasting and analysis efforts using workforce data. You will use your critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills to influence and drive thoughtful, well-informed decision making with our most senior leaders across HR and the business.

Responsibilities:

Analyze and understand HR business processes to identify/craft optimal decisions and strategies

Materialize strategies by utilizing data models/processes to design and develop enduring business intelligence solutions

Cultivate understanding of key user needs, current state processes, and macro-level trends to architect future state blueprint using a design-centered approach

Co-develop target state aspirations including client journeys, innovative offerings, dynamic tools and dashboards, transformative capabilities with senior business leaders

Develop data solutions like dashboards that will help influence talent decisions

Leverage client-facing skills with a flexible communication style and the ability to communicate complex concepts and analytics in a structured manner

Develop and execute comprehensive change management strategies that effectively drive awareness, change, and adoption of new tools, policies, and processes

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Finance or related field

4 years of experience in management consulting or business strategy, with work experience as an analyst or in an analytical role

Knowledge in data wrangling, data visualization and data analysis methods (regression, forecasting, etc.)

Knowledge on data science programming languages preferred (R, Python, SQL , etc)

Knowledge in building data products such as dashboards in PowerBI

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with capability to process large amounts of data to drive business strategies and decisions

Ability to self-start and self-direct work in an unstructured and fast-paced environment

Ability to work comfortably in ambiguous situations

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.