Director
As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has guided the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions since 1889. With over 24,000 partners and 135 years of financial experience, we serve sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Responsibilities
- Develops and exercises business plans, policies, and procedures related to Finbourne, Legacy Renewal, and Portfolio Accounting engine.
- Ensures translation of business strategy to technology plan and implements successfully while making efficient use of the NT Architecture.
- Provides advisory to both Technology and business partners, offering transparency to the planning and status of all technology activities.
- Ensures the purpose and value of Tech activities is clearly communicated.
- Identifies and solves complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.
- Impacts department results by supporting and funding projects, products, services, and/or technologies guided by organizational functional business plans.
- Manages multiple related teams, sets departmental priorities, and allocates resources to align with business objectives and annual plan.
Requirements
- Seasoned multi-disciplinary expert with extensive technical and/or business knowledge and functional expertise in Azure, database, stream trade activity, and reporting.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with senior managers and leaders.
- Strong understanding of Cloud technologies; brings thought leadership/innovation on emerging new Tech practices.
- Highly flexible and adaptable to change.
- Technical skills/systems knowledge (e.g., Azure, large-scale high-performant systems design, high resiliency, and failover) is required.
- Leadership and organizational skills to determine the Business Unit's goals, resources needed, and to assess and develop the skills of staff.
- Applies knowledge of key business drivers and the factors that maximize department performance.
- Persuades managers and leaders to take action and/or negotiates with external partners/vendors/clients.
Qualifications
- A College or University degree and/or relevant work experience; MBA is a plus.
- 15+ years of Banking and Custody business exposure in IT systems.
- Minimum 2 years of leadership experience/leading enterprise-level strategic programs.
- Proven work experience in Project/Program Management.
Pay
Salary range is $164,600 - 288,000 USD (good faith estimate of base pay). Northern Trust provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension).
- Health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, and disability).
- Paid time off, parental and caregiver leave.
- Life & accident insurance.
- Other voluntary and well-being benefits.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity.
As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture with a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.