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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 Description

Role Overview

The Global Fund Administration Transformation & Innovation function (GFA T&I) has been established to develop capability in the key areas of:

• Client Change
• Capital Change
• Operational Change
• Innovation Solution Development (the T&I Global Innovation Lab)
• Business Process Analysis
• Fund Administration Change

The key activities of the Global Fund Administration T&I functions are to develop and deliver business transformation projects and solutions which will enable strategic change to meet key Fund Accounting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting and Private Capital Administration objectives in the coming years.

The focus will be to meet the challenge and opportunities posed by the emerging trends in the funds industry and wider, utilising robotic automation, artificial intelligence and data analytics.

Applications are now being sought from suitably qualified industry specialists to join the GFA T&I functions as an Implementation Manager.

Principal Responsibilities

The Implementation Manager will be responsible for providing direction and strategy for enterprise-wide initiatives. This position is focused on large scale initiatives with a high degree of complexity that impacts all portions of the business. This position leverages deep functional and business expertise to work on large-scale enterprise-wide initiatives. These projects involve technology change, business process redesigns and operating model reviews/ amendments. These are different from typical client initiated changes, business changes or existing technology platform upgrades. Looks across all corporate strategic initiatives to understand how the big picture initiatives link together in a holistic roadmap.

Key responsibilities will include:

• 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 co 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.
• Monitor and report on project performance and issues, escalating issues effectively as required.
• Ensure that best practice benefits and change management methodologies are integrated into project delivery.
• Understand and manage stakeholder requirements.
• Present and communicate on project progress or other topics to a wide range of audiences.
• Advocate for Business Transformation and Innovation activities throughout Northern Trust.

Knowledge:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required
• In-depth Functional / Industry Knowledge is required
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change
• Technical skills / systems knowledge (e.g. Global Investone, ADO AZURE, Co-Pilot, AGILE ways of working) is required
• Leadership and organizational skills are required to determine the Business Unit's goals, resources needed, and to assess and develop the skills of staff.

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 [email protected] .

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.