Senior Consultant, Fund Accounting - Limerick - Hybrid
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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.
Role:
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Consultant
within our growing Fund Accounting department. The Senior Consultant
has responsibility for accurately reviewing and signing off NAV
calculations, is the subject matter expert on the team for all fund
specific requirements and takes the lead in rolling out new system
enhancements and procedures. They will also collate and provide
feedback from Fund Accounting department to the relevant stakeholders.
The Senior Consultant may be an individual contributor or have one or
two direct reports. This role will be attractive to candidates with
prior fund accounting experience or relevant operational /accounting
experience who want to progress their career in a ‘best in class’
environment.
A Senior Consultants role and day to day
responsibilities are documented in further detail below and
incorporates the following areas:
- Operational Risk
Management
- Client Service and Quality - Accuracy &
Timeliness
- Productivity and Change Control Management
-
Outsourcing and Oversight
The Key Responsibilities of the
Role:
- Responsible for co-coordinating and leading
systems testing and procedures in the team.
- To be the technical
and subject matter expert on the team and handle all specific fund
requirements.
- Mentors individuals and peers during projects and
assignments.
- Analytically and procedurally competent to lead the
team on cross-function process or project deliverables, minimising
errors in all deliverables
- Develop and maintain an understanding
of the industry and keep abreast of emerging industry trends.
-
Ability to lead long term strategy for the department
- Instils a
client service culture among staff and ensures that all clients
receive a quality service.
- Experience of designing and
implementing development plans, training plans and succession plans
for all levels of staff.
- Identify, assist and delegate
projects/assignments and tasks to individuals and peers. Maintain
accountability for the projects/assignments. Provide progression
feedback and recognition to the individuals and the project
team.
- Engaging with key stakeholders to understand business
needs and requirements, management of stated stakeholder needs
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Proactive problem solving and issue resolution and development of key
communications related to projects, programmes or activities of the
team
Skills/Qualifications
The
successful candidate will benefit from having:
- Previous
fund accounting experience or relevant operational/accounting
experience preferred
- Detailed Knowledge of Enterprise and
related Fund Accounting applications preferred with the ability to
implement interfaces with other systems
- Maintain an
understanding of the industry and NT, in particular NT’s systems,
infrastructure and process/data flows.
- Experience with vendors
an advantage (Bloomberg, Reuters etc)
- Strong communication,
first class presentation and internal and external client-servicing
skills.
- Demonstrates willingness to help others outside
team
- Good prioritisation, multi-tasking and problem solving
skills with the ability to think creatively
- Organises own
workload and establishes priorities
- Demonstrates good knowledge
of standards and procedures required for own tasks
- Excellent PC
skills especially MS Excel
- Third level qualification or pursuing
a professional accounting qualification an advantage but not required
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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
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Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.