Associate, Investments – Asset Management

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 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

The Global Institutional Client Group (GICG) is responsible for establishing and cultivating partnerships with Institutional Investors across the EMEA region. The Associate role plays an instrumental role in supporting those client relationships across the region with significant emphasis on the Netherlands. The role works alongside the GICG team in the servicing of institutional clients. They will interact directly with clients to understand their servicing needs and investment objectives respond to client requests and inquiries and provide in-depth information about our products and services.

Given the nature of the role the Associate will get exposure to a mixture of activities and teams including servicing operations product and investment-related activities. Northern Trust is looking for a proactive collaborative and diligent individual to further strengthen the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures overall and optimal client satisfaction by facilitating efforts of relationship team coordinating resources to ensure timely delivery and issue-resolution and effectively communicating client concerns/needs to Northern Trust partners. This includes working closely with the Relationship Managers and acting as escalation point when needed
• Develops good understanding of clients business objectives goals and market challenges and ensure information flow and support from the team is consistent
• Cultivate strong internal working relationships and advocating on behalf of the client internally
• Coordinates with all appropriate teams on account set up cash flows fee reviews and client data maintenance including the completion of audit and compliance requests
• Executes daily client activity oversees transaction processing and assists clients and internal partners with service requests
• Work with Relationship Managers to develop a clear understanding of client requirements and bring perspectives and recommend enhancements in processes products or services based on conversations with clients through their experience
• Involvement in projects or tasks to enhance the client experience and other projects that may affect Investment Management clients or the GICG team
• Coordinates client visits due diligence questionnaires request for information and other deliverables for clients
• Assist with preparation for client meetings including presentation decks & briefing memos.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Development of a broad understanding of asset management services and an in-depth knowledge of the complexities of our Institutional Clients across investor type and geography
• Exposure to investment experts across asset classes to build knowledge of NTAM capabilities and differentiators in the market place
• Effective communication active listening trust building as well as hands on problem solving analytical skills
• Have a good understanding of our capabilities fund structures sustainability performance and compliance systems.

Experience

• 3-5 years of Institutional client servicing and a minimum of 2 years of investment related experience desired but not required.
• Experience with Salesforce Excel PowerPoint and Adobe Writer a plus.
• Local language Dutch is required.

Valuable Competencies

• Effective communicator
• Capacity to work on a range of deliverables at once.
• Tenacious and deadline driven
• Ability to manage differing priorities and workflows.
• Problem solver can-do attitude
• Focused on positive outcomes
• Strong focus on cultural behaviors: connect understand listen resolve work towards solutions accountable entrepreneurial and committed.

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.