General Information

• Hiring Department/Group: Operations & Middle Office
• Job Title: Operations Specialist (Corporate Actions)
• Office Location: London

Job Function Summary

The Operation Specialist will be responsible for monitoring, coordinating, booking and communicating all Corporate Actions to the relevant trading teams. Further they will have daily responsibilities revolving around desk support, same day trade matching, full reconciliations and PM/broker/counterparty queries as well as ad-hoc PnL issues relating to corporate action bookings and entitlements.

Principal Responsibilities

• Actively managing the Corporate Action process for the EMEA markets across all event types
• Interacting with trading groups across multiple strategies accommodating their specific requirements, as well as several Prime Brokers (PBs) and potential vendors
• Processing cross-border deals and understanding mechanics on such deals including funding queries, FX risk and PnL exposure
• Able to actively monitor and process paydate process including bookings made to internal lines, pricing appropriately and working with PnL / valuation teams
• Intraday trade monitoring - working with PMs/Execution desk/IT to ensure correct capture
• Mitigating risk by ensuring timely completion of daily trade / cash / position / market value reconciliations. Working closely with operations team based in India and acting as a focal point for Corporate Action related queries
• Educate and assist team members on all asset servicing issues
• Act as a primary contact for all EMEA related asset servicing queries and issues
• Assist the development of proprietary systems. Continuous improvement of current systems working alongside regional teams and business analysts / technology

Qualifications/Skills Required

• 5+ years relevant experience in Asset Servicing/Corporate Action team and/or equity operations/ support
• Strong knowledge of Corporate Actions processing from front to back.
• Must have a practical working knowledge of equity swap mechanics in a Buy vs Sell side environment
• Excellent excel skills and familiarity with SQL / Python
• Ability to implement and maintain new systems, procedures, and controls
• Strong and confident communication and interpersonal skills with clear ability to be able to face off to the trading desk and PMs
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
• Omgeo / CTM / CTC / Traiana experience desired
• Detail oriented; Demonstrates thoroughness and strong ownership of work
• Must be able to work independently using well-honed analytical skills and abstract reasoning
• Good team player with a strong willingness to participate and help others
• Able to prioritize in a fast moving, high pressure, constantly changing environment; Good sense of urgency
• Willingness to undertake new challenges and opportunities should they present themselves