Finance Data Engineer

Overview

Remote
On Site
Full Time

Skills

Leadership
Data
Application Support
PeopleSoft
Feasibility study
System requirements
Interfaces
Business process
Prototyping
Use cases
Business requirements
Specification
Management
Quality assurance
Process improvement
Performance tuning
SQL
Management reporting
Design
Data processing
IMPACT
Project development
Mentorship
Process management
Communication
Microsoft Excel
SAP
OFSAA
Hyperion
Data warehouse
Software development
Debugging
Testing
Analytical skill
Problem solving
Computer science
Financial services
Finance

Job Details

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Project Overview:

Finance Data Engineer will play a key role in creating, maintaining, and governing application support across multiple Finance application like Peoplesoft, SAP , OFSAA and Hyperion.

Major Duties:
  • Conducts feasibility studies, defines and designs system requirements for complex data processing projects.

  • Responsible for handling and resolving production issues, developing enhancements, upgrades, and offer expert advice and direction to business partner.

  • Identify end-to-end scenarios and the impact to sub-systems, interfaces, modules areas of Business process and provide expertise as to critical solutions. Creating prototypes and use cases of recommended solution helping user in visualizing the system.

  • Define the overall solution for large and complex systems during the business requirement gathering process, functional specifications phase and leverage advantages of time zones for its support. Managing execution of solutions and supporting quality assurance processes.

  • Evaluates and makes recommendations on techniques, practices or technologies that would enhance business needs. Also ensures continuous process improvements. Performance tuning of the application to achieve stability. Strong knowledge of SQL programming.

  • Experience in Data warehouse methodologies like chart field/dimension maintenance and Management reporting is a plus.

  • Prepares project phase reports, including requirements, feasibility, definition and design. May also review and validate requirements, definition and design to evaluate production impact and support requirements.

  • Responsible for translating business needs into sound technical solutions. Work closely with the functional staff to determine the appropriate technical solution to client requests for change.

  • Produce detailed technical designs to meet user requirements and development standards. Develops or maintains computer programs including designing, coding, testing, debugging, and installation as needed.

  • Consults with partners from systems and other business units regarding new techniques, practices, or technologies in data processing and the impact of proposed and ongoing projects.

  • Acts as the technical or business consultant on project development/production health, new techniques and the implementation of new processes. Able to serve as a key subject matter expert and mentor Analyst level employees.

  • Works on projects and learning/refining project or process management skills

  • More technically sound in area of expertise and has broader knowledge of other areas. Delivers a work product that requires less revision.

  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

  • Experience in Microsoft excel functionality.

Knowledge :

Experience of application like SAP, OFSAA, Hyperion, Anaplan and various data warehouse business applications will be beneficial for support. Knowledge of programming, debugging, and testing systems programs is required to develop or maintain computer programs. Analytical and problem-solving skills are needed for systems guidance.

Experience:

A College or University degree in Computer Science and at least 5 years of relevant work experience is required.

Background in Financial Services or in Finance is preferred.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at

We hope you're excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.
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