Associate Specialist, Master Data

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management asset servicing asset management and banking services Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the worlds most successful individuals families corporations and institutions.

Since 1889 we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service Expertise and Integrity. Together they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees whom we call partners and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role Summary: Lead enterprise-wide Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives across client product third-party and account domains ensuring high-quality integrated master data to support our data governance and digital transformation goals.

Responsibilities:

• Own and lead assigned Master Data subdomains (e.g. Client Product Reference Data) ensuring data integrity consistency and alignment with enterprise standards
• Drive end-to-end data quality initiatives from profiling and issue identification through root cause analysis remediation design and execution
• Perform deep-dive data analysis and profiling to identify patterns anomalies and opportunities for improving data accuracy and completeness
• Define and implement data quality rules controls and monitoring frameworks to proactively manage data issues
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to resolve data issues at source influencing process and system changes for sustainable improvement
• Lead data governance and stewardship activities including management of critical data elements (CDEs) metadata lineage and business rules
• Collaborate with technology and architecture teams on data ingestion integration and MDM enhancements ensuring alignment to the target operating model
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across master data processes including automation standardization and optimization of data flows
• Support delivery of regulatory operational and analytical data requirements ensuring trusted data is available for downstream consumption
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for assigned domains guiding junior analysts and contributing to best practices across the MDM organization

Qualifications & Skills

• Advanced SQL skills with the ability to query join reconcile and analyze large datasets across multiple systems
• Strong experience in data profiling and identifying data patterns anomalies and quality issues
• Proven capability in data quality management including rule definition defect analysis and remediation tracking
• Solid understanding of Master Data Management (MDM) concepts (match/merge survivorship golden record stewardship)
• Experience with data governance practices including metadata lineage and critical data element (CDE) management
• Demonstrated ability to perform root cause analysis and drive resolution of data issues at source
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present insights and work effectively with business and technology stakeholders
• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Data Analytics or related field

Preferred Experience:

• 11 to 15 years of experience
• Experience with data governance / data quality tools (e.g. Collibra or similar)
• Exposure to financial services regulatory or client account product reference data domains
• Experience with Python or BI tools (Power BI Tableau) for advanced analysis and reporting

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 committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trusts history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

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