Finance Data Engineer

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.

Project Overview:

The Finance Data Engineer will play a key role in creating, maintaining, and governing application support across multiple Finance applications like Peoplesoft, SAP, OFSAA, and Hyperion.

Major Duties:

• Conducts feasibility studies, defines and designs system requirements for complex data processing projects.
• Responsible for handling and resolving production issues, developing enhancements, upgrades, and offering expert advice and direction to business partners.
• Identifies end-to-end scenarios and the impact to sub-systems, interfaces, and modules areas of Business processes and provides expertise as to critical solutions. Creates prototypes and use cases of recommended solutions helping users in visualizing the system.
• Defines the overall solution for large and complex systems during the business requirement gathering process and functional specifications phase, leveraging advantages of time zones for its support. Manages execution of solutions and supports quality assurance processes.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations on techniques, practices, or technologies that would enhance business needs. Ensures continuous process improvements and performance tuning of the application to achieve stability. Strong knowledge of SQL programming is required.
• Experience in Data warehouse methodologies like chart field/dimension maintenance and Management reporting is a plus.
• Prepares project phase reports, including requirements, feasibility, definition, and design. May also review and validate requirements, definition, and design to evaluate production impact and support requirements.
• Responsible for translating business needs into sound technical solutions. Works closely with the functional staff to determine the appropriate technical solution to client requests for change.
• Produces detailed technical designs to meet user requirements and development standards. Develops or maintains computer programs including designing, coding, testing, debugging, and installation as needed.
• Consults with partners from systems and other business units regarding new techniques, practices, or technologies in data processing and the impact of proposed and ongoing projects.
• Acts as the technical or business consultant on project development/production health, new techniques, and the implementation of new processes. Serves as a key subject matter expert and mentor to Analyst-level employees.
• Works on projects and learning/refining project or process management skills.
• Delivers a work product that requires less revision and demonstrates broader knowledge of other areas.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience in Microsoft Excel functionality.

Knowledge:

Experience with applications like SAP, OFSAA, Hyperion, Anaplan, and various data warehouse business applications will be beneficial for support. Knowledge of programming, debugging, and testing systems/programs is required to develop or maintain computer programs. Analytical and problem-solving skills are needed for systems guidance.

Experience:

A College or University degree in Computer Science and at least 5 years of relevant work experience is required. Background in Financial Services or in Finance is 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 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

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.

A global financial leader with more than 22,000 employees in 23 locations worldwide, Northern Trust empowers our employees to achieve more than just business goals. Our focus on work-life balance, career mobility, and unique opportunities are just a few reasons we’ve been named one of the world’s most admired companies.

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center or call 1-800-807-0302 (North America), +630-276-5353 (Asia Pacific), 1800-425-0333 (India), +44(0)207 982 4357 (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements

APAC/INDIA EEO STATEMENT:

It is the policy and practice of Northern Trust to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Northern Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or age. All employment decisions will be made in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our obligations under the law and codes of practice. This includes human resources’ decisions relating to recruitment, terms and conditions of employment, transfers, promotions, and access to learning and development.

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EMEA EEO STATEMENT:

It is the policy and practice of Northern Trust to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Northern Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or age. All employment decisions will be made in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our obligations under the law and codes of practice. This includes human resources’ decisions relating to recruitment, terms and conditions of employment, transfers, promotions, and access to learning and development.

USA EEO STATEMENT:

It is the policy of The Northern Trust Company to afford equal opportunity in all phases of employment without regard to an individual's age, race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic tests and information, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status.