Sr. Analyst - Bu Financial Analysis, Global Corporate Services

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.

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for the corporation’s monthly/quarterly reporting and forecast processes, annual planning process, analysis of assets under management and assets under custody, and various complex ad hoc requests to be determined by senior management and executive management of the company.
The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Participates in the corporation’s monthly reporting process, preparing analyses of results relative to forecast, prior periods, and/or Plan, focusing on key business factors driving financial performance.
• Participates in the monthly forecast process for the corporation. Reviews and analyzes the forecast for each Business Unit and participates in the creation and review of the consolidated forecast presentation to the firm’s Executive Management.
• Participates in the analysis for and production of the corporation’s consolidated quarterly presentation of earnings results to the Board of Directors.
• Participates in the annual profit planning process for the corporation. This includes working with various Business Units to ensure planning is in line with the strategy of the company and each respective Business Unit.
• Contributes to the quarterly analysis of assets under management and assets under custody. Works closely with areas of the Finance department, Business Unit managers and relationship managers to ensure accurate asset reporting.
• Conducts and leads special projects and ad hoc requests for Finance leadership and the corporation’s Management Group. Initiates and creates special projects for relevant items.

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• 7 + plus years of relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, preferred.
• Excellent finance and accounting knowledge and business acumen
• Proactive self-starter that is able to manage competing priorities as they arise.
• Experience with data management and analysis.
• Ability to interpret data and communicate data analysis in business terms.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with an ability to communicate with partners across all levels of the organization.
• Strong relationship building, and management skills required to work with partners in finance and across business units.
• Advanced Excel, VBA, PowerPoint, PowerBi and Tableau skill, preferred.

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.

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.

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