Associate Specialist, Data Ops (Data Warehouse)

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 Role Summary Northern Trust’s public cloud-based Data Warehouse Solutions (DWS) aggregates NT data and external / 3rd party data into a data warehouse to produce single source of truth and fit for purpose data for client consumption. DWS is a holistic and comprehensive service offering; including technology, infrastructure, strategic data, processes and support to aggregate, manage and deliver data This role will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight, quality control and troubleshooting of inbound data from both internal and external data sources which is digested into the Data Warehouse Solutions service offering Major Duties

• Supports operations of the data ingest processes and ensures quality of inbound data from various sources
• Investigates, resolves, communicates, and documents job failures/errors
• Completes impact assessment and communicates to stakeholders
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
• Solves complex problem
• Exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Provides informal guidance to new team members
• Recommends technical solution to handle process failures
• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team
• Performs new setups and setup updates for existing integrations for customers
• Assists with new implementation testing and troubleshooting
• Assists with new integration projects
• Work closely with IT Partners, 3rd Party Data Providers, Client Data Specialists and Product Owners to ensure data housed in multiple source systems is coming in on timely basis, is valid and accurate
• Monitors scheduled jobs and improve reliability of ongoing processing
• Monitors, measures, and enhances ways to improve system performance
• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus
• Works independently, requires minimal guidance
• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities within own team and other related teams
• Works within broad guidelines and policies
• May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for on-going activities or objectives

Knowledge/Experience

• Bachelor's degree with at least 6 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Analytical and problem-solving skills are required
• Familiarity with leading data technologies (Snowflake, FiveTran, DBT, Databricks, Alteryx, Tableau)
• A demonstrated ability to quickly learn and master new analytical tools and apply them in innovative ways
• Experience with data pipelines using cloud-based tools
• Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines

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 [email protected] 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.