at Northern Trust Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
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.
Specialist Data Management
Job Description Summary
The Data Management Function is responsible for Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Analytics for Portfolio Accounting Data Services which includes Custody Accounting Book of Record (CaBOR) and Investment Book of Record (IBOR).
Uses specific knowledge of a discipline to achieve goals through own work. Has specific knowledge or expertise typically gained through formal education or equivalent experience. Uses expertise to provide guidance to Data Owner, Data Stewards, Data Architects and Data Engineers. Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field. Leads others to solve complex problems. Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. May lead functional teams or projects.
Job Description
Major Duties :
- Leads others to solve complex problems
- Uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions
- Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives
Work is guided by functional policies - Responsible for creating and maintaining the data architecture, which includes the data models, schemas, standards, and policies that define how data is stored, processed, and used.
- Design and implement data integration, transformation, and migration processes to ensure that data from different sources and formats can be consolidated, cleaned, and harmonized.
- Ensure that the data is accurate, consistent, and reliable. Perform data quality audits, validations, and corrections to identify and resolve any data errors, anomalies, or inconsistencies.
- Implement data security measures, such as encryption, authentication, and authorization, to protect data from unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. Furthermore, monitor and enforce data governance policies and procedures, such as data ownership, classification, retention, and disposal, to comply with legal and ethical requirements and standards.
- Facilitates the access and analysis of data by various stakeholders in an organization.
- Create and maintain data catalogs, dictionaries, or metadata, which are documents that describe the data sources, structures, definitions, and meanings.
Knowledge :
- Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field
- Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
- Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view
Experience :
- May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
- Technical skills include proficiency in data modeling, database design, and SQL; knowledge of data integration, transformation, and migration tools and techniques; familiarity with data quality, security, and governance principles and practices; experience...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
