Consultant, Custody Onboarding

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:
Based in Limerick, the successful candidate will be a dedicated point of contact for onboarding new business for clients and third party investment managers. The role entails working as an individual within a team environment with responsibility for owning the client implementation process within New Business. The successful candidate will own all aspects of onboarding custody new business, working within a dynamic team to ensure all key milestones are achieved.
The individual should have transferrable skills that will add value to the Custody Onboarding Service team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced individual to join a team who are committed to providing exceptional client service to our network of clients

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Implementation of Custody on boarding of New Business.
• Attend to all aspects of onboarding service delivery.
• Responsible for client interaction, documentation issuance, review and system setups.
• Understands client requirements and implements them correctly.
• Focuses on timely and accurate delivery of all account opening functions, as well as delivering superior client service and resolution of client issues.
• Exclusive point of contact for all custody related issues and testing prior to fund launches/transitions, including administration, fee billing, product guidance, system access and reporting tools available.
• Promotion and guidance of instruction type offered by Northern Trust.
• Co-ordinate and participate in demo training for NT portals were applicable.
• Track onboarding service against project plans.
• Structured daily tasks and checklists to be completed and signed off.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with critical business partners, internal clients & relevant third parties, e.g. operational teams, trustees, external advisors, consultants, etc.
• Initiates frequent, proactive communication with internal and external clients.
• Manage the overall service to client(s) with goal of delivering proactive, unparalleled client service to clients.
• Promote the highest standards of integrity, accountability & client service across GFS EMEA and the global GFS business.

Skills/ Qualifications:

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Several years’ experience within Fund Services (preferably Custody)
• Technical knowledge of the securities industry, its products and instruments.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft applications.
• Strong leadership skills, and as an advocate for the company.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including ability to persuade and influence change / best practice.
• Ability to communicate with partners and clients at all levels.
• Ability to create and foster an inclusive environment within overall team.
• Ability to learn and share client strategy, infrastructure, products, and key personnel across the organisation.
• Proven ability to improve service delivery, efficiency, effectiveness and productivity.

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
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
MyHRHelp@ntrs.com
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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

• Implementation of Custody on boarding of New Business.
• Attend to all aspects of onboarding service delivery.
• Responsible for client interaction, documentation issuance, review and system setups.
• Understands client requirements and implements them correctly.
• Focuses on timely and accurate delivery of all account opening functions, as well as delivering superior client service and resolution of client issues.
• Exclusive point of contact for all custody related issues and testing prior to fund launches/transitions, including administration, fee billing, product guidance, system access and reporting tools available.
• Promotion and guidance of instruction type offered by Northern Trust.
• Co-ordinate and participate in demo training for NT portals were applicable.
• Track onboarding service against project plans.
• Structured daily tasks and checklists to be completed and signed off.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with critical business partners, internal clients & relevant third parties, e.g. operational teams, trustees, external advisors, consultants, etc.
• Initiates frequent, proactive communication with internal and external clients.
• Manage the overall service to client(s) with goal of delivering proactive, unparalleled client service to clients.
• Promote the highest standards of integrity, accountability & client service across GFS EMEA and the global GFS business