Team Lead, Financial Reporting - Melbourne, Australia - Northern Trust

Northern Trust

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Team Lead, Financial Reporting

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.

Role Summary

You will support the Australian Investment Accounting team as a Team Lead and will be responsible for monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual financial reporting, regulatory reporting and tax reporting to a diverse range of investment manager and superannuation fund clients and act as escalation point for any client queries.

It will be crucial for you to establish a level of client knowledge, to ensure all requirements are met and allow the team to build the relationship further.

You will also be involved in managing new client onboarding process as it relates to financial reporting and tax, in conjunction with other teams.

You will report to the Manager of Financial Reporting and Tax.

We are open to both Melbourne and Sydney locations.

What you will do:

Reviewing Financial statements and templates
Proactively seek to identify and improve current core processes and procedures, ensuring they are updated with changes in regulations and industry trends
Deliver training and coaching to junior members of the team
Work closely with other teams to achieve client reporting objectives
Unit Pricing, Business Process Analysts, Client Services, Operations and Technology
Work closely with Financial Reporting and Tax manager on new product developments and process improvement projects
Help manage new client onboarding process as it relates to Financial reporting and Tax
Provide oversight of off shore teams' output and performance
Ensure sufficient risk management controls are in place and adhered to Northern Trust compliance standards
Act as escalation point for client queries
Organize and attend year end planning meetings with clients

About You
Essential

Extensive experience working within a Custodian, Superannuation fund, or Investment Manager accounting/tax team
Proficient in Excel
Accounting/Commerce/Finance degree qualified ideally with a CA or CPA
Understanding of unit pricing and unit registry concepts
Client service and relationship management experience

Highly Desirable

Previous experience in managing a small/medium team

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.

Reasonable accommodation
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.

Job ID 101786