Consultant, Proj Mgt Office

Northern Trust; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,100,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust seeks a governance and delivery management professional to oversee the Market Change Modernization portfolio from Bengaluru. You will coordinate governance, reporting, forecasting, and audit readiness across multiple programs, partnering with senior stakeholders to ensure adherence to standards.

You will develop governance artifacts, drive transparency, and mentor PMOs on Clarity PPM and reporting requirements, enabling consistent project controls and portfolio health across

Qualifications

• Experience in governance, program or portfolio management.
• Strong understanding of enterprise governance frameworks and audit controls.
• Proficiency with Clarity PPM and project financial management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead governance and delivery management across multiple programs within the MCM portfolio.
• Own portfolio reporting processes including status reporting, health checks, and executive governance materials.
• Coordinate monthly and bi-weekly forecasting, financial reporting, and budget tracking.
• Develop and maintain governance artifacts and RAID reporting.
• Facilitate governance forums and reviews with program leadership and senior management.
• Act as SME for Clarity PPM, governance reporting, forecasting, and project setup.
• Support audit remediation efforts and governance control activities.
• Maintain portfolio RAID governance and track risks, issues, actions, dependencies.
• Partner with PMs to improve reporting quality and governance compliance.
• Develop standards, training, and guidance to improve portfolio effectiveness.
• Provide onboarding and training to PMOs on Clarity PPM and reporting requirements.

Skills

Governance

Delivery management

Forecasting

Clarity PPM

Executive reporting

Tools

Clarity PPM

Job description

Position Summary

Provides governance, delivery management, financial oversight, and portfolio reporting support across the Market Change Modernization (MCM) portfolio. Serves as a key partner to Program Managers, Portfolio Leadership, Finance, and Governance stakeholders to ensure projects and programs comply with organizational governance standards. Coordinates portfolio-level reporting, forecasting, audit readiness activities, health checks, risk management, gating processes, and executive governance materials while facilitating delivery transparency and operational effectiveness across multiple strategic initiatives.

Major Duties

• Leads governance and delivery management activities across multiple programs and projects within the MCM portfolio, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and controls.
• Owns and facilitates portfolio reporting processes including Clarity status reporting, executive governance reporting, health checks, project metrics, and delivery transparency initiatives.
• Coordinates monthly and bi-weekly forecasting, financial reporting, budget tracking, variance analysis, and project financial governance activities.
• Develops and maintains governance artifacts including PWG/PSG materials, project health checks, RAID reporting, decision logs, dependency tracking, and audit evidence repositories.
• Facilitates cross-functional governance forums, stakeholder reviews, working groups, and status review sessions with program leadership, delivery teams, and senior management.
• Acts as a subject matter expert for Clarity PPM processes, governance reporting, forecasting, status reporting, project setup, portfolio hygiene, and reporting best practices.
• Supports audit remediation efforts by coordinating evidence collection, documentation reviews, process adherence, and governance control activities.
• Maintains portfolio RAID governance through review and tracking of risks, issues, actions, dependencies, decisions, and remediation activities across programs.
• Partners with Program Managers and project teams to improve reporting quality, project controls, project plan integrity, milestone management, and governance compliance.
• Develops reporting standards, process improvements, training materials, and operational guidance to improve portfolio effectiveness and consistency across teams.
• Provides onboarding, mentoring, and training to project managers, PMOs, and delivery teams on Clarity PPM, governance processes, and reporting requirements.
• Supports project and program lifecycle activities including ideation, project setup, budgeting support, governance readiness, gating preparation, and portfolio controls.

Knowledge Skills

• Knowledge of project, program, and portfolio management practices.
• Strong understanding of enterprise governance frameworks, portfolio governance, stage gating and audit control environments.
• Proficiency with Clarity PPM and project financial management processes.
• Experience managing executive reporting, governance forums, and stakeholder communications.
• Financial management skills including forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage risks, issues, dependencies, actions, and decision governance across large initiatives.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence outcomes and coordinate work across geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong process improvement and problem-solving capabilities.