Associate, Corporate Actions II

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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Associate, Corporate Actions II to join our team. This role is located in Manchester, United Kingdom.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

Responsible for performing mandatory and voluntary corporate action-related custody and accounting processing requirements, such as dividend payments, reorganization/proxy, bond redemption, etc. Also responsible for managing and controlling high levels of risk and liability inherent in the various functions and for reconciliation activities, client reporting and proration on transactions.
Proactively recognizing, researching and processing moderately intricate mandatory and voluntary corporate action events.
Daily interpretation, monitoring, scrubbing and notification of complex corporate action events in the global market as well as the reconcilement, monitoring and posting of entitlements to client accounts. Balances entitlements and processes liability notices, dividend and interest payments, and class action suits.
Determines impact of events and disseminates information regarding event to investors and client accounts.
Identifying root causes in monthly reviews and developing corrective actions.
Review cash reconciliations, security and suspense transactions reviews adhering to established quality control measures and procedures.
Responsible for researching and responding to inquiries from internal business groups, depositories, agents, brokers, clients, Investment Managers, sub custodians and/or custodians.
Works on multiple systems to perform corporate action processing, including creating and scrubbing announcements, sending client instructions to third parties, and, posting online cash and security transactions.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
Experience in financial services or corporate actions preferred. Applicable local/regional licenses or certifications as required by the business.
Strong command of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint would be advantageous.
Experience working in high-volume and high-pressure environment with the ability to deliver time -sensitive situations.