Senior Consultant, Business Analysis

Northern Trust Corp; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust Corp. is seeking a Senior Consultant, Business Analysis to independently deliver BA activities for projects, including a major AI/automation programme.

You will collaborate with business, product, operations, technology and risk stakeholders to define requirements and support testing and implementation. This generalist BA role may also support regulatory, product, data, digital and operational-change initiatives as priorities evolve.

Qualifications

• Elicit, document and validate business and functional requirements and user stories.
• Define acceptance criteria and data requirements.
• Assess feasibility and risks for change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Analyse business problems and opportunities.
• Plan and facilitate requirements workshops.
• Support test planning and solution validation.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder interviews

Process mapping

Test planning

Traceability

Job description

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 world’s 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 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role/Department:

The Senior Consultant, Business Analysis is responsible for independently delivering Business Analysis activities for defined projects or workstreams. The initial assignment will support a major strategic programme involving artificial intelligence, automation and emerging technologies. The role will work with business, product, operations, technology and risk stakeholders to assess opportunities, define requirements and support solutions through testing and implementation. This is a generalist Business Analysis position. The successful candidate may also support strategic, regulatory, product, data, digital and operational-change initiatives as business priorities evolve.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Analyse business problems, opportunities and expected outcomes.
• Conduct feasibility, process and impact assessments.
• Assess and document potential AI, automation and technology-enabled use cases.
• Plan and facilitate requirements workshops and stakeholder interviews.
• Elicit, document and validate: business and functional requirements; epics and user stories; acceptance criteria; process and data requirements; business rules and controls; assumptions, risks and dependencies.
• Translate business needs into clear, structured and testable requirements.
• Define expected solution outcomes, human-review points and exception processes.
• Work with business and technology teams to support solution design.
• Identify process, data, technology, operational and control impacts.
• Contribute to target operating models, including processes, roles, responsibilities and hand-offs.
• Support test-scenario development, business testing and defect analysis.
• Maintain traceability from business need through requirements, testing and implementation.
• Support pilot planning, implementation readiness, adoption and value measurement.
• Manage assigned Business Analysis deliverables with limited supervision.
• Escalate unresolved requirements, risks, dependencies and decisions.
• Apply established Business Analysis standards, methods and templates.
• Use approved digital and AI-enabled tools to improve analysis quality and efficiency, with appropriate validation and human review.

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Elicit, document and validate: business and functional requirements; epics and user stories; acceptance criteria; process and data requirements; business rules and controls; assumptions, risks and dependencies.
• Translate business needs into clear, structured and testable requirements.
• Define expected solution outcomes, human-review points and exception processes.
• Work with business and technology teams to support solution design.
• Identify process, data, technology, operational and control impacts.