Team Lead, Fund Acctng

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/ Department:

This role sits in Operations Department in Saudi office and reports in to the Head of Operations.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Oversee the Operations and delivery of Fund Accounting/Financial Reporting to the clients in a timely manner adhering to the SLA agreed
• Actively contributing to new product development/offering to clients
• Holding client service meetings (virtual or on site)
• Training, guiding, mentoring the junior staff
• Be a go to person for clients, client team within Northern Trust, and staff within the team for any issues and queries.
• Periodically reviewing the internal SLAs with teams with in Northern Trust to ensure that they are up to date
• Uphold accountability at all levels and integrity and foster the culture of honesty with the department
• Be willing to step down to BAU level if needed
• Ensure proper resiliency is in place within the department to avoid any impact due to iterations.

Skills/ Qualifications:

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting with experience in the Financial/Financial Advisory industry
• Excellent People management and Analytical skills
• Extensive knowledge of Fund Accounting and on job expertise
• Out-of-the-box and critical thinker
• Solution-oriented mindset with great communication skills at all levels in the Company.

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. 

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.

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