Consultant, Proj Mgt Office

ntrs; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust in Bengaluru seeks a Governance and Delivery Manager to lead portfolio reporting, forecasting, and audit readiness across the Market Change & Modernization portfolio. You will partner with program leadership, finance, and governance stakeholders to ensure programs meet enterprise standards and governance controls.

You will own reporting artifacts, facilitate gating processes, and mentor PMOs and delivery teams on Clarity PPM and governance practices, helping improve reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• Significant experience supporting project, program, PMO, governance, or portfolio management functions.
• Experience with portfolio reporting, governance, audit management, financial controls, forecasting, and executive-level communications.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Project management

Portfolio governance

Executive reporting

Forecasting

Budget tracking

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional coordination

Process improvement

Audit controls

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Clarity PPM

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.

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.
• Ability to work independently while managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience with portfolio reporting, governance, audit management, financial controls, forecasting, and executive-level communications.

Experience

• For internal applications - 24 months as Consultant
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• Significant experience supporting project, program, PMO, governance, or portfolio management functions.
• Experience supporting complex regulatory, operational, technology, or business transformation initiatives.
• Experience with portfolio reporting, governance, audit management, financial controls, forecasting, and executive-level communications.
• Experience working in large, matrixed financial services organizations preferred.

Working with Us

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