Senior Associate Brokerage Operations

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized awardwinning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds 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 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role/ Department:

We are looking for a Middle Office Operations professional to join our Institutional Brokerage business and provide Operational Trade Support to our Sales and Trading teams as well as servicing our panel of Institutional Clients.

The role focuses around the postTrade lifecycle from Trade Allocation to Prematching & Settlements across Global Markets working with a range of diverse asset types and the reconciliations inherent to the activity.

You will be joining a dynamic clientfacing multifaceted and diverse team set within our Global Banking and Markets business with a fast paced and vibrant environment.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in similar functions be an enthusiastic team player with a keen eye for detail impeccable work ethic and with a client servicing driven mindset.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Posttrade allocation of Equities Fixed Income and ETD transactions across different confirmation formats manually CTM and FIX as well as resolving trade confirmationrelated queries;
• PreMatching and Settlement Closely monitors both Streetside and Clientside settlement instructions facilitating prematching and promoting timely settlement on VD. Liaises with both Brokers and Clients ensuring our settlement rate benchmark is maintained and strives to elevate it whilst ensuring market and settlement risk is promptly avoided;
• Provide operational support to our Sales & Trading desks answering operational queries and providing guidance on the posttrade impact of trading actions;
• Resolving Client queries by liaising with relevant internal and external stakeholders including the Client and their Custodians & Prime Brokers;
• Write and maintains high quality procedure documentation;
• Work within the guidelines and policies;
• Analyze possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents;
• Solve problems in straightforward situations;
• Assist in training new starters within the team;
• Challenge existing processes and offers ideas.

Skills/ Qualifications:

• Financial Services industry experience preferably in a financial operations role and has specific brokerage operations knowledge and expertise;
• Expanded conceptual knowledge in own job discipline;
• Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work;
• Ability to convey complex information to others in straightforward situations;
• Has an understanding of regional regulatory requirements;
• Applies best practices and how own area integrates with others;
• Provides informal guidance to new team members;
• Excellent attention to detail good verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong dedication to toplevel Client Service;
• Good organizational skills and a keen sense of prioritization due to deadlinedriven environment;
• Great team player
• Core Microsoft 365 user Outlook Excel PowerPoint OneNote Planner Dynamics

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.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds 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 youre 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.