[Hiring] Enterprise Data Delivery Specialist @Northern Trust

Role Description

Lead enterprise-wide Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives across client, product, third-party, and account domains, ensuring high-quality, integrated master data to support our data governance and digital transformation goals.

• Own and lead assigned Master Data subdomains (e.g., Client, Product, Reference Data), ensuring data integrity, consistency, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Drive end-to-end data quality initiatives, from profiling and issue identification through root cause analysis, remediation design, and execution.
• Perform deep-dive data analysis and profiling to identify patterns, anomalies, and opportunities for improving data accuracy and completeness.
• Define and implement data quality rules, controls, and monitoring frameworks to proactively manage data issues.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to resolve data issues at source, influencing process and system changes for sustainable improvement.
• Lead data governance and stewardship activities, including management of critical data elements (CDEs), metadata, lineage, and business rules.
• Collaborate with technology and architecture teams on data ingestion, integration, and MDM enhancements, ensuring alignment to the target operating model.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across master data processes, including automation, standardization, and optimization of data flows.
• Support delivery of regulatory, operational, and analytical data requirements, ensuring trusted data is available for downstream consumption.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for assigned domains, guiding junior analysts and contributing to best practices across the MDM organization.

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL skills with the ability to query, join, reconcile, and analyze large datasets across multiple systems.
• Strong experience in data profiling and identifying data patterns, anomalies, and quality issues.
• Proven capability in data quality management including rule definition, defect analysis, and remediation tracking.
• Solid understanding of Master Data Management (MDM) concepts (match/merge, survivorship, golden record, stewardship).
• Experience with data governance practices, including metadata, lineage, and critical data element (CDE) management.
• Demonstrated ability to perform root cause analysis and drive resolution of data issues at source.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present insights and work effectively with business and technology stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field.

Requirements

• Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of application and for the duration of employment.
• Please note that Northern Trust is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

Benefits

• Flexible and collaborative work culture.
• Strong history of financial strength and stability.
• Encouragement for movement within the organization.
• Accessible senior leaders.
• Commitment to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities served.
• Philanthropy deeply rooted in the company’s history.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.