New Business Project Manager recruitment

Northern Trust is a global leader in delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions to corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide.  For more than 122 years, we have evolved with the changing needs of our clients and our world.  As of June 30, 2012 Northern Trust had $100 billion in banking assets, $4.6 trillion in assets under custody and $704.3 billion in assets under management.

Ensure smooth execution and completion of projects for new fund launches, transitions, mergers and restructures. Monitor risk and issues throughout the project and ensure proper escalation to senior management where needed. Actively manage the new business approval process and manage feedback from operations to Sales and Relationship Management teams. Update new business schedule and produce monthly statistics for senior management.

Knowledge/Skills              

Demonstrates excellent analytical, consultative, communication and judgment skills

Major Duties Accountabilities

• Project manage/coordinate Fund launches, transitions, restructures, redomiciles and ad-hoc projects with Clients and new business take-on teams.

• Chair project meetings and document minutes/updates. Ensure new business take on teams are taking ownership of their tasks.

• Create project plans for meetings using MS Project / Excel.

• Actively manage the new fund approval process, including the circulation of all details to the operational areas and the monitoring of the replies via the tracking file.

• Maintain the weekly new business schedule, updating it with new approved fund launches, revisions to existing launch dates, headcounts etc.

• Assist in any new procedures/process flows, which are to be introduced.

• Identify and act on opportunities to improve current procedures/processes to meet changing requirements of clients and operation areas.

Experience:

• Experience Related experience in Fund administration / Custody and/or Project Management

• Communication - candidate must have good communication skills, open to working with Clients and all NT Partners globally.

• Product/Service Knowledge

• Numeracy/Financial Analysis

• Industry Knowledge

Competencies

• Client Service Orientation

• Analytical Thinking

• Concern for Quality

• Initiative

• Leadership

Northern Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to building a diverse workforce.

We ensure our policies guide our behaviours to create and maintain a discrimination-free workplace. We support total diversity: gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, physical disabilities, and marital/family status, among others.  

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