Manager Implementation, Portfolio Solutions

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 :

• Collaborate closely with Portfolio Solutions Strategists to ensure the successful implementation of client activity within agreed timelines.
• Work in partnership with partners in Brokerage Operations to continuously enhance operational efficiency and risk control.
• Manage and oversee relationships with external counterparties in the FX and Futures domains.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Business Head, contributing to the development of business priorities and overall strategy.
• Drive change by prioritizing initiatives and aligning resources accordingly to meet strategic goals.
• Take ownership and ensure the successful delivery of strategic business initiatives.
• Optimize business performance by leading key service delivery initiatives.
• Work with the Business Head on the annual business budget process.
• Chair the Quarterly Portfolio Solutions Business Council and represent Portfolio Solutions in the broader Risk Councils.
• Collaborate with Risk & Compliance to ensure compliance with changing global regulatory requirements.
• Respond to requests from regulators as needed.
• Coordinate periodic testing and reviews with internal parties such as Audit, Risk, and Compliance.
• Provide day-to-day team management for Implementation Managers, setting goals, conducting performance reviews, and assigning tasks.
• Act as a point of direction and escalation for the team, observing, monitoring, and controlling productivity.
• Offer ad hoc / general business management support as required.

Knowledge :

• Seasoned multi-disciplinary expert with extensive technical and / or business knowledge and functional expertise
• Excellent communication skills, together with influencing and relationship-building are important attributes for the role
• Able to collaborate across lines of businesses and work with central / corporate organizations, building a strong network
• Working with big sets of data and analysing this to find conclusions.
• Drive trends and provide new conclusions or perspectives on new findings.
• Working collaboratively with business partners : HR, Compliance and Finance in order to support day to day business activities.

Experience :

• Licenses as required by the governing bodies with the specific region.
• Significant experience within Financial Services.
• Prior experience of producing management information reporting for senior stakeholders alongside resource and budget management.
• A university / college degree or equivalent and / or relevant proven work experience is required
• Ability to operate autonomously with an ability to face off to the management team, demonstrates a willingness to take initiative and work independently, a problem solver
• Demonstrated ability to influence business leaders and partner well as part of a global business
• Strong focus on understanding and contributing to the strategic business vision, with a focus on improving the bottom line.
• Sound judgment, professional maturity, personal integrity, and a strong work ethic.
• A proactive and results-oriented outlook, with the courage to ask tough questions and challenge the status quo.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy and precision in all tasks.

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 .

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.