Summary:

The Corporate Actions team within our client’s Operations ensures the firm’s portfolio accounting, trading systems, and Portfolio Management teams receive timely and accurate market event updates. The team is responsible for gathering, disseminating, and processing mandatory and voluntary corporate actions across the firm. The role will expose the individual across most operational areas in the firm along with its’ Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Investment Analysts.

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and organization of corporate action announcement data received from data vendors, custodian banks, trustees, information agents, exchanges, and regulatory agencies
• Creation and follow-up of corporate action event notifications distributed internally across the firm (Portfolio Managers, Traders, Analysts, Operation groups)
• Processing and reconciliation of corporate action entitlements across the trading and portfolio accounting platforms
• Point of contact for the business, custodian banks, technology and other support teams for queries related to corporate actions
• Ensuring policies and procedures are documented and adhered to
• Participating in the team's technology initiatives
• Timely escalation of issues and resolution to senior management
• Assisting with ad hoc projects and/or client requests as needed
  
  

Qualifications:

• MBA (finance) or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of corporate actions or securities operations experience
• Ability to gain a thorough understanding of the business’s products, systems, trading strategies and client specific needs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills needed to effectively interact with Portfolio Managers, Traders, Client Service, Operations, Custodian Banks, and Trustees
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work under pressure
• Able to work in a team environment while taking individual responsibility for the quality and accuracy of the work
• Strong organizational and analytical skills along with the ability to problem-solve with a sensitivity to deadlines
• Self-starter and motivated
  
  

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite with advanced skills using Excel (formulas, macros, etc.)