Sr Analyst, Loan Ops

Northern Trust•Tempe, AZ

11h

About The Position

Northern Trust is seeking a Sr Analyst, Loan Ops to perform complex banking and liquidity activities with significant business, client, and internal impact. The role monitors incoming banking and liquidity work, requests, and issues, and takes appropriate action to support timely and accurate execution. It communicates cash, funding, liquidity, and transaction updates to relevant stakeholders and performs reviews, reconciliations, and control activities to ensure cash movements, liquidity activity, and related records are accurate, complete, and documented. The position applies strong functional knowledge of banking, liquidity, cash movement, and related operational processes, while maintaining awareness of counterparty exposure and control requirements. It identifies and documents opportunities to update procedures, controls, or team practices to improve consistency, efficiency, and risk management. The analyst may support workflow coordination and day-to-day operational activities, provide guidance and mentorship to junior employees, and interact with senior stakeholders, committees, or functional leadership. Work should be accurate, thorough, and require minimal revision. A college or university degree and/or some relevant work experience is required. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust describes its work culture as flexible and collaborative, with opportunities for movement within the organization, accessible senior leaders, an inclusive workplace, and a commitment to assisting communities. The Tempe office is a Global Capability Center serving more than 75 business functions with over 700 employees.

Requirements

Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Strong functional knowledge of banking, liquidity management, cash movement, and related operational processes.
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team with minimal supervision.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to perform reviews, reconciliations, or control activities and ensure work is completed thoroughly and accurately, including support for liquidity and counterparty risk controls.
A college or university degree and/or some relevant work experience.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

Monitor incoming banking and liquidity work, requests, and issues, and take appropriate action to ensure timely and accurate execution.
Communicate cash, funding, liquidity, and transaction updates clearly and accurately to relevant stakeholders and on time.
Provide day-to-day support and guidance to less experienced team members and may assist in coordinating workflow across banking and liquidity activities.
Perform reviews, reconciliations, and control activities to ensure cash movement, liquidity activity, and related records are complete, accurate, and properly documented.
Identify and document updates to procedures, controls, or team practices and help implement improvements to consistency, efficiency, and risk management.
Carry out complex banking and liquidity activities with significant business, client, and internal impact.
May interact directly with senior stakeholders, committees, or functional leadership on cash, liquidity, and service execution matters.
Serve as a subject matter resource and mentor to more junior employees.
May coordinate daily operational activities and oversee day-to-day work of junior employees without formal management responsibility.
Apply technical or functional knowledge of banking, liquidity, and related operational processes while maintaining awareness of counterparty exposure and control requirements.
Deliver accurate and thorough work that requires minimal revision.
Facilitate discussions, help evaluate options, and support timely decision-making related to cash, liquidity, and transactional matters.