at Northern Trust Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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.
Major Duties:
Uses existing procedures to solve standard problems; analyzes information and standard practices to make judgments
Has limited impact on own work team
Works within standardized procedures and practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
Ensures that all duties are completed accurately within internal, market and SLA deadlines and timeframes, assisting and guiding other Partners as required.
Manages multiple client queries and issues, ensuring their timely resolution.
Communicates and coordinates via verbal and written modes, across various partners and external parties to research and resolve exceptions and queries.
Attends internal and external meetings with Clients and Counterparties where required, taking a lead on behalf of team.
Ensures that procedures are followed and updated regularly, assisting and guiding other Partners as required.
Ensures that controls are adhered to and evidenced daily, assisting and guiding other Partners as required.
Contributes to requirements gathering, testing and implementation phases of any change projects in which the team is a stakeholder
Provides support and builds relationships with business partners and brokers/counterparties and clients.
Assists in maintaining the general ledger accounting and financial reporting for client accounts completing necessary reconciliation tasks
Carries out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impact
Is technically sound in area of expertise and has good operational knowledge of other areas
Delivers a work product that does not require revision
Knowledge:
Requires conceptual knowledge of theories, practices and procedures within a job discipline
Applies general knowledge of business developed through education or past experience
Exchanges straightforward information, asks questions and checks for understanding
Proven ability to work effectively within strict deadlines
Ability to process large and variable volumes accurately whilst consistently meeting external and internal deadlines
Thorough knowledge of the Derivatives market, complex products and operating conventions, including product lifecycles
Experience using Derivative market platforms and utilities
Ability to identify and pursue improvement opportunities
Demonstrates a drive for accuracy, to work systematically to meet and maintain standards and adhere to established procedure.
Takes initiative to accomplish tasks and make decisions according to risk, priorities and deadlines.
Focuses on Client needs (internal and external) and works proactively to create mutually beneficial long-term solutions and relationships
Appreciates and seeks to leverage different perspectives and opinions, creating an inclusive environment.
Demonstrates the ability and drive to work cooperatively with others towards shared goals.
Challenges assumptions in order to drive continual improvement. Thinks creatively and develops new ideas or...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
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