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.
The team
The Asset Servicing Finance team (‘the team’) provide management reporting, financial analysis and decision-making support to senior business stakeholders across Northern Trust’s Asset Servicing Business Unit. The team play a key role as partner, adviser and consultant to business stakeholders and support them in achieving their business, financial and strategic growth objectives. The team operate a ‘hub and spoke’ model where business reporting is produced by a central reporting team based in Limerick and Manila (‘the hub’) with finance partners in each business location globally providing direct support to business management in their location (‘the spoke’).
The role
Team Coordination & Governance:
Support the development and operation of a high-performing reporting team in Manila, contributing to a collaborative and efficient team environment.
Support local hiring and onboarding of new team members, ensuring effective integration and knowledge transfer.
Work closely with the direct manager to facilitate targeted 1:1’s with partners, focusing on performance oversight and behavioural feedback.
Organise and facilitate monthly team meetings covering key updates, issues, risks, and leadership communications, ensuring actions are tracked and followed through.
Initiate and support regular review and maintenance of Service Documents (SDs), coordinating with indirect teams and their managers to ensure alignment on scope, roles, and delivery expectations.
Support stakeholder engagement through participation in quarterly service review calls, contributing to discussions on performance, issues, and continuous improvement opportunities.
Coordinate and support Business Continuity Planning (BCP) activities, ensuring documentation is maintained, tested, and aligned to governance requirements.
Ensure adherence to risk, controls, and compliance requirements, providing timely updates and escalating issues to management where required.
Operational:
Assist to lead the production and review of financials, forecasts and related reporting for Asset Servicing globally including its business segments, ensuring that all reporting is produced in line with defined standards, in a consistent manner and on a timely basis.
Support and coordinate monthly reporting activities across Hub and Spoke teams, ensuring responsibilities, hand-offs, and dependencies are clearly defined and effectively managed.
Ensure all queries from business management and finance stakeholders are responded to and resolved in a timely manner.
Play a key role in the ongoing assessment and enhancement of financial reporting, analysis, and metrics to ensure outputs remain relevant and aligned to evolving business requirements.
Drive and support the identification, testing and implementation of new tools, technologies, and automation initiatives, including assessing impacts on existing processes and supporting transition to improved ways of working.
The successful candidate will demonstrate some of the following skills:
Experience in leading and coordinating work across teams, including providing guidance, oversight, and informal mentorship to colleagues and indirect team members.
Strong financial acumen and analytical skills with high level of attention to detail.
Strong planning and organizational skills.
Confident verbal and written presentation and communication skills.
Motivated, proactive and resilient self-starter who takes the initiative and drives tangible and credible outcomes.
Positive and solutions orientated individual with an adaptable and hands-on approach that can work independently or as part of a team.
Ability to deliver accurate and sound financial analysis under tight deadlines.
Ability to navigate and operate effectively across a complex global organisation.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate will benefit from having:
Qualified accountant (preferable ACA / ACCA) with experience in a multi-currency multinational environment (financial services experience preferable).
Strong IT skills, notably Office 365 products including Power BI, Power Applications, SharePoint
Working with Us
As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.
Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.
Reasonable Accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.
About Our Manila Office
The Northern Trust Manila office celebrated a decade of excellence in 2024. Through agility, resiliency, innovation, and excellence, they have evolved into a dynamic hub with diverse capabilities and a thriving workforce of over 1,200 - driving meaningful impact and sustainable growth. Learn more.
Skills Required
- Experience leading and coordinating work across teams including mentorship
- Strong financial acumen and analytical skills
- Experience producing and reviewing financials, forecasts and reporting
- Experience working in a multi-currency multinational environment
- Qualified accountant (preferable ACA / ACCA)
- Financial services experience
- Strong IT skills, notably Office 365 products including Power BI, Power Applications, SharePoint
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Confident verbal and written presentation and communication skills
- Ability to deliver accurate financial analysis under tight deadlines
Northern Trust Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northern Trust and has not been reviewed or approved by Northern Trust.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match alongside an employer‑funded defined‑benefit pension is highlighted in employer‑verified materials and filings, setting the retirement package apart from many private employers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is portrayed as solid overall, and two paid volunteer days per year are clearly documented across corporate materials.
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Parental & Family Support — Company sources and postings reference paid parental and caregiver leave and recent enhancements to parental benefits, indicating meaningful family support within the package.
Northern Trust Insights
What We Do
As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing and investment solutions, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity. A globally recognized Fortune 500 Company in continuous operation since 1889, we’ve built a legacy of empowering clients to reach their goals with confidence. Since our roots as a trust bank, we’ve grown to a global presence with more than 24,000 employees in more than 20 countries and across six core business units: Wealth Management Asset Management Asset Servicing Technology Corporate Functions Enterprise Operations Join a Team That’s Achieving Greater At Northern Trust, we refer to our employees as partners – with good reason. We understand that relationships are the key to our success. Here you’ll join a diverse and inclusive team of innovators with the drive to challenge the way things have always been done. Instead of choosing between a dynamic career and work-life balance, enjoy working with a team that supports your goals in the office and at home. We’ll help you get where you want to go without sacrificing what matters most to you. Delivering value and adhering to our enduring principles What are enduring principles? Since our founding, they have guided our strategy and success. Thanks to the dedication of our partners, Northern Trust continues to thrive by adhering to three enduring principles: service, expertise and integrity . What does this mean? Service Northern Trust has a relentless drive to provide exceptional service to our clients, our partners and our communities. We set new standards and go above and beyond in our commitment to delivering greater results. Expertise Expertise is at the core of who we are. We focus sharply on what we do well. From expanding our capabilities, to hiring talented professionals to developing innovative solutions, our expertise is why we continue to be a trusted advisor for generations of families and institutions. Integrity Operating with uncompromising ethics is central to Northern Trust’s heritage. As a result, our clients, partners and communities know they can rely on us. For more than 130 years, our integrity has been our guide – and that will never change.
Why Work With Us
At Northern Trust, we go further because we go together. We embrace flexibility, encourage balance, and prioritize inclusion at all levels, working together to keep you connected. We are committed to our employees—all 24,000 of them. Whether this is a first step or a bold new leap in your career, we’re here to help you move forward.
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