Master Data Management Data Steward

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.

The Master Data Management team within Enterprise Data & Analytics is looking for an MDM Data Steward. This role is vital in implementing and executing effective data management practices to ensure data quality, compliance, and efficient data management of NT's key master data.

The Master Data Management team is accountable for all data mastered, aggregated, and delivered regarding clients and key relationships. This may include custodian feeds , external vendor data/reporting feeds, and benchmark data. The Data Steward will work to ensure data is defined, classified, managed, and protected in accordance with Northern Trust Policies and Standards as well as external expectations.

This role will work cross functionally across the organization to solve complex problems and improve data quality.

Major Duties:

• Data Governance Strategy Execution: Assist in the development and execution of master data and data governance strategies in line with organizational goals and data architecture. This includes providing feedback on data standards, policies, and procedures.

• Collaborative Efforts with Stakeholders: Work with various departments such as IT, legal, compliance, and business units to align data management practices with both internal and external standards and requirements.

• Data Training: Leverage knowledge in data management to contribute to team training and development, ensuring up-to-date practices in data governance. Leverage specific knowledge on master data to ensure data consumers are knowledgeable on data usage.

• Data Quality and Protection: Help establish and enforce data quality and protection standards, including implementing relevant controls to maintain data integrity and confidentiality of the master data. This includes data profiling, and data analysis of issues including resolution management.

• Compliance and Risk Assessment: Assist in monitoring adherence to data governance policies and regulatory requirements, identifying and addressing potential data-related risks.

• Tools and Technology Management: Engage in the operation and management of data governance tools and technologies keeping updated with new capabilities and utilizing.

• Metrics and Reporting: Contribute to developing metrics and reports to measure the success of master data initiatives and support in providing updates to senior management.

• Support: Collaborate with teams across the various divisions to ensure comprehensive integration of master data management practices across the organization.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Data quality management experience including querying and analyzing data.

• Understand key business drivers of those functions which enter, modify, manage, and consume the master data

• Capable of engaging senior leadership with business, operations, and technology

• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Possess proven facilitation and conflict resolution skills

• Possess exceptional analytical, conceptual and problem-solving abilities

• Capable of driving enterprise-wide initiatives to improve data integrity and compliance

• Capable of addressing data issues proactively

Experience:

• A College or University degree and/or equivalent data governance work experience is required.
• 5+ years' experience in data governance or data management.

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 MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

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.