Account Manager, Wealth Management Advisory

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Wealth Management Advisory Group delivers integrated banking, investment, trust, and advisory solutions tailored to support clients’ long-term financial goals. Specialized practices and coordinated solutions help partners address complex client needs across every stage of the financial lifecycle. The group supports a broad range of clients, including individuals, families, business owners, executives, professionals, institutions, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. Wealth Management is organized around dedicated practices and segments focused on specific client types and solutions, with cross-functional collaboration across banking, investments, trust, and advisory teams. The Account Manager will be responsible for maintaining client relationships by coordinating administration of complex fiduciary, investment management, estate settlement, guardianship, and/or custody accounts. This Partner establishes and maintains the account, responds to client inquiries, produces action plans and reports, and oversees transaction processing in coordination with the Client Support Services Team. The partner assists Wealth Management Trust Advisors, Estate Settlement Administrators, Guardianship Administrators and/or Client Advisors with client requests, meetings, business development and creating client presentations.

Requirements

• A College or University degree and/or relevant proven work experience is preferred.
• 5-7 years' experience in financial servicing or related experience/credentials preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Functional / Industry Knowledge of personal trust, estate, guardian and Advisory services and products, usually acquired through related work experience, is required
• Analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills are required
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change
• Technical skills / systems knowledge (e.g. MS Office and Workday)

Responsibilities

• Coordinates account administration for fiduciary, investment management, estate settlement, guardianship, and/or custody accounts for complex client relationships.
• Develops and maintains working knowledge of governing documents and account agreements.
• Receives service requests from clients and partners, and communicates to service partners; obtains appropriate information from partners and clients to facilitate service changes or transactions
• Coordinates resolution of client issues; informs client of steps taken to resolve requests or problems.
• Oversees development of appropriate action plans for client servicing events and ensures execution and follow-up; communicates with clients regularly to inform them of account set-up or status, document requests, or other information.
• Engages the Client Support Services Team on execution of client servicing events, account opening and closing, cash movement, and fee set-ups.
• Assists Trust Advisors, Estate Settlement Administrators, Guardianship Administrators, and/or Client Advisors in account acceptance process, discretionary request analysis and process, compliance management and annual account review process; ensures appropriate documentation is collected and imaged; ensures systems information is up-to-date; ensures accurate set up and review of fees; documents services provided, specialized procedures, and ongoing written communications with client as appropriate in managing daily activity.
• Develops and maintains a working knowledge of various business applications critical to relationship management including client on-line tools.
• Assists Trust Advisors, Estate Settlement Administrators, Guardianship Administrators, and/or Client Advisors with business development and client presentations.
• Identifies service efficiency enhancements, process improvements, and service delivery using creative and proactive measures.
• Able to serve as a key subject-matter expert and mentor to other more junior-level employees
• May manage daily operational activities and supervise day-to-day work of junior-level employees (but not a formal management role)
• More technically sound in area of expertise and has broader knowledge of other areas
• Delivers a work product that requires less revision
• Able to facilitate discussions and reach decisions

Benefits

• 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
• other voluntary and well-being benefits
• discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree