FX Business Enablement Analyst: Data & Automation

Northern Trust; Limerick; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is hiring a Specialist in Global Foreign Exchange (GFX) Business Enablement to join a growing team. You will support the FX trading desk, oversee governance, and develop dashboards and automated processes.

The role requires strong communication, data analytics, and the ability to work across regions and time zones, with a focus on process improvement and regulatory/compliance alignment.

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience within financial services or consulting firm.
• Knowledge of FX products (preferred), lifecycle, roles & responsibilities of the functions to support a Capital Markets Trading Desk
• Understanding of trading desk workflows and controls
• Experience working with data governance standards, policies, procedures, and operating models
• Understanding of data ownership, stewardship, accountabilities, and governance
• Proven capability in high-quality execution, including both independent delivery, as well as supporting cross-functional stakeholders to drive change
• Has detailed knowledge of Power BI dashboard creation and developing and implementing automation solutions e.g. Power Apps, Power Automate
• Excellent oral and written skills with the ability to present complex information that can be understood by non-subject matter experts
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Good stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to work with team members of all levels across regions and time zones

Responsibilities

• Work with Sales & Trading partners to provide business support around process automation, allowing those teams to prioritize client facing and risk management responsibilities
• Develop reports, dashboards, and models (Excel, SQL, BI tools) to support decision making and/or management reporting
• Perform data extraction, cleansing, and validation across systems
• Evaluate current state workflows and identify inefficiencies, control gaps, and pain points
• Document newly automated processes: procedures, process flows, and other key documentation required to support the FX business
• Partner with enterprise data governance standards teams to establish and enforce data governance standards for the FX business
• Create process mapping and workflow analysis to help identify how governance is achieved
• Develop, document and maintain data governance policies, standards, and procedures
• Cultivate and maintaining strong and pro-active working relationships internally to ensure client data and reporting needs are consistently met
• Work effectively as a team member but also independently

Skills

Financial services experience

FX product knowledge

Trading desk workflows

Data governance

Data ownership & governance

Delivery excellence

Power BI dashboards

Automation (Power Apps/Power Automate)

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Power BI

Power Apps

Power Automate

Excel

SQL

Job description

Northern Trust is hiring a Specialist in Global Foreign Exchange (GFX) Business Enablement to join a growing team. You will support the FX trading desk, oversee governance, and develop dashboards and automated processes.

The role requires strong communication, data analytics, and the ability to work across regions and time zones, with a focus on process improvement and regulatory/compliance alignment.