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 Profile Summary:

Responsible for managing a group of individual contributors within the Business Analysis function. The

Business Analysis function plays a key role during the onset of a project or program by helping define

scope and create requirements working closely with business partners to understand and translate needs.

This role serves as a contact for IT during the design, development, and testing phase. Functional

expertise is required. Conducts performance management and career development processes, and staffing

and disciplinary actions.

Major Duties:

Seasoned multi-disciplinary expert with extensive technical and / or business knowledge and functional expertise

Focus of role is on execution of strategic direction of business function activities

Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues

Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity

Conducts performance management and career development processes, provides input for staffing and disciplinary actions and provides hands-on training to staff

Develops periodic goals, organizes the work, sets short-term priorities, monitors all activities, and ensures timely and accurate completion of the work.

Provides input and support to budget management process

Product Owner duties and responsibilities

As part of a product team, a successful Product Owner has the following duties and responsibilities:

Collaborating with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements

Defining the vision for the team product and maintaining a cohesive vision throughout the process

Creating a product road map based on this vision

Managing the product backlog and prioritizing the tasks based on changing requirements

Overseeing all stages of product creation, including design and development

Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process

Working with the product team and end-users to deliver updates and status reports

Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints

Knowledge :

Excellent oral and written communication skills are required

Preferrable to have a prior product owner experience in Derivatives

In-depth Functional / Industry Knowledge is required

Highly flexible and adaptable to change

Leadership and organizational skills are required to determine the Business Unit's goals, resources needed, and to assess and develop the skills of staff.

Qualifications:

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance or related field and/or equivalent work experience

11+ years of overall work experience in the financial sector, ideally in a data and 5+ years business analyst  & product Owner role

Excellent organizational skills and an ability to prioritize multiple deliverables and work independently with minimum supervision.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail.

Experience in the system development life cycle (SDLC) and working in an Agile SCRUM environment.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with our business stakeholders.

Knowledge of financial operational processes, preferable in the derivative industry

Added advantage on technical certifications like Blue Prism, SQL, Markit EDM, Agile SCRUM desirable

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.