Role

The role is for Transfer Agency (TA) business with specific responsibility to support Business as Usual (BAU) in Bangalore, India. The department is responsible for client and investor document management, processing and quality checking of transactions and updating the registers of our clients mutual funds in response to investor instructions. Also responsible for any ad hoc project work and remediation activity to support the BAU.

This department is responsible for several TA functions, including, but not limited to, Dealing, Registration, Settlement, Reconciliations, Distributions, Management Accounting, Fund Allocation and Client Reporting.

This role is to support BAU activities in the TA department in order to ensure that not only client Service Level Agreements are consistently met and/or exceeded but also to ensure that regulatory and management company requirements are effectively delivered.

Shift timing - Late EMEA/NA shift (subject to change based on business requirement)

Reporting Manager

Team Leader/Section Manager

Responsibilities

- To support and deliver BAU activities to ensure that agreed client deliverables are met and that service levels meet and/or exceed client expectations at all times.
- To be a Subject Matter Expert in area of responsibility.
- Work independently and proactively resolve any potential issues.
- Analyze process gaps and suggest improvements.
- Represent team on department/cross functional process and project assignments.
- To act as a point of contact for the resolution of day-to-day BAU issues and effectively reduce the number of referrals being sent to Home location on a daily basis.
- To take primary responsibility of eliminating aged, outstanding items and clearing exceptions on a daily basis.
- Manage work allocation in the absence of Team Leader in consultation with Managers.
- To liaise professionally with internal and external departments and functions e.g.



home location to deliver BAU effectively and efficiently and to consistently achieve timely and accurate client deliverables.
- To identify training gaps if within the team and share with TL/Manager
- To ensure proper preventative and detective controls are in place for the TA functions you are responsible for.
- Serve as a resource to clients, partners and team members for clarity, understanding and information.
- Identifies trends, concerns and root cause of errors and recommends additional controls to improve quality/timelines.
- To drive recommendations to improve processes and strengthen control weaknesses and to relay and or introduce BAU improvements to mitigate process errors.
- To ensure that current / updated TA processes, procedures and policies are in place and are being applied across TA business units and functions you are responsible for.
- To foster & promote commitment to a strong risk management culture in TA.
- To maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times.

Accountabilities

- Employees are required to comply with the regulatory regime in which Northern Trust operates as appropriate to the above role.
- Employees are expected to exercise due care and diligence whilst ensuring that the areas the incumbent is supporting are organized and controlled.
- Employees are required to observe proper standards of market, business and personal conduct, demonstrating integrity in the execution of their duties.

Relationships

Internal Key Stakeholders

- Relationship Managers
- Management Team
- Internal Clients
- TA Team

Skills / Experience

- Demonstrate a valuable understanding of TA Dealing,



Registration Settlements, Payments and Reconciliation.
- Demonstrate a detailed working knowledge of the TA processes
- Ability to build very good relationship across locations and functions
- Quick learner and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Understanding own limitations
- Excellence in execution
- Very good presentation skills
- Effective Communication Skills
- Leadership Skills.
- To embrace change and proactively address issues through appropriate escalations
- Strong analytical and strive for continuous improvement.
- Flexible, adaptable and willingness to learn
- Demonstrate through examples /evidence, the above listed core skills and competencies in the current role over a period of at least 24 months AND overall industry experience of 4+ years.

Core Competencies

- Interpersonal (relationship building, respectful, problem solving and understanding)
- Communication (listening skills, oral communication skills, information sharing and written communication skills)
- Self-management (adaptability, integrity, learning and trust builder)
- Motivation (closure and result seeking)
- Thinking (decision making, idea generation, inclusion and problem solving)
- Organizational Knowledge (current knowledge, knowledge and understanding)
- Client Service and Quality (quality, relationship building and client satisfaction)
- Administration (coordination, execution, planning and time management)
- Leadership (direction, idea generation, knowledge sharing and team recognition)

Reasonable Accommodation

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