Contract Lifecycle Management, Global Procurement Sr Consultant

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 worlds 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 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Description:

The Sr Consultant for Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) plays a critical role in advancing procurement contract governance operational excellence and data-driven insights across the Procurement Center of Excellence. The role supports end-to-end CLM activities including contract metadata governance compliance monitoring reporting audit response management continuous process improvement. The Senior Consultant also ensures contract processes data and controls align with enterprise risk regulatory and strategic objectives while enabling scalable and efficient procurement operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle processes within the CLM platform including contract creation approvals execution amendments renewals and terminations.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise contract governance standards templates approval frameworks and audit requirements.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for contractrelated audit requests including internal audits regulatory reviews and risk assessments.
• Lead contract administration activities including execution tracking document completeness validation version control and lifecycle status management.
• Maintain accuracy and completeness of contract metadata including terms renewals expiration legal entities ownership pricing and obligations.
• Lead remediation initiatives for legacy and migrated contract records to improve repository integrity and governance maturity.
• Monitor contract compliance with regulatory risk and data protection requirements.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting solutions providing visibility into contract cycle times renewals obligations risk indicators and contract value.
• Leverage Contract Intelligence (AI) and advanced capabilities to enhance contract visibility and metadata enrichment.
• Partner with internal and external partners on enhancements integrations and controlled rollout of new capabilities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on complex contract workflows governance considerations and risk scenarios.
• Support change management training and user enablement during CLM transformation initiatives.
• Identify process efficiencies and automation opportunities to improve contract throughput and procurement productivity.

Knowledge :

• Strong knowledge of Contract Lifecycle Management and contract administration
• Working knowledge of Coupa CLM and Contract Lifecycle Management Advanced (CLMA) or related tools
• Knowledge of contract governance compliance controls and regulatory frameworks
• Experience with contract metadata governance and data quality management
• Strong analytical and reporting skills including dashboard development
• Effective stakeholder communication and influence skills
• Ability to drive to execution
• Applies knowledge of key business drivers and the factors that maximize department performance

Experience :

• Bachelors degree required (Business Supply Chain Finance Legal Studies Information Systems or related field preferred)
• 47 years of experience in Contract Lifecycle Management Procurement Operations or Source-to-Pay environments
• Hands-on experience with CLM platforms (Coupa CLMA or equivalent preferred)
• Experience supporting contract governance compliance monitoring and audit activities
• Preferred exposure to AI-enabled contract analytics or advanced CLM capabilities

Salary Range:

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension) health and welfare benefits (medical dental vision spending accounts and disability) paid time off parental and caregiver leave life & accident insurance and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

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.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us andapply today.#MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

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Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.