Job Description

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:
This is a Senior Client Implementation Project Manager role within the Client Implementation Group. This role, which will be based in London or Limerick , is focused on the on boarding of strategic clients who are launching pooled funds with a focus primarily on Tax Transparent funds and Funds that follow LTAF regulations. Oher fund types are also covered when requested.
The candidate should be able to provide comprehensive and extensive project management support to stakeholders in defining and executing the programme.
The candidate should be able to identify and understand the stakeholders' and client's needs and assess the risk, assumptions and constraints. This will be a client facing role with the candidate expected to build up productive relationships with internal and external stake holders.
The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Project managing a wide variety of fund launches, from simple to the most complex.
• Developing the fund launch project plan, identifying and scheduling project activities, managing meetings, as well as creating and maintaining other relevant project governance documents.
• Oversees all identified work streams.
• Provides comprehensive and extensive implementation support to manage the establishment of the required operational model. .
• Ensures that all work in the plan is completed timely to accomplish the project objectives and launch funds within the clients expected time frames.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling the work by comparing actual performance with planned performance. Responsible for analysing variances, assessing any trends that can effect progress, evaluating possible alternatives, and to implement appropriate corrective action(s) as needed.
• Responsible for communication, leadership, and management to effectively exchange accurate and relevant information with all project team members.
• Responsible for providing guidance and motivation to team members and project stakeholders and ensuring resources are achieving project objectives.
• Provides project stakeholders and management with status updates, and timely escalation of issues and delays to timelines.

Skills/ Qualifications:

• Previous experience of fund launches , whilst not essential would be preferable.
• Product knowledge of Tax Transparent funds and funds that follow the Long Term Asset Fund regime is strongly preferred.
• Experience of Client Implementation and onboarding.
• Multi-disciplinary expert with Project Management experience to adapt to requests to manage other fund activity , not typically within the teams remit.
• Experience of fund accounting, transfer agency, custody and tax processing or a subset of thereof would be beneficial.
• Displays an appropriate sense of urgency with the ability to effectively prioritise workload under pressure.
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change.
• Knowledge in developing standards or best practices
• Skills in translating broad strategic intent into tactical plans and directions
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills are required.
• Requires excellent leadership skills and communication skills (both written and oral)
• Experience of training and /or mentoring ideal

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.