Accountant

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 person will join the Close, Consolidations, and Reporting team within the Corporate Controller's Group. This position is primarily responsible for the monthly global consolidations of the multinational corporation assisting in the Corporation's monthly general ledger close and coordinating the delivery of financial reports produced within Close, Consolidations, and Reporting in support of SEC Reporting and Investor Relations.

The position provides varied and hands-on exposure to many areas of the Corporation, both domestic and international. The successful individual will be required to have extensive interaction and strong relationships with the business, operations, technology and finance teams as it is essential that the individual engages with these teams to adequately govern the monthly close and communicate initiatives driven by the Close, Consolidations, and Reporting team. The position will report directly to a Vice President in Chicago, who is also the ESG Controller.

Principal Responsibilities

• Responsible for the monthly close and consolidations of the global financial results.
• Responsible for assisting in the corporate consolidation and analysis of monthly financial results.
• Prepares and reviews periodic financial statements on a consolidated basis.
• Responsible for specialized accounting areas within Corporate financial reporting (such as transfer pricing, journal entries, etc.).
• Assists in the preparation, completion, and documentation of certain SEC reporting deliverables.
• Responsible for the setup and accounting for complex multi-tier investment entities.
• Acts as a key contact for various internal and external partners with the ability to communicate succinctly and interpret financial results in non-technical accounting terms to business leaders.
• Recommends and implements process improvements identified in day-to-day work.
• Performs variance analyses to assess the impact of financial strategies on the financial position and operating results of the organization.
• Works with various internal and external partners on cross-functional processes or projects.
• Develops in-depth knowledge of all financial reporting systems and demonstrate the ability and desire to share knowledge.
• Manage the preparation of any manual or ad-hoc reconciliations and ensure all documentation and accounting is completed in line with corporate requirements and policies.
• Respond to and resolve queries on a timely basis from the Business/Finance and other colleagues as they arise.
• Work closely with Finance teams in other locations.

Required Skills

• Qualified accountant (preferable CPA) with experience in a multi-currency financial services environment.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP accounting requirements.
• Experience with PeopleSoft GL and Hyperion Finance management a plus.
• Experience with Workiva/Wdesk a plus.
• In-depth experience of working at a multi-entity global publicly traded corporation in the consolidations team of the corporate controller's organization.
• Solid understanding of inter-company transactions, eliminations, and equity pick up.
• Strong knowledge of foreign currency translation, functional currency, reporting currency, and remeasurement.
• Experienced background in a corporate financial control environment with a sound knowledge of accounting, reporting and financial control requirements as well as statutory and audit requirements.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced monthly close environment to ensure the global consolidations process is completed timely and accurately within the Northern Trust monthly close cycle
• Solid understanding of consolidated financial statements
• Ability to understand how the detailed activities in areas of focus fit into the larger financial accounting and reporting picture for individual legal entities and Corporation as a whole.

Required Competencies

• Self-starter with an ability to self-motivate.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines by multi-tasking and prioritizing various assigned deliverables.
• Solid documentation techniques.
• Flexible approach towards changing work methods, deadlines and variable workloads.
• Thorough business and technical accounting knowledge, acquired through 4-6 years of corporate or industry experience.
• Advanced level of IT skills notably MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Proven ability to assess issues, identify solutions and problem solve.
• Highly proficient with strong analytical skills and high attention to detail.

Salary Range:

$83,100 - 141,300 USD

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

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 [email protected] .

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.