Workforce Planning Senior Consultant, HR Workforce Analytics Chicago, IL

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/ Department: Workforce Planning Senior Consultant, HR Workforce Analytics/HR Planning and Strategy
 
At Northern Trust, data drives all of our decision-making and HR is no exception. The HR Workforce Analytics team pioneers Northern Trust’s approach to talent strategy and organizational growth. As a member of the team, this position will play an important role in helping leverage vast troves of data to generate insights and inform decisioning-making for internal clients across the globe.

As the Workforce Planning Senior Consultant you will play a pivotal role in determining our organization’s strategic workforce planning initiatives, optimizing our workforce to ensure efficiency goals are achieved, and crafting an effective structure built for agility and scale. You will act as a trusted advisor and influencer, having the ability to work cross-functionally and forge relationships with key partners across our Finance, Productivity, HR and Operations teams. You will find creative and innovative solutions for crafting efficiencies in our resource utilization and implement strategies for optimizing our staffing resources. If you are a strategic problem solver with a passion for workforce planning, and a proven ability to lead teams in a multifaceted and constantly evolving environment, this is the role for you!

The key responsibilities of the role include:
•    Own the development and execution of a comprehensive resource planning strategy to optimize workforce utilization and improve the cost efficiency of our operations
•    Drive innovation through the adoption of new, or enhanced, processes and tools. Implement procedures, expand utilization of tools, and ensure effective implementation and administration across critical teams
•    Foster a culture of data-driven decision making. Consistently achieve service level performance by providing key partners with accurate, timely, and actionable insights to support both strategic and tactical plans 

Skills/Qualifications:
•    5+ years of demonstrable and practical experience in the Data and Analytics domain  
•    5+ years of experience as a consulting leader involved in stakeholder management, relationship development and delivery of client work
•    3+ years in utilizing data science tools such as Python, R, Spark, and SQL
Experience developing data-driven presentations and delivering them to large audiences
•    Experience designing and implementing reporting solutions with strong data visualization skills 
•    Self-starter looking to develop and apply analytical frameworks to help solve complex open-ended business questions with relevant data
•    Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science)

Working Model: Hybrid (#LI-Hybrid)
We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home.

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 MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

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.