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.
Integrated Portfolio Services (IPS) delivers investment performance, risk measurement reporting and analysis, compliance guideline monitoring, and private markets capabilities to our clients.
IPS services span multiple client segments including Corporate Pension Funds, Public Funds, Foundations and Endowments, Wealth Management, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and Investment Management.
IPS utilizes both proprietary and third-party vended applications to provide a comprehensive range of investment analytics, such as rates of return, attribution analysis, and guideline monitoring.
This supports the entire investment management process from planning to evaluation.
Your Role
Northern Trust's Front Office Solutions (FOS) platform provides a comprehensive, full-service, multi-asset platform designed to empower institutional investors and in-house investment teams.
The successful candidate will develop a strong understanding of the platform's broader capabilities across both public and private markets, with focused expertise in private markets analytics and reporting.
The role requires a deep appreciation of how investment, operational, and data processes converge to deliver meaningful portfolio insights.
This includes understanding Northern Trust's private market and custody administration services, including capital call processing, distribution management, and underlying investment data capture, as well as how this information is transformed into actionable analytics and reporting.
In addition to FOS, Northern Trust leverages third-party analytical solutions for certain clients to enhance private markets performance measurement, benchmarking, and investment reporting.
The candidate will be expected to develop proficiency in these tools and the associated data ecosystems that support them.
Operating at the intersection of investment operations, data management, analytics, and client reporting, this role is responsible for translating complex multi-asset portfolio information into clear, insightful, and decision-useful investment reporting.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting and servicing existing clients, overseeing the delivery of investment reporting and analytics, and partnering with clients to develop solutions that address their evolving business and investment requirements. The role will also
- Contributing to business development efforts across the EMEA region, supporting opportunities with Asset Owners, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds, and Global Family Offices.
- Working closely with Sales, Relationship Management, and Product teams to deliver solutions, system demonstrations, support client presentations, and engage in consultative discussions with prospective clients.
- Service delivery of important IPS clients, ensuring operational excellence and business alignment.
- Act as the primary contact for client engagements, offering expert guidance and resolving complex data queries.
- Ensuring accuracy and timeliness of deliverables in line with SLAs.
- Understanding the different and broader capabilities of the IPS Products and support cross-functional solutioning across different client segments.
- Leveraging expertise in private markets analytics concepts, DPI, TVPI etc and performance measurement including IRR vs TWR, PME’s, benchmarking, attribution, and accounting.
- Understanding the concepts for private market pacing and liquidity modelling and be able to talk to and demonstrate in system.
- Providing technical insight and analysis for internal and client-facing projects.
- Overseeing the development and implementation of new performance analytics products based on changing market or client needs.
- Participating in initial client discovery sessions; assists in project planning, setting client expectations, and facilitating continuous client updates throughout the onboarding process.
- Identifying process improvement opportunities and collaborate with technology teams for automation.
The ideal candidate should have a fair amount of the following skills & experience:
- Demonstrated ability to articulate end-to-end capabilities, demonstrating how our technology, administration, data, and reporting solutions help clients gain greater transparency and insight into their investment portfolios.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor team members as we expand the support model to our APAC region; driving knowledge share to increase awareness and enhance knowledge.
- Client Consulting & Presentation Skills: Strong ability to engage with clients, understand business requirements, and deliver clear, insightful recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Advanced Excel Proficiency: Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas, data analysis, modelling, and the effective use of Excel add-ins.
- Knowledge of Data Analytics Tools: Experience with Power BI and Alteryx is highly desirable, with the ability to transform data into meaningful insights and visualisations.
- Presentation Development skills: Advanced PowerPoint skills, with the ability to create professional, executive-level presentations and confidently deliver content to clients and senior stakeholder
Work Authorization
Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of application and for the duration of employment.
Please note that Northern Trust is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. This includes Skilled Worker visas, Global Business Mobility routes, Graduate visas, Youth Mobility Scheme, High Potential Individual visas, Scale-up Worker visas, Temporary Worker visas, and other employer-sponsored visa categories.
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.
Skills Required
- Right to work in the United Kingdom
- Demonstrated knowledge of private markets analytics (DPI, TVPI) and performance measurement (IRR, TWR, PME, benchmarking, attribution)
- Understanding of private market pacing and liquidity modelling
- Experience with private market administration processes (capital call processing, distribution management, custody administration)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including complex formulas and modelling
- Client consulting and presentation skills, including executive-level presentations and delivery
- Experience supporting service delivery, SLAs, and client engagements for investment reporting
- Ability to mentor team members and support knowledge sharing across regions
- Experience working with analytics/reporting platforms (Front Office Solutions, IPS) and third-party analytical tools
- Experience collaborating with sales, relationship management, product, and technology teams for demos and solution delivery
- Advanced PowerPoint presentation development skills
- Familiarity with data analytics tools and ability to transform data into insights
- Experience with Power BI and Alteryx
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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