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Northern Trust

Early Career Accounting/Finance - Chicago

Northern Trust, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290


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.

This posting includes early career opportunities at Northern Trust in the Finance and Accounting fields in Chicago, and are ideal for those who recently graduated.

Northern Trust offers entry level finance and accounting opportunities across a variety of departments including Corporate Finance and Audit as well as our Asset Servicing function that provide services to investment firms, private equity and hedge funds.

With a wide variety of opportunities available there are many ways to use your finance and accounting knowledge, apply it, and grow your career at Northern Trust.

- Calculate and deliver net asset values for various fund products, including mutual funds, private equity, partnerships, hedge funds, fund of funds, and collective trusts.- Provide performance data for fund manager portfolios.- Audit investment reports, cash statements, and other reporting.- Verify report schedules, ensuring that reports sent to clients are accurate and mailed within scheduled time frames.- Apply accounting and finance principles to numerous asset types.- Analyze financial statements or expense allocations to assess and interpret complex financial information.- Work within a team environment.

Job Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree completed in Finance, Accounting, or other relevant areas of study, with 0-1 years of experience post-graduation, preferred.- Proficient user of Excel.- Analytical skills are required to research and resolve inquiries/data.- Proactive approach to accuracy and attention to detail.- Applicants must not now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status to work in the United States.- Candidates should be analytically and technically sound with knowledge of financial markets and some knowledge of investment management operations.

Application Process:At Northern Trust, we place a huge value on "fit" - our clients, the services we provide, the technology we create, and most importantly, the people we hire.As an applicant to an Early Career role, we want to get to know you - what you value, how you solve problems, what you aspire to, and whether we're a good "fit" for your skills and career goals. To help us understand your "fit" for a role with us we ask you to complete a few stages:- Stage 1 - Online Application- Click on Apply for Job and complete your online application where we ask you for personal information, academic history and check your eligibility.

- Stage 2 - Interview- If you are selected to move forward in the process for the role you have applied to, you will then be invited to participate in interview(s) where we will ask you some competency/behavioral based questions and give you an opportunity to ask us some questions.

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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.