Northern Trust
Financial Services
HeadofLuxembourgTransferAgency
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“Head of Luxembourg Transfer Agency at Northern Trust. Skills: Transfer Agency, Leadership, Risk management, Regulatory readiness. Drive process consistency, standardization, efficiency, and oversight. Lead Transfer Agency initiatives”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
College or University degree and/or equivalent relevant professional experience
Nice to Have
Seasoned Transfer Agency leader with extensive technical, regulatory, and business expertise, ideally within Luxembourg or a comparable regulated environment
What You'll Do.
Drive process consistency
Lead Transfer Agency initiatives
Support new business onboarding and growth initiatives
Provide leadership and guidance to staff
Manage multiple teams or functions
Identify talent needs
Drive high performance culture
Plan for key succession and development
Make staffing and organizational decisions
Oversee the annual salary review process
Participate in divisional and regional strategic planning
Translate strategy into local priorities
Ensure delivery against objectives
and control the Transfer Agency budget
Lead complex initiatives
cross-functional perspective
Partner with Compliance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Compliance; Partner with Risk; Partner with Legal; Partner with Technology; Partner with Operations
Communication Scope
Oral communication; Written communication
Full Job Description
**_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. **_The role_** Reporting to the EMEA Head of Transfer Agency, this role holds overall accountability for the Transfer Agency function in Luxembourg, ensuring strong governance, operational control, and service excellence. The successful candidate will act as the senior site and functional leader for Transfer Agency in Luxembourg, with responsibility for performance, risk management, and regulatory readiness. **_Responsibilities_** * Drive process consistency, standardization, efficiency, and oversight in line with global and EMEA Transfer Agency strategy. * Lead Transfer Agency initiatives and ensure alignment with overall business strategy. * Support new business onboarding and growth initiatives within the constraints of existing workloads and approved budgets. * Provide leadership and guidance to staff, fostering an environment that encourages employee engagement, teamwork, and open communication. * Manage multiple teams or functions through the direct leadership of managers, providing coaching, direction, and strategic oversight. * Identify talent needs, drive high performance culture and plan for key succession and development. * Make staffing and organizational decisions, manage expenses, and oversee the annual salary review process for the function. * Participate in divisional and regional strategic planning, translating strategy into local priorities and ensuring delivery against objec
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