Senior Client Solutions Consultant, Wealth Management

Northern Trust Corp; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 103,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k & pension

Discretionary bonus program

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Senior Client Solutions Consultant in Chicago to lead complex client onboarding and transition events across Trust, Banking, Brokerage and other teams. You will coordinate intake, documentation, funding, and account opening to deliver a seamless experience.

You will engage with clients and relationship teams, track milestones, escalate issues, and provide clear status updates while maintaining risk controls and compliance appropriate to wealth management operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in wealth management or related financial services operations.
• Ability to lead multiple complex onboarding events with accuracy and urgency.
• Strong communication and client servicing skills with clear status updates.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary coordination owner for complex onboarding events from intake to completion.
• Engage with clients and relationship teams to gather requirements and documentation.
• Coordinate onboarding paths across Trust, Banking, Brokerage, Funding, AML/KYC, and other teams.
• Monitor milestones, escalate issues, and maintain transparent status reporting for stakeholders.
• Confirm completion of account opening, funding, and service handoffs before closing events.

Skills

Wealth management

Onboarding coordination

Client servicing

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Tools

Workflow tools

Case management systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sr. Client Solutions Consultant - Wealth Management

Location: Chicago, IL

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Senior Client Solutions Consultant Job Description

Position Title: Senior Client Solutions Consultant Department: National Client Support Services / Wealth Management Operations Reports To: Onboarding Manager or designated Wealth Management Operations leader Role Type: Individual Contributor / Subject Matter Expert

Position Summary:

The Senior Client Solutions Consultant is the client-facing coordination owner for complex client onboarding and transition events. This role brings together intake, documentation, account-opening, funding and asset movement, fee setup, status communication, issue resolution, and final handoff into one coordinated experience. The Senior Client Solutions Consultant works closely with clients, front office teams, NCSS onboarding partners, funding teams, operations, risk/control partners, and subject matter experts to deliver a transparent, consistent, and well-controlled onboarding experience from intake to completion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary coordination owner for assigned complex onboarding and transition events from intake through completion, providing one clear point of contact for status and follow-up.
• Engage directly with clients and relationship teams to understand onboarding requirements, coordinate information and documentation needs, and facilitate progress throughout the onboarding process.
• Assess client, account, product, documentation, funding, fee, tax cost, and risk considerations to determine required workstreams and subject matter expert involvement.
• Coordinate product specific onboarding paths across Trust, Banking, Brokerage, Funding, AML/KYC, Investment, Fee, Tax Cost, Statement Review, and other specialty teams as needed.
• Monitor onboarding milestones, identify potential delays, and proactively elevate issues that may impact client experience, processing timelines, or operational readiness.
• Partner with relationship teams to clarify requirements, reduce duplicate asks, and support clear communication with clients when appropriate.
• Track funding and asset transfer activity, including ACAT, DTC, non-ACAT, cash funding, prior custodian follow-up, settlement timing, and outstanding asset issues.
• Review documentation and intake submissions for completeness and consistency to help prevent Not In Good Order items, rework, and avoidable processing delays.
• Facilitate onboarding review meetings, pipeline discussions, and recurring status checkpoints with applicable business, operations, and support teams.
• Maintain transparent status reporting for stakeholders, including open items, owner assignments, target dates, escalations, and completion readiness.
• Confirm account opening, coding, funding, fee setup, and service handoff activities are complete before closing the transition event.
• Document lessons learned, recurring issues, process gaps, and improvement opportunities to support playbook updates, training enhancements, and future operating model improvements.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in wealth management, client onboarding, trust or banking operations, client servicing, account opening, or related financial services operations.
• Strong understanding of onboarding workflows, documentation requirements, operational handoffs, and client servicing standards.
• Ability to lead multiple complex, cross-product onboarding events simultaneously while maintaining accuracy, urgency, and risk awareness.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across front office, middle office, back office, and subject matter expert teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide clear status updates and explain complex requirements in a practical manner.
• Proficiency with workflow tools, case management systems, Microsoft Office applications, and shared tracking mechanisms.
• Strong attention to detail, follow-through, judgment, and ability to identify when escalation is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of IJNT, Partner Workstation, BPM, SmartIQ, account documentation, funding, account coding, statement review, and documentation imaging processes.
• Experience supporting high-value, sensitive, cross-product, or complex client onboarding events.
• Familiarity with Trust, Banking, Brokerage, ACAT/DTC transfers, tax cost tracking, AML/KYC requirements, fees, and investment-related onboarding dependencies.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional meetings, maintaining milestone trackers, and preparing executive-ready status updates.
• Exposure to risk, control, audit, quality review, or process improvement initiatives.

Salary Range:

$103,000 - 175,200 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.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust's history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [e-mail], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.