Consultant, Client Implementation, OMN at Northern Trust in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

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.

Summary:

The job involves working for Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services (HFS), a Global fund administrator, and is responsible for onboarding clients to the platform. The successful candidate will be an ambitious self-starter who has demonstrated the ability to function as an effective and strategic member in a dynamic, fast-paced and demanding environment. This individual will have a strong industry and/or project management background and excels at working well with others.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Interact with client, the client's service providers, HFS IT, and HFS shared services teams to onboard new clients.


• Drive multiple implementation projects simultaneously.


• Train and mentor local junior and international partners to troubleshoot queries and provide feedback related to client implementation.


• Drive updates for weekly client meetings, including input for agendas, notes and takeaways.


• Initiate and maintain all necessary project tracking documents.


• Leverage HFS proprietary tools, financial instruments knowledge, and accounting principles to onboard client's portfolio into the proprietary HFS platform.


• Identify and communicate bespoke client requests and escalates to manager.


• Interface with internal and external IT to ensure client setup is completed timely and within the constraints of the internal control framework.


• Perform and document completion of internal controls.


• Supports performing all implementation processes related to daily trade break resolution for financial products and transitioning activities to shared services teams prior to go live.


• Perform analysis of financial statements and supporting documents as part of portfolio data validation.


• Perform reconciliations to the source data to ensure the accuracy of data loaded into the HFS platform.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required


• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and Bloomberg


• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, with accuracy, and on-time


• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills


• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment


• Client service focused


• Knowledge of basic accounting principles and familiarity with financial markets and instruments is required


• Highly flexible and adaptable to change

Education/Experience

• 4-7+ years' experience


• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.


• Experience with Investment Management, Financial Services, Hedge Fund or Private Equity Funds, and/or project management preferred

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.