About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world's most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role

SME role in performing end to end Accounting, transfer agency activities in Private Equity

Performs consulting role as a liaison between Accounting Team and key stake holders. Acts as a primary reviewer performing reviews of different activities within the business

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPOSIBILITIES

Establishes and develops plans that are thorough, realistic, and effective in meeting goals; Incumbent will be responsible for managing available resources and work allocation.

Responsible for maintaining high standard of accuracy and timeliness for all deliverables.

Shows a sense of urgency; drives to closure; persists despite obstacle; strives to achieve results; pursues challenging goals and works hard to achieve them.

Coordinating with the onshore team on Migrations, working closely with Managers for on-boarding new transitions.





Must have strong subject matter expertise along with thorough understanding of Investran application

Support and drive system changes and strategic initiatives - Elicit, analyse, outline and develop requirements by coordinating with business and technology teams.

Formulate application testing strategies and test plans, execute test cases (manual or automated) and troubleshoot defects.

Analyse operational procedures and processes, working with the PCA business to identify areas for automation, to reduce risk and improve efficiency.

Develop subject Matter Expert for REIF and Private Equity products and business by documenting and developing knowledge base and cross-training team members across regions.

Serve as a Change Advocate; establish trust within the corresponding business teams; gain enthusiasm within the teams.

Performing quality assurance checks on information received internally from other supporting functions.

Maintain accounting system, reviewing all fund transactions and reclassifications of journals.

Handling client, audit and internal queries and acting as face of the process.

Coordinate with operational teams, internal groups and external counterparties to resolve discrepancies in a timely and effective manner; also ensure full and proper reporting to the manager of any operational issues.





Maintain internal volume and review logs, ensuring all administrative and IT records are entered and updated correctly.

Trouble shoot process issues, assist and answer queries of junior and new staff.

Training and coaching new team members as the group grows.

Contributing to process development and productivity, implementing new initiatives; Identify efficiencies and area's for improvement to reduce risk and become more efficient.

Assist managers in business development, client specific reporting / analysis request and special projects.

Act as a back up for Team Lead and manage the work in his/her absence

knowledge and skills

Industry, accounting, application and process knowledge:

Thorough understanding of complex nature of private equity offerings

Ability to identify, classify and record complex fund transactions to general ledgers.

Knowledge of Investran LIVE/ Investran, preferably as a super user to be able to use the application to its max advantage

Working knowledge of macro/automation tools will be added advantage.

Proven experience of business analysis, system upgrades, testing related to Private Equity products.

Self-starter with advanced analytical and problem solving skills.

Ability to liaise and translate between technical and non-technical departments.

Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

Skills:

Ability to gather information from various sources, interpreting data to reach logical conclusion.

Demonstrate through examples /evidence analytical ability, problem solvin

📌 Senior Consultant (Bengaluru)
🏢 Northern Trust
📍 Bengaluru