Senior Financial Control Analyst

Senior Analyst

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.

Overview

This role will be part of Bangalore Brokerage Operations team. The role involves financial control responsible for ensuring the integrity of financial reporting, maintaining internal controls, and supporting compliance with accounting policies and regulatory requirements. The current role is for late EMEA shift and candidate is expected to be open for supporting this shift

Principal Responsibilities

• Establishing and documenting reasoning for variance and control analysis periodic thresholds.
• Reviewing thresholds regularly and adjusting as needed for changes in business environment or practices.
• Escalating issues such as material errors requiring adjustment, inappropriate accounting practices, planned or foreseeable exceptions to policy, or any issue that may compromise financial reporting integrity.
• Ensuring proper resolution of escalated issues.
• Produce periodic (month / quarter/year-end) analytics report and trend data to assist with the review and validation of financial results. May have direct interaction with committees and/or Senior Management
• Production of the monthly management pack / metrics for BU (Brokerage)
• Respond to and resolve queries on a timely basis from the Business (Front office trading, operations), finance control and middle office stakeholders
• Audit Management: Coordinate with internal and external audits to ensure compliance with statutory, risk & control requirements.
• Invoice Processing & Management: Receive, verify, code, and enter broker / vendor invoices, ensuring proper approval before payment.
• Reconciliation: Reconcile vendor statements and resolve discrepancies in invoice data, such as number of trades, rate applied, duration, markets, asset type and other information

Skills / Experience

Required Competencies

• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and good attention to detail
• Ability to adapt quickly to change
• Ability to react and respond on a timely basis
• Ability to adapt and react positively in a changing and dynamic work environment
• Flexible approach towards changing work methods, deadlines and variable workloads

Required Skills & Experience

• for internal applications - 12 months as Analyst II
• Graduate / Postgraduate in Commerce / Accounting
• 2+ years of experience in the Financial Services Industry / Asset Servicing Experience will be preferred (Please mention if previous work experience was relevant to Financial Services Industry)
• Good technical skills, most notably MS office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), Power BI & SQL are key requirements.
• Added Advantage if candidate has experience in a corporate financial control environment or accounting practice with a sound knowledge of accounting, reporting and financial control requirements as well as statutory and audit requirements

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.

About Our Bangalore Office

The Northern Trust Bangalore office, established in 2005, is home to over 5,600 employees.  In this stunning office, space, we offer fantastic amenities which include our Arrival Hub – Jungle, the GameZone, and the Employee Experience Zone that appeal to both clients and employees. Learn more.

Experience Level

Senior Level