Technical Coordinator
For more than a century, Northern Trust has worked hard building our legacy of outstanding service, expertise and integrity. From a Chicago-based bank founded in 1889, we now have more than 20 international locations and 18,500 employees globally. We serve the world’s most-sophisticated clients – from sovereign wealth funds and the wealthiest individuals and families, to the most-successful hedge funds and corporate brands.
We burnished our reputation as a global leader delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions enabled by sophisticated, leading technology. And through it all, we continually laid a solid, forward-looking foundation on which future generations can continue growing and achieving greater.
As of March 31,2019, Northern Trust Corporation had:
$10.9 trillion in assets under custody/administration
$8.2 trillion in assets under custody
$1.2 trillion in assets under management
$122 billion in banking assets
Role
Technical role in the performance of Fund Accounting related activities.
Evaluates and reconciles complex funds including mutual, commingled, and collective for production of client month-end reports or for daily valuation. Verifies complex transactions, audits income reports within scheduled timeframes and resolves exceptions on a daily basis for fund accounts
Core Skills & Competencies Required:
•Strong subject matter expertise/ knowledge of NT business
•Demonstrate through examples /evidence strong operations knowledge including secondary review & controls, risks & mitigation
•Demonstrate through examples /evidence excellent written and verbal language skills, ability to independently address technical & non-technical issues, knowledge share / training sessions conducted , proactively troubleshoot and manage escalations, and work with global teams
•Demonstrate through examples /evidence analytical ability, problem solving, day-to-day task management and escalation of issues
•Working knowledge of Excel including macros/automations within the process
•Sustainable performance demonstrated through examples/evidence, the above listed core skills and competencies in the current role over a period of at least 24 months
•Partner should be flexible to work in any of the three locations (Manyata, GVT & Pune).
Major Duties / Key Responsibilities:
•To have a thorough understanding of the theoretical and technical nature of fund accounting and administration
•Performing quality assurance checks on information received internally from other supporting functions
•Working closely with home locations to resolve queries
•To create, maintain and update procedures for your funds
•Ensuring that you comply with all controls and procedures outlined in the procedures manual and general company policies
•Reviewing and signing off on NAV files of other team members
•Working closely with the Team Leader and Section Managers for on-boarding new transitions from home locations
•Ensure all scheduled work is completed by agreed deadlines, checklists are signed and files contain all required
•To identify efficiencies and area’s for improvement to reduce risk and become more efficient
•Ensuring that technology available is being fully utilized in the most efficient manner
•To ensure full and proper reporting to the manager of any operational issues
•Where delays are expected to flag any service delivery issues as early as possible
•Ongoing review of daily controls and communications of any new idea’s or suggested procedural changes
•To assist with training and coaching new team members as the group grows