Northern Trust Shared Services Technology team is seeking an experienced and dynamic individual to join the Transaction Processing development team. We are seeking a senior solutions consultant who will be responsible for large transformational solution architecture and be a key contributor to Transaction Processing's technical roadmap and strategy that meets client and corporate goals.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Translate key transformational business initiatives into appropriate IT solutions.
• Create and maintain key technical roadmaps and technical strategies, aligned with specific business unit's key initiatives.
• Provide key platform analysis and viability assessments.
• Serve as objective escalation point for conflicts during the development process (between business and development).
• Help ensure that the integrity of solutions are maintained throughout delivery for the purpose of realization of the desired business outcome.
• Assist the Engagement Manager in consulting and planning current and future capital investments.
• Provide new business and acquisition consulting when needed.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• Take a new perspective on existing solutions.
• Ability to work independently; receives minimal guidance.
• Exercise judgment and decision making based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
• Uses expertise to provide guidance to others as a project manager or consultant.
• Obtain a highly detailed understanding of the applications for which the role is responsible with a goal of acting as a technical expert when interfacing with internal and external teams and senior management.
• Provide technical expertise including training, leadership and guidance to other applications or infrastructure architecture staff, ensuring secure coding and robust architecture guidelines are met.
• Work closely with architects and other enterprise stakeholders to ensure solution alignment with best enterprise practices.
• Develop technical specifications and guide development for application's business initiatives, technology changes and migrations.
• Evaluate and select from existing and emerging technologies those options best fitting business and enterprise needs.
• Thoroughly understand decision process of technology choice, such as capacities, response time, data interfacing, client server communication, industry standard technologies and new industry trends.
• Ability to lead projects and have accountability for on-going activities or objectives.
• Engage in high level break/fix support during disaster recovery scenarios and assist with production issues when higher level analysis is required.

Experience:

• Seasoned experience in the technology and financial services industry.
• Bachelor's degree and/or CFP, CIMA, CFA certification or an equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
• Excellent consultative and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with internal and external client, business partner, and IT staff and management.
• Programming analysis and design expertise with trading applications and knowledge of Capital Markets related acumen and required capabilities is preferred.

Knowledge/Skills:

• • Creative and analytical thinker with strong knowledge of a specific product, function or client segment.
  • Experience in functional and technical architectural trade-off analysis.
  • Broad knowledge of the larger business and operational relationships as well as current and contemporary technology architectures, platform paradigms and integration strategies.
  • Broad knowledge of trends in the related industry with regard to established and emerging solution vendors and service providers, third parties and key influencers.
  • Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines.
  • Applies best practices and how own area integrates with others.
  • Is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
  • Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus and able to effectively communicate in various instances.

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With over 130 years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has 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 that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve!

We recognize the value of inclusion and diversity in culture, in thought, and in experience, which is why we are honored to receive the following awards in 2021:

• Gender Equality Index Member, Bloomberg
• Top Financial & Banking Company, Black EOE Journal, Hispanic Network Magazine, Professional WOMAN'S Magazine

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of America's best banks and most sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today.