Senior Investment Officer

3 weeks ago


Lake Forest, United States Northern Trust Full time
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.

SENIOR INVESTMENT OFFICER

OH: R125572

The Senior Investment Officer (SIO) combines Senior Portfolio Advisor duties with practice oversight of the investment partners within a market. Partner is responsible for managing complex wealth management client relationships and delivering high quality investment services, overseeing all aspects of investment and compliance related risk matters for a particular market. This role serves as an important extension of the National Investment Practice working closely with their Regional Senior Investment Officer (RSIO) and local leadership. SIOs are accountable for leading their local teams and ensuring participation and successful execution of practice sponsored initiatives, training and development opportunities, new capability rollouts, and adherence to best practice. The ideal candidate will also have excellent communication and new business development skills. They serve as a valued member of their local market leadership team in hiring, retaining, and developing a diverse workforce.

Major Duties:

Manages investment activities for set of major fee revenue producing accounts, representing large and sensitive high net worth personal trusts and individual investment portfolios. Develops, recommends, and directs the execution of programs designed to achieve investment objectives for specific individual clients. Analyzes and plans the overall investment strategy with continuous revision as goals and objectives change and in the context of client needs working closely and proactively with the broader client service team to identify and execute on areas of opportunity. Maintains an integral and influential presence within the local client facing team, clients, co-trustees, consultants, the bank's legal area, and outside attorneys to ensure communication of client requirements and coordinate portfolio activity. Demonstrates mastery integrating new investment strategies, tools and capabilities, and portfolio research through regular contact and engagement with the National Investment and Goals Driven Wealth Management Practices. Participates in the development of new investment business with sales staff as appropriate. This includes engagement with large, complex prospective client situations and representing the market and firm to centers of influence. Investment Practice oversight for a market as an extension of the National Investment Practice. Accountable for personal and team adherence to best practices as measured by the PM Dashboard and related reporting. Encourages investment partner engagement in thought leadership publications, educational opportunities, and practice hosted symposiums and events. Accountable for personal and team level execution of initiatives, new capability rollouts, and required training. Works with RSIO and local leadership to hire, retain, and develop talent. Participates in the selection process of new hires and works with RSIO to ensure that Investment Practice priorities and scoring methodologies are incorporated into partner performance reviews. Participates in developing the local market strategic plan and sets goals and priorities based on the direction set for the business unit, region, and market. Follows through to ensure objectives are met. Provides leadership and guidance to staff, fostering an environment which encourages employee engagement, diversity, teamwork, and communication. Advocate on behalf of their team and capture continuous feedback on areas for improvement providing proactive advice to leadership on national initiatives, changes, and expectations. Provides oversight, leadership, and guidance in adherence to National Investment Guidelines, facilitation of the REV peer review process, and ensuring observance of sound risk management practices. Serves on standing investment services committees and participates in special projects as appropriate. Directs the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems applying advanced critical thinking. Guided by organization functional strategy, has broad impact on the functional, divisional or regional results.

The successful candidate will benefit from having the following competencies:

  • 15+ years of investment experience as a portfolio manager, in which consistent long term investment performance has met account objectives and client goals with strong adherence to best practices and sound risk management approaches.
  • Knowledge of investment and portfolio management theory, accounting, and financial principles, and investment strategies and instruments, acquired through formal education and work experience, is required to manage portfolios and provide oversight to Investment partners.
  • Strong sales and negotiating skills are required to guide new, sensitive or difficult situations.
  • Leadership and organizational skills required to determine the unit goals, resources needed, and to assess and develop the skills of the staff and guide activities in support of Regional and Practice priorities.
  • Applies broad industry knowledge and commercial awareness to drive financial performance.
  • Experience as a Senior Portfolio Advisor in Wealth Management for UHNW clients.
  • Technical expertise with a broad range of investment solutions.
  • Completion of any of the following is highly preferred: MBA and/or CFA, CFP, CIMA, CPWA and CAIA.
  • May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
  • Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.


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 MyHRH[redacted].

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.

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