Team Lead, Securities Lending

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.

Major Duties:

• Manage the work flow for the team. Ensure all Corporate Event files are set up and actioned in a timely manner. Review and authorize files and borrower instructions
• Support the Team Manager in ensuring operational efficiency of the team. Provide management reporting and escalation of aged or high-risk issues
• Provide on the job technical training and coaching for all team members and brief staff regularly on issues relating to work carried out by the team and new initiatives
• Responsible for work-flow distribution and the effective use of resources within the section
• Ensure all procedures are kept up to date and are adhered to on a daily basis. Assist the Team Manager in establishing goals and objectives for the team
• Generate process and system enhancement ideas and co-ordinate the introduction of these changes with supporting documented procedures
• Carries out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impact
• May have direct interaction with committees and/or Senior Management
• Able to serve as a key subject matter expert and mentor to other more junior level employees
• Organizes the work of the team, assigns tasks, sets short-term priorities, monitors all activities and ensures timely and accurate completion of the work
• Conducts performance management and career development processes, and staffing and disciplinary actions

Knowledge:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required. The role will require the ability to deal confidently and articulately with external counterparties
• Analytical and problem - solving skills are required
• Leadership and organizational skills are needed to prioritize assignments and provide feedback to staff
• Ability to set priorities and manage deadlines, escalating issues where necessary
• Good team player, self-starter, flexible, with the ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
• Good PC skills, in particular, Excel

Experience:

• A College or University degree and/or relevant work experience is required
• Experience of Securities Lending in an operations environment is required
• Supervisory experience is desirable

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 .

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.