Analyst, Regulatory Change Management Enterprise Governance, Oversight & Reporting

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role purpose:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the growing Regulatory Change Management Enterprise Governance, Oversight and Reporting team within Global Regulatory Change Management (GRCM), part of Northern Trust’s Chief Operating Office. GRCM oversees Northern Trust’s end-to-end management and delivery of regulatory change and provides ownership, governance and oversight of the Regulatory Change Management (RCM) Standard and related protocols.

The Regulatory Change Management (RCM) Enterprise Governance, Oversight & Reporting team serves as the central governance and coordination function for Regulatory Change Management across Northern Trust. Acting as an enterprise hub, the team establishes and maintains the frameworks, governance processes, oversight mechanisms, management information, and reporting capabilities that enable the firm to identify, assess, govern, monitor, and evidence compliance with regulatory change obligations globally.

The team provides leadership across the Lines of Defense to promote consistent adoption of the Regulatory Change Management Standard, strengthen regulatory risk management practices, improve transparency of regulatory implementation activities, and support the firm's ability to demonstrate compliance with evolving regulatory requirements.

This Analyst Role will provide high-quality data, reporting, governance and coordination support that enables effective enterprise oversight of the RCM process. The role will maintain trusted data and repositories, produce scheduled and ad-hoc management information, support governance forums, track agreed actions to completion and act as an approachable first point of contact for stakeholder questions. The Analyst will help drive consistent adoption and alignment with the RCM process across the organization.

This is a non-client-facing, non-revenue-generating individual-contributor role. The Analyst is expected to take ownership of assigned activities, work autonomously within established procedures, collaborate actively across related teams and seek support when needed. The successful candidate will anticipate patterns and wider implications, communicate unusual or complex content clearly and contribute practical solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team.

Key responsibilities

Data management and repository administration

Maintain accurate, complete and current RCM data across designated repositories, inventories, trackers and document libraries.

Perform routine data-quality checks, investigate anomalies and coordinate corrections with relevant owners.

Apply agreed naming, version-control, retention and documentation standards to support traceability and audit readiness.

Support improvements to data structures, workflows and controls that increase quality, consistency and usability.

Analysis and reporting

Collect, validate and analyze RCM data to identify trends, exceptions, overdue activity, emerging themes and areas requiring management attention.

Prepare accurate scheduled reporting, dashboards and management information for governance forums and senior stakeholders.

Respond to ad-hoc reporting and data requests, translating information into clear, decision-useful insights.

Maintain reporting procedures, definitions and supporting documentation to enable consistent and repeatable production.

Governance and meeting support

Support the preparation of agendas, papers, presentations, dashboards and other materials for RCM governance forums and working groups.

Coordinate meeting logistics, document circulation and stakeholder inputs, and help ensure meetings are organized and effective.

Capture decisions, actions and dependencies clearly and maintain accurate action logs and governance records.

Follow up with owners, monitor delivery of agreed actions and escalate delays, risks or gaps through the appropriate channels.

Stakeholder support and enterprise alignment

Act as a first point of contact for day-to-day stakeholder questions on the RCM process, data, reporting requirements and governance expectations.

Provide clear, practical guidance in line with the RCM Standard, related protocols and approved procedures, escalating complex interpretation matters as appropriate.

Build effective relationships across business, risk, compliance, legal, operations, technology and other partner groups.

Support communications, training and engagement activity that promotes consistent adoption of the RCM process across the organization.

Continuous improvement and agile support

Identify and recommend opportunities to simplify, standardize or automate data, reporting and governance activities.

Support testing, implementation and documentation of process or system enhancements.

Contribute flexibly to team priorities, special projects and other activities where support is required.

Operate with pace, sound judgment and a collaborative mindset in a changing environment, reprioritizing quickly when business needs evolve.

Knowledge and skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with confidence working with large or complex data sets and identifying patterns, gaps and implications.

Excellent attention to detail, with a disciplined approach to data quality, documentation, traceability and control.

Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise reports, governance papers and presentations for different audiences.

Strong organization and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage recurring deliverables, ad-hoc requests and multiple deadlines.

Confidence engaging stakeholders across functions and levels, following up constructively and building collaborative working relationships.

Working knowledge of regulatory change, compliance, risk management or governance processes within financial services, with interest in developing deeper RCM expertise.

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and SharePoint; experience with workflow, reporting or data-visualization tools is advantageous.

Ability to work autonomously within established procedures while recognizing when to seek guidance or escalate.

An agile, nimble and improvement-oriented mindset, with the flexibility to adapt quickly and support work beyond the core remit when priorities require it.

Experience and qualifications

A college or university degree, or equivalent relevant work experience, is required.

Related Industry qualification / or studying towards, is preferred

1-3 years’ experience working in the financial services industry

Demonstrated experience producing accurate reporting or management information and maintaining structured data, records or repositories.

Experience supporting committees, governance forums, projects or cross-functional processes is preferred.

Experience working in a global or matrixed organization and coordinating with stakeholders across regions is advantageous.

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the orga