**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**:Under general supervision but works independently most of the time. The Assoc. Consultant works as part of a team responsible for ensuring all data required for the product it supports is in accordance to policies, procedures and controls meet service level and standards in place. This role is also responsible for delivery of middle office services to Global Family Offices (GFO) and Institutional client servicing teams. The role is expected to facilitate complex activities required to validate large datasets, monitor fund holdings delivery, onboard new clients to the product, answer and resolve queries and issues of clients and Client Servicing, lead/co-lead internal collaboration, and implement product solutions.**The key responsibilities of the role include**:- Works as part of a small-targeted team that maintains strong control on data elements to enable accuracy and completeness reporting.- Manages daily operational activities & supervise day-to-day work of team members (but not on a formal management role).- Conducts technical and data analysis required to reconcile fund holdings as required, between internal and external sources- Assists in coaching & development of new hires & provide support on process improvement initiatives.- Seek to find flaws as early as possible to prevent an error or minimize the impact to both the clent and organization, therefore, must be technically sound in functional area of expertise with a broad knowledge of the downstream operational groups- Interacts constantly with internal partner groups, external parties & client servicing teams- May serve as Subject Matter Expert on projects and/or assist to train new hires- Answers and resolve any queries raised by Client Services, clients, fund managers, internal teams and vendors- May carry out complex activities, data analysis, & support quality review/approval process.Skills/Qualifications:The key responsibilities of the role include:- Familiarity with functional process, downstream operational groups & risk associated with client events/cases essential in order to assess & delegate work- Highly detailed-oriented and has the ability to articulate inaccuracies to the staff and management are essential skills in order to prevent recurrence and mitigate risk- Ability to multitask & problem-solving skills are essential to maintain various client requirements and queries, ensuring accurate & timely completion- Analytical/Logical Thinking, Client Interfacing, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Industry Knowledge, Project Management, Risk Management, Technical Knowledge- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal- Proven track record in project completion, successfully working with stakeholders to deliver strong KPIs or successful projects- Display strong presentation skills to key stakeholders (both internal and external)- Bachelor's Degree in relevant Finance/Account preferred, but not required- Preferably with relevant experience in Asset Servicing- 3 or more years of relevant industry experience
