Associate Accountant - Financial Reporting

at  Northern Trust Corp

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/ Department:
The Fund Reporting department in Luxembourg is managing the processes of financial, regulatory and tax reporting. These services involve the management of offshore services, service providers and the coordination of interaction with Regulators, Fund Auditors and Tax Advisors. This is a great opportunity to join a growing multicultural team and company, and to help shape and influence the future operating model of the team with terrific opportunities for self-development and career advancement across a number of different areas of expertise.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Preparing reporting for regulators, clients, investors and other parties as required
• Cooperation and support for client service teams in responding to client queries.
• Assisting in the delivery of services including:
• Luxembourg Legal/Regulatory Reporting production
• Other global jurisdictional reporting as per Funds distribution countries
• Timely and accurate delivery of daily and periodic data for regulatory and tax reporting
• Calculation and delivery of dividend distribution calculations
• Dealing with requests from regulators, auditors and tax advisors
• Coordination with internal and external parties ensuring that reports comply with legal requirements in terms of data content, layout and timing

Skills/ Qualifications:

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Degree (University) in economics/business administration/accounting
• Some knowledge of fund accounting and Fund legal/regulatory requirements an advantage
• Some knowledge of the fund administration processes, including regulatory and investor related tax requirements an advantage
• Accounting knowledge and very good command of MS Excel and MS365, knowledge of GP4 accounting software an advantage
• Strong analytical, communication, organisation and coordination skills
• Strong data analysis and attention to detail skills required.
• A very good command of English is essential. Knowledge of German/French beneficial.
• An appetite for learning and new challenges.

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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We hope you’re 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

• Preparing reporting for regulators, clients, investors and other parties as required
• Cooperation and support for client service teams in responding to client queries.
• Assisting in the delivery of services including:
• Luxembourg Legal/Regulatory Reporting production
• Other global jurisdictional reporting as per Funds distribution countries
• Timely and accurate delivery of daily and periodic data for regulatory and tax reporting
• Calculation and delivery of dividend distribution calculations
• Dealing with requests from regulators, auditors and tax advisors
• Coordination with internal and external parties ensuring that reports comply with legal requirements in terms of data content, layout and timin