Senior Portfolio Advisor

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.

At Northern Trust the Sr. Portfolio Advisor manages investment activities for a full set of major fee-revenue-producing accounts representing large and sensitive high-net-worth personal trusts and individual investment portfolios that are typically greater in size and complexity within the market. This role is responsible for developing and executing investment strategies aligned with client objectives maintaining close collaboration with client service teams and internal partners and exercising sound judgment to deliver consistent long-term investment outcomes.

What Youll Do

• Manage investment activities for a full set of major fee-revenue-producing accounts including large and sensitive high-net-worth personal trusts and complex individual investment portfolios.
• Develop recommend and direct the execution of investment programs designed to achieve specific client investment objectives.
• Analyze and plan overall investment strategy with continuous revision as goals and objectives evolve working closely and proactively with the broader client service team to identify and execute on areas of opportunity.
• Maintain an integral and influential presence within the local client-facing team clients co-trustees consultants the banks legal partners and outside attorneys to ensure effective communication of client requirements and coordination of portfolio activity.
• Demonstrate mastery of new investment strategies tools and capabilities as well as portfolio research and investment methodologies through regular engagement with National Investment and Goals-Driven Wealth Management practices peers and broader Wealth and Asset Management teams.
• Participate in thought leadership through publications educational opportunities and practice-hosted symposiums and events.
• Maintain accountability for personal adherence to best practices as measured by the PM Dashboard and related reporting.
• Execute initiatives new capability rollouts and required training in alignment with national expectations.
• Provide continuous feedback to leadership on areas for improvement related to national initiatives changes and expectations.
• Adhere to National Investment Guidelines feedback from the REV peer review process and sound risk management practices.
• Serve on standing investment services committees and participate in special projects as appropriate.
• Lead others to solve complex problems applying sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Impact the achievement of customer operational project or service objectives.

What Will Make You Successful in the Role

• Strong knowledge of investment and portfolio management theory accounting and financial principles associated investment strategies and instruments and characteristics of various marketplaces typically acquired through formal education and professional experience.
• Demonstrated decision-making sales and negotiation skills to support market revenue generation and guide sensitive or complex situations through to agreement.
• Ability to interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products processes or services.
• Ability to communicate difficult concepts and influence others to adopt alternative points of view.
• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise within the investment and portfolio management discipline.

Experience & Education

• Minimum of 812 years of investment experience which may include research with demonstrated long-term investment performance meeting stated objectives.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements risk and/or complexity.

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.