Program Management, Business Solutions Consultant, IPS

ntrs; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Program Management Business Solutions, Consultant – Integrated Portfolio Services to monitor and execute strategic technology initiatives across Middle Office. You will partner with business, technology, finance, and program leadership to ensure investment dollars are planned, tracked, and reported.

The role emphasizes analytical capabilities, financial acumen, and strong stakeholder communication to deliver transparent capital investment reporting and governance.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and financial acumen.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivots, lookups, forecasting, and data analysis.
• Power BI reporting and dashboard development experience.
• Experience analyzing budgets, forecasts, resource allocations, or operational metrics.
• Ability to synthesize large datasets into meaningful business insights.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Capital Budget Management & Spend Analysis: Monitor capital-funded initiatives and track performance against budgets/forecasts.
• Development Time Tracking & Resource Validation: Validate developer time reporting and capital allocations for accuracy.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Develop dashboards and reports to analyze throughput, capacity, and budget utilization.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Collaborate with delivery teams to improve reporting accuracy and governance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Budgets & forecasts

Data synthesis

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

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.

Program Management Business Solutions, Consultant- Integrated Portfolio Services

The Program Management Business Solutions, Consultant supports the monitoring and execution of strategic technology initiatives across Middle Office. This role serves as a key partner to business, technology, finance, and program leadership teams by providing oversight of capital-funded initiatives, analyzing development spend, validating resource allocations, and ensuring accurate tracking of project delivery investments.

The successful candidate will combine strong analytical and project management capabilities to monitor budget performance, investigate variances, validate development time reporting, and provide transparent reporting on capital investment utilization. The role is highly visible and requires collaboration across technology, product, program management, and finance teams to ensure investment dollars are appropriately planned, tracked, and reported.

Major Duties

Capital Budget Management & Spend Analysis

• Monitor capital-funded initiatives and track performance against approved budgets and forecasts.
• Analyze monthly spend trends and identify forecast variances, overruns, underutilization, and potential budget risks.
• Assist with capital reporting and investment reviews for management.

Development Time Tracking & Resource Validation

• Review and validate developer time reporting and capital allocations for accuracy and completeness.
• Analyze development effort tracking to ensure hours are appropriately aligned to approved initiatives and funding sources.
• Investigate discrepancies between planned capacity, reported effort, and actual project delivery progress.
• Support controls and governance processes related to capitalization policies and development time reporting.
• Partner with delivery teams, engineering managers, agile leaders, and product teams to improve reporting accuracy and accountability.
• Identify trends and opportunities to improve utilization reporting and resource planning.

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Develop reporting and dashboards using Power BI, Excel, Azure DevOps, and related tools.
• Analyze development throughput, resource capacity, budget utilization, and project delivery metrics.
• Identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for operational improvement.
• Support creation of executive presentations and management reporting materials.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Required:

• Strong analytical and financial acumen.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivots, lookups, forecasting, and data analysis.
• Power BI reporting and dashboard development experience.
• Experience analyzing budgets, forecasts, resource allocations, or operational metrics.
• Ability to synthesize large datasets into meaningful business insights.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and stakeholder management capabilities.

Preferred:

• Experience with capital planning, capital accounting, or technology investment governance.
• Experience using Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar delivery management tools.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery practices.
• Financial services, asset servicing, middle office, hedge fund administration, or technology delivery experience.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys understanding where investment dollars are being spent, validating whether reported effort aligns with actual delivery progress, and using data to improve forecasting accuracy and governance. They are comfortable working with both finance and technology teams and can translate detailed data into actionable insights for leadership.

Salary Range

$74,200 - 126,200 USD
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.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorize