Senior Business Analytics Consultant - Hybrid & Equity

Northern Trust; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust in Chicago seeks a data-driven analyst to lead complex data analyses and partner with stakeholders to define business needs. The role focuses on designing reports, dashboards and tools to drive operational effectiveness and informed decision-making.

The candidate will evaluate processes, identify improvements, and guide project components with strong cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in a related role or function required.

Responsibilities

• Leads complex data analysis efforts across multiple sources to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and actionable business insights.
• Partners with stakeholders to define business needs, frame problem statements, and translate objectives into analytical workstreams and deliverables.
• Designs and improves reports, models, templates, dashboards, and business analysis tools that support decision-making and operational effectiveness.
• Evaluates current processes, workflows, controls, and service models to identify opportunities for integration, simplification, and improvement.
• Develops recommendations for solving complex business problems by weighing tradeoffs, impacts, dependencies, and implementation considerations.
• Leads smaller projects or components of larger initiatives, coordinating milestones, stakeholder inputs, data requirements, and communication plans.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Northern Trust in Chicago seeks a data-driven analyst to lead complex data analyses and partner with stakeholders to define business needs. The role focuses on designing reports, dashboards and tools to drive operational effectiveness and informed decision-making.

The candidate will evaluate processes, identify improvements, and guide project components with strong cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving skills.