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
Responsible for providing strategic leadership & overall management for Global Fund Services APAC and leading in the strategic and long-tern plans. The role is responsible for day-to-day management of all GFS APAC resources (i.e., people, planning, oversight) and coordinates with senior leaders in other locations and Lines of Business.
Reporting to the Head of Global Fund Services APAC
The Senior Consultant, Business Manager will support the GFS APAC Head and it's leadership team to set out the long-term strategic objectives for the GFS business and identify the most important results required to achieve that strategy.
We are open to both Sydney & Melbourne locations
What you will do: Organize, content and facilitation of leadership team activity including staff meetings, planning meetings, site visits, etc.
Coordinate employee engagement including town halls, organizational announcements, communications, etc.
Will be the connectivity point and leadership for people agenda including Partner Engagement Survey, Celebrate Great, etc.
Coordinate and oversight of organizational messaging including flash reports, MIS reports, business partner updates, ad-hoc presentations, etc.
Develop effective and meaningful presentations & business update materials suitable for stakeholders, business partners and other senior stakeholders headlining GFS APAC story and overall business progress
Partner with Ops Managers to ensure teams are staffed appropriately given volume, capacity and strategic outlook, developing business case for staffing changes as needed
Represent the location strategy initiatives including real estate needs, business resiliency and migration activity
Provide change leadership for broad organizational or otherwise significant initiatives
Operate as internal consultant to improve business performance via analysis and recommendation in a variety of areas including data/metrics, process/procedures, etc.
Partner with Ops Managers to capture headcount requirements and manage changes through the budget lifecycle and validate Finance supplied headcount reporting for executives and other forums
About You
Knowledge Seasoned multi-disciplinary expert with extensive technical and / or business knowledge and functional expertise
Excellent communication skills, together with influencing and relationship-building are important attributes for the role. The ability to maintain confidentiality is essential
Cost management experience including preparation of budgets and monitoring expenses for large functions
Able to collaborate across lines of businesses and work with central/corporate organizations, building a strong network
Working with big sets of data and analyzing this to find conclusions.
Developing and translating initiatives into a presentation. Must be able to present findings and translate data into corporate presentations.
Drive trends and provide new conclusions or perspectives on new findings.
Working collaboratively with business partners: HR, Compliance and Finance in order to support day to day business activities.
Expert Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills
Experience Significant experience within Financial Services.
Prior experience of producing MI for senior stakeholders alongside resource and budget management.
A university/college degree or equivalent and/or relevant proven work experience is required
Ability to operate autonomously with an ability to face off to the management team, demonstrates a willingness to take initiative and work independently, a problem solver
Demonstrated ability to influence business leaders and partner well, particularly as part of a global business
Ability to understand and grow the strategic business vision; focus on improving the bottom line
Sound judgment, professional maturity and personal integrity, strong work ethic, proactive and results-oriented outlook, possess courage to ask tough questions and challenge the status quo
Strong attention to detail
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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