Senior RFP Specialist

Northern Trust•Chicago, IL

61d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. The RFP (Request for Proposal) team is responsible for compiling responses to complex bid and proposal documents for prospective and existing Northern Trust Asset Servicing clients as part of a procurement, rebid or due diligence process. The RFP team works alongside the sales and relationship management teams to formulate compelling responses in order to win and retain business. We are seeking a senior writer whose primary responsibility will be new business questionnaires from prospective clients. These prospects will include retirement plans, corporate clients, not-for-profits, insurance companies and investment managers across a spectrum of fund types. They will also manage (or lead) projects as defined by their managers for the benefit of the wider team. Additionally, they will also work closely with our Asset Servicing RFP Database group to create, maintain, improve and enhance our RFP content, often receiving a number of categories of content to work with product to ensure they are developed, enhanced and maintained as truly value add content. The services covered will include, but not be limited to, global custody; investment accounting; fund accounting; transfer agency; middle office outsourcing; risk and compliance; performance measurement and analytics; cash management; securities lending and transition management. Excellent written English skills are essential, as is an ability to manage projects within a deadline-driven environment. Product knowledge of global custody, fund administration or other asset servicing products would be a benefit. Based in the Asset Servicing business unit, this role will provide an opportunity to interface with experts across Asset Servicing product teams. Work Model:Hybrid

Requirements

Excellent standard of written English and the ability to edit and tailor text to ensure accuracy, consistency and readability
Exceptionally organized, strong attention to detail
Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment, to multi-task and to manage conflicting priorities
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; technically savvy
Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams)
A working knowledge of the broad asset servicing/global custody needs of corporate clients, investment managers and financial institutions
Excellent communication skills
Empathetic and easily able to establish rapport with others
Bachelor's degree required
Two (2) to three (3) years of proposal writing and or financial industry work experience preferred

Nice To Haves

Product knowledge of global custody, fund administration or other asset servicing products would be a benefit.
Experience with proposal writing software (Loopio) and Microsoft OneDrive a plus

Responsibilities

Managing the response process from kick-off meeting to sending of final response documents, ensuring milestones and deadlines are met
Ability to run major RFP projects individually with appropriate supervision
Using the RFP database and other resources to research and prepare responses
Tailoring standard responses for individual clients
Working with subject-matter-experts, sales and relationship teams to source information and collaborate on putting forth strong responses
Working on multiple assignments of varying complexity simultaneously
Ensuring new and updated information is added to the RFP database
Liaising with other business areas to maintain the factual content of the RFP database
Researching opportunities to create new RFP database files for a variety of products and services
Working with product teams to generate value add RFP messaging
Identify opportunities to enhance existing content by improving written quality and using visualization techniques

Benefits

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.

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