Team Lead, Alternative Investments

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 Alternative Asset teams have a global operating model. The team provides middle & back office operational support to investment management clients across a wide range of alternative asset types including, FohF, Mutual Funds and Leveraged Loans. . For Bank Loans we support the asset lifecycle post trade to Client Reporting, including, Transaction Capture, Asset Set Up, Loan Settlement, Lifecycle Management, Market Reconciliations & Client Service. This is a high profile role supporting Tier 1 client base.
Based in Limerick, the Team Leader (“TL”) will be responsible for a team providing middle office services for Bank Loan assets to an EMEA Investment Management Client base. This is a broad role ensuring BKL related transactions for corporate and institutional clients are managed in accordance with pre- defined service standards and KPIs. The role entails development of team members to provide an efficient service to our high profile clients.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Lead, manage & inspire your team to with the overall goal of delivering top class operational services to clients in accordance with pre- defined service standards and KPIs.
• Defines the team’s purpose; influences the prioritisation of work and the allocation of resources to deliver on client commitments.
• Sets clear goals and expectations and ensure regular updates to ensure self and team members achieving them.
• Develop strong relationships with all clients, develop and maintains effective relationships with critical business partners & other internal groups e.g. IOO, Fund Accounting
• Tracks service & delivery results against SLD, maintains service & delivery issues log, drives accountability and closure of issues in a timely manner. Ensures procedures are fit for purpose.
• Promotes by example and actions the highest standards of integrity, accountability & client service

Skills/ Qualifications:

The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Ability to lead, manage & motivate a team
• Significant experience working within Asset Servicing or Custody environment
• Track record of building and maintaining strong and effective working relationships at all levels across the organisation and also externally to clients
• Excellent interpersonal and consultancy skills
• Proven ability to work effectively with local & global partners to ensure service delivery within strict deadlines
• A willingness to learn and be creative within the role
• Experience gained working within the alternative funds industry an advantage

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

• Lead, manage & inspire your team to with the overall goal of delivering top class operational services to clients in accordance with pre- defined service standards and KPIs.
• Defines the team’s purpose; influences the prioritisation of work and the allocation of resources to deliver on client commitments.
• Sets clear goals and expectations and ensure regular updates to ensure self and team members achieving them.
• Develop strong relationships with all clients, develop and maintains effective relationships with critical business partners & other internal groups e.g. IOO, Fund Accounting
• Tracks service & delivery results against SLD, maintains service & delivery issues log, drives accountability and closure of issues in a timely manner. Ensures procedures are fit for purpose.
• Promotes by example and actions the highest standards of integrity, accountability & client servic