Investment Associate
Qualifications:
Investment Associates should have a broad understanding of financial markets. Knowledge of investment products, services, and terminology, usually obtained through on the job training or prior experience, are needed. Analytical and organizational skills are needed to meet deadlines and solve client or administrative problems.
Candidates should have 2 or more years of investment and personal trust client servicing experience. Undergraduate degree in business, finance or economic or equivalent investment related work experience is highly preferred.
Excellent technical skills, including advanced Excel are as well as Power Point are required. A passion for the investments and excellent oral and written communication skills. Preference toward candidates pursuing CFA or similar professional credentials or advanced degree (MBA).
For more than a century, Northern Trust has worked hard building our legacy of outstanding service, expertise and integrity. From a Chicago-based bank founded in 1889, we now have more than 20 international locations and 18,500 employees globally. We serve the world’s most-sophisticated clients – from sovereign wealth funds and the wealthiest individuals and families, to the most-successful hedge funds and corporate brands.
We burnished our reputation as a global leader delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions enabled by sophisticated, leading technology. And through it all, we continually laid a solid, forward-looking foundation on which future generations can continue growing and achieving greater.
As of September 30, 2018, Northern Trust Corporation had:
$10.8 trillion in assets under custody/administration
$8.2 trillion in assets under custody
$1.2 trillion in assets under management
$132 billion in banking assets